Author: Jacob

Alright, I’m making a brief stop back on local time before I enter finals time. The trip is going well so far; no complaints, just some jet lag.

I propose a new time zone: midterms and finals time. I’m on midterm time right now. Days of the week don’t matter to finals time. The rising and setting of the sun doesn’t matter to finals time. The only thing that matters to finals time is the number of hours remaining until you exit finals…

I’ve resumed playing piano! I got the free version of Flowkey and I really like it. I’m learning Clair de Lune and it feels like the piano is alive. Somehow I never felt like that when I was learning piano before. Maybe I’ve been approaching this from the wrong angle. Previously, I was focused on…

I’m victorious today. I submitted an absolute bop of a paper and I feel amazing. I don’t care what grade it gets; I know it’s good.

I can’t believe I’ve never posted about M83’s album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. It’s a masterpiece; literally so good.

I’m rewatching “Your Lie in April” and all the music is so fire. It really vibes, especially the second time around. Also, this time I understand the humor from the get-go and I already know the characters. PS: I also played Mario Party with some friends today and I had a great time 😄 Edit…

Continued from yesterday: I think I know the source of my emptiness. I’ve been programming and making games off and on for about 10 years. In that time, I’ve known no one with similar interests. I have friends (you all are the best!), but I still feel alone. All I know is doing things by…

You know what’s weird? This is déjà vu. I’ve sat here before, typed this out and decided to post something else. Only this time I’m not going to post something else. Here it is: I’ve recently noticed that winning doesn’t feel good, it just feels like a relief. Is that bad? Like getting good grades,…

Today I discovered that I have access to the Adobe Substance apps with my student account! I’ve been wanting to try them since forever and now I finally can! I’ve seen so much cool stuff with Substance Designer; it’s like Blender’s procedural materials, but more advanced.

So I’m playing around in Godot and building 3D scenes is magical! I can make whatever I want in Blender and then import it into Godot. I’ve never really made a 3D game before, at least not like this, and it’s so cool to be able to just add stuff to the game.

Some random things I keep thinking about: Before Your Eyes: I haven’t played it yet, but a year ago I watched a playthrough and I’ve been thinking about it off and on ever since. I need to play it. How to 3D model a Lego minifigure leg: it’s deceptively difficult using just quads. The incomplete…

Ugh, I’ve been so busy the last week. I haven’t made games in so long, but I’m getting some great ideas for a new game.

Today I found this really cool article about virtual theatre in VRChat: uploadvr.com/vrchat-acting-vr-theatre. I would so totally make things for VR, but I don’t have a headset. I’m especially interested in making tools to create worlds inside VR, not just for VR, kind of like how some multi-user dungeons (MUDs) allow you to build within…

I feel like Hamilton doing all this writing for class. I’ve written 750 words since yesterday and the forecast is looking the same for the next month or so.

So I recently got a 003 Micron pen and I absolutely love it. It’s the thinnest version available and the line it produces is gloriously thin. I’m using it to take notes and I can finally get perfectly tiny a’s and o’s without them turning into little blobs. I was previously using a 01 Micron…

Words are cool, right? They’re like little sculptures and combining them results in a unique shape. English words are very rigid, small, and sharp. Toki Pona words tend to be more round and nebulous. The shapes of words are the space surrounding the scene they paint. I feel like a lot of English poetry revolves…

I’m reading Sleep Revolution by Arianna Huffington and it’s fascinating. I periodically go on sleep research crusades instead of actually getting more sleep, but now I’m absolutely determined to not board the college sleep deprivation train.