​A Look Back on 2024 and Happy Holidays.

Happy Holidays and End of Year Rant

Hello its been a while. (would have been even longer if it weren’t for that bullshit with the Godot community Moder-censor-ator)

So it’s that time of the year again to look back and reflect on all the crap and (lack of) progress I’ve made at the end of the year. I’m going to break this down into two parts.

First part will be about game dev and the second part will be about world affairs, politics and other seemingly inescapable bullshit.

The Game Dev Stuff:

A small amount of work was done on ‘I couldn't become a farmer’. But IIRC this was just a bug fix and an update to the ‘tug of war’ HUD that I forgot to implement before the last release. Nothing worthy of an update/upload.

Up until March this year I was coasting fairly well. Then various things happened, mostly with payment processors taking a hard stance against ‘porn’. This caused me to reassess the direction my game dev journey and possible direction(s) my career should go.

I decided to work on a title that would be ‘all-ages’ while I cleared my head. But ultimately the damage done by being lumped in together with Only Fans and other real life problems took the wind right out of my sails. (Come to think, I don’t even know if OF was seriously affected by the credit card companies)

I began to procrastinate again. So I decided to try a self made game jam.

This game is using already existing assets that were made for the game that was suppose to come after Project Magi War. It would be based off a game on Steam called Arrow a Row (which is based off of those fake game YouTube adds). It will also share a similar title to the predecessor of Magi War and have similar themes too.

Progress was going good until I decided that I wanted my own custom font.. I had only done a numerical font before so my brain forgot to warn me that there are a lot of other character in the english alphabet.

There was a fair bit of trial and error, some of the tools changed, some of the methods changed. It took me a while to bring myself up to speed, and even longer to model and configure each letter and symbol. But in the end I managed to make a custom font.

This one asset took me about 2 months to make. Not really a waste of time as I wanted to make this asset eventually for that project after Magi War.

With the font finally complete I started working on my game jam project again. So far only some extra work has been done on the UI (mainly integrating the font that I just made)

My game dev has sort of taken a back seat at the moment though, because I’ve been getting preoccupied by 3D printing lately.

That’s more or less my game dev progress for 2024.

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The Reflection, Political and Other Real Life Stuff:

Last year I stated that for once in a long time I felt optimistic about the future. I still do, but it feels like this prologue has been very long winded and mundane to the point of me going comatose. I feel like I’m living the meme ‘Why are we still here? Just to suffer?’.

The American election sort of went on without any hiccups. I don’t think we saw any ‘mostly peaceful protest’ like last time. And all the low IQ reverberators of the main stream corporate owned media establishment have become nothing more than mosquito sounding background noise. The crazy woke ‘left’ seem to have blown their load during the bullshit p(l)andemic, and they don’t have the energy to go for a second round.

The vibe I feel is less like the climax to a scene from and action movie and more like a responsible parent (finally) scolding their child.

The next group of people taking up the seats of power in the United States resembles a coalition, instead of a typical conservative government (or Trumpism as the MSM likes to put it). This is actually a really good thing, as I think the typical wedge issues are kind of tone deaf to the real problems that are affecting most of the western world. This also introduces diverse elements like RFK and Elon Musk.

I’m not so sure about Musk but RFK was a really necessary installment. Both the industrial military complex and the industrial medical complex need to be challenged. Both these entities have become undemocratically big, and it’s time to bring them down a peg.

We’ll see what happens. But I don’t think I could ask for a better cabinet to represent the free world.

I’ll just say that I’m eager to see the outcome of what is in store for us. One thing is for sure, change is finally happening. The long painful stagnation is coming to an end.

Here in Canada we are still being dictated to by a crackerjack dictator who’s only power is to humiliate us until our unpopularity numerically matches our massive national debt and deficit..

Castro Jr’s right hand bailed on him just a few days ago. A development I am not unhappy with. Chrystia (Un)freeland’s only skills were, constantly taking in a condescending tone with all Canadians and allowing the government to spend wayyyyyyyyy into the negative numbers.

We will likely be seeing more rats jump the ship in the next few weeks as the MASSIVE housing bubble pops and makes the Japanese asset bubble of the 80’s look like one of those kiddie toy soapy water bottles with the little hoop that is part of the bottle cap.

To throw an ignorant theory to the wind, it feels like Castro’s bastard son is just being left in power right now as a sponge to soak up all the bad outcomes of all the brokenness in the Canadian political system. (not that he doesn't deserve it)

The cuts are already happening, and will likely get deeper and more intense as time moves forward. The bright side is we will see opportunity come back to Joe Average once again, as massive unproductive zombie systems are finally allowed to die and new growth is allowed to flourish instead of being trampled on.

Credit card companies taking a hard stance against adult entertainment is somewhat a surprise. It’s hard to tell what is going on and who is pushing what. For the longest time they have remained natural but now they are taking questionable actions against certain companies that makes me wonder just who is trying to do what.

Not too long ago they decided to stop payments of a dating site in Japan that was directed to Otaku (Anime and game enthusiast). This action was crossing the Rubicon and actually incited a fierce reaction from Japanese government officials. I don’t know what the outcome will be from this, but I’m kind of happy that push-back is finally happening.

It’s very hard to tell who the credit card companies are trying to appease at this point. On one hand it looks like the typical assholes on the ‘left’ purging anything that is not part of the ‘holy’ Only Fans complex and promotes ‘white heterosexuality’. And on the other it looks like the crazy religious ‘right’ thinkers that wants men to put down their rods and pick up a wife.

I’m too preoccupied at this point to even try and make sense of what is happening. If this is an attempt by the ‘right’ to get men to ‘put down their toys’, save the women and children, then I regret to inform them that this will not work.

First off, artistic illustrative works are not the same as porn. Nothing made purely with a ‘pen and paper’ is of consequence to reality, unless someone decides to make it so. And porn creation and consumption is a symptom of constraints and stresses in society.

Artistic work done without the use of people as props (ie porn stars) should not be lumped together with traditional porn in the first place. The main difference is there are (typically) no live actors. Nothing being seen or heard is of consequence as no one is actually engaging in behavior that would leave a lasting impression or harm on that person. Unlike real porn where there are people that are actually coming into contact with each other in an intimate way.

There are numerous ways this kind of art can be interpreted. Blocking or banning is not progress as some stories can only be told by ‘going down that road’.

Yes, you can make reasonable argument for addiction, but it’s been my observation that addiction is not about the vice itself and more a symptom of something else that is broken. (I’ll get to what I feel is broken later)

And no, violent video games do not statistically make people violent or encourage any other destructive behaviors. What artwork can do is enable discussion. Some of the discussion can be uncomfortable, and even put into question things that were taken for granted.

However I see this as a good thing. I think reviewing things from time to time is not a bad idea. If done properly can be a good time to reflect on what has been done and will be done in the future. Important lessons sometimes need a review. The spirit of the law is sometimes more important than the rule of the law. Without reflecting on what is being done, and the outcome. It is easy to lose sight of what the original goal was in the first place.

Second, while I think that being a porn star is a terrible career choice for a woman, this is still a choice that woman should be allowed to make in a free democratic society.

Third, saving ‘the children’ is the parents job.. Society can help if they want. But to maintain freedom for everyone, including the children that will become adults eventually, the parents need to be the vigilant party.

Finally if you want my opinion on some possible solutions, for men to drop their ‘rods’ and get a wife or make women realize that porn is not a peaches and roses career path, here they are:

- Leave fictitious content alone. It’s already categorized as for adults if it contains the typical agitators. And in most cases, is already behind some kind of age gating. Keeping the children away from such content falls on the parents lap. The tools already exist for parents to make their own groups and their own rating boards should they wish to tailor content for their religion, beliefs etc.

- If you really want to stop porn (or make it less popular as a career path for woman), then stop the censorship. Challenge the narrative that sex work is real work. Or that selling your body is stunning and brave.

I don’t know any non – crazy, self respecting man that thinks getting into a long lasting relationship with a woman that has laid with many men is a positive. Make woman realize that when they get older and their youth is gone, that potential husband they chased away with their past behavior is going to be felt in a bad way.

Men who want commitment generally don’t seek out a non-committed attitude. They don’t see someone that sold their most precious asset for a song, as a good thing. They generally see it as a sign of what to expect in their relationship.

I know some will disagree with me and that is fine. Being a former prostitute dose not necessarily mean you will not find a partner and have a good life. The point I’m trying to get at is, a woman's sexual experience is almost never viewed as an asset when seeking a relationship. Experience can be acquired in a less destructive way, and without all the baggage that typically comes with someone that has worked in the field of prostitution.

This is kind of a moot point as establishment media that had the stranglehold on general society is starting to wane. Men are no longer as skittish about stating their preference in public. And all the soy driven MSM crap is starting to buckle under the pressure of logical talking points.

- No more fake DEI jobs. This is kind of a moot point too, as the coming economic crash is going to wipe all this nonsense out anyway.

It’s fine if the women wants to work the same job, hours, conditions as men do. But they should not be encouraged to aim for unrealistic dream ‘jobs’. Or incomes that are not deserved by the position sought or held.

- No more baby daddies. Make child support payments only for the children. Since the woman is suppose to be ‘strong and independent’, then she can pay for her rent, food, cloths etc and her 50% share of the child support.

Men need to feel secure that the woman they are with is not going to bail on them for frivolous reasons and use a slanted system that favors woman against them.

Having a neutral audit system for child support payments is a good way to keep things honest.

I know that opponents of this will cite abuse cases being the reason the man should pay more. And maybe that is a valid point. But the result of the system trying to play referee in practice has just defaulted to throwing men under the buss. If the man is an abuser he is likely going to jail anyway.

It’s the woman’s duty to vet the man they will have children with. Life is not perfect and there will be some cases that fall though the cracks. 50/50 no compromises.

- Free and discrete paternity test. (Already an option in some places, mandated in others)

Men should be allowed to have paternity test available. In fact it would be good if such a thing was not looked down upon. I understand that not having the mans trust can be hurtful, but this is one of the cost of being free and independent. Also if you’re a woman with a man that is on the nervous side of the spectrum, this is a way for you to put his anxiety to rest.

I don’t agree with making it mandatory as that can lead to another kind of abuse. But having such a thing knowingly available should keep most bad actors on their toes and give men confidence that their ‘strong and independent’ woman is not going to make them an ATM for some other mans child.

Paternity fraud also needs to have severe consequences, not just for the real father, but the mother as well. Chad needs to pay up for all the ‘foster’ father lost financially along with the ‘mother’.

Make long term lasting marriage great again!

I could go on for hours, but I’ll just end it here. Most of the woes of society are going to level out in the coming years anyway. So I’m not overly worried when it comes to the interactions between men and woman.

And finally.

As previously mentioned, my free time has been preoccupied by 3D printing as of late. So My game dev productivity has taken a hit. When I finally burn myself out of ‘filament’, I’ll skip back in and probably keep working on my game jam project.

I hope everyone is having a good holiday.

And I hope the opening act is finally over so we can get back to good times again!

Have a great end of 2024 and we’ll see each other in 2025!

(Yes I realized that I put 'when' twice.  I'm leaving it there as a reflection of how tiring this year was.)