Ugh, the smell/taste of plaster drying is all through the house. (Bungalow!)
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The windows have a weird coating on them, my tongue has a weird coating, too, and every few minutes you get a breeze coming through that lifts a fresh smell of plaster all of a sudden.
Really not nice to be in here, right now.
Bleurgh..
OK, Focus, Jay...
What did you do yesterday?
Well, I got a bit more of the Typing Tutor engine formalised, so it should be a little more viable, in terms of adding a few of my game ideas into the mix.
I'm not 100% sure on what style the main menu should take, but I expect that having it be mouse driven would be somewhat counter-intuitive, so I'm thinking maybe a retro styled menu system.. Hit A for Game number one, B for game two, etc.
Or, perhaps the games oughta be laid out more like a keyboard. But then it'd not really be in a "progression" sort of order, would it?
Hmm.
If you'd like to suggest ways in which I can make a key-driven menu (without resorting to cursor keys!) let me know in the comments!
Meanwhile...
I still haven't started this week's AGameAWeek yet.
My head is screaming the title of "Get Plastered", but all I can come up with is some sort of Painter clone, where you just paint the screen a light brown plaster colour.
Maybe that'd be fun, but I can't figure out quite how to make it enjoyable to play.
I should probably do that at some point, today, though.
Time's not really on my side, is it?
A.I. Corner
If you head to notebooklm.google.com and upload some data or whatnot, you can get it to generate a fake Podcast about whatever data you've uploaded.
So I uploaded the first 50 episodes of Codas, and .. here's what that sounds like.
Honestly, as good as it is, it's really quite worrying how much it made up itself, just in this small "podcast".
They mentioned an episode with a Pet Rock.
There is no episode with a Pet Rock.
It made that bit up.
And if you're sending "only" your data to the site, expecting "only" your data back, it's really unnerving to know that .. It can create a Pet Rock out of thin air.
It's impressive, and it's fun to play with, but like all these LLM, I sure as hell wouldn't rely on it to be accurate in the slightest.
[Green is sitting on the couch, gently stroking a rock.]
Dave: [confused] A pet rock? Greenie, have you finally lost it?
Green: It's the latest trend, Dave. Much better than your rubber duck obsession.
Dave: I'm not sure it's the latest trend. Not unless, by latest, you mean about 50 years ago.
Green: At least Rocky doesn't quack or give questionable advice about fixing things with post-it notes.
Dave: Rocky probably wouldn't understand the concept of post-it notes. They're 100 years in his future.
Green: I wonder who would win in a Post-It Note Origami contest? Rocky or Mr. Duckello?
Dave: Rocky likely wouldn't have the dexterity. No wings.
[Scene Two]
Int. Dave's apartment - Afternoon
[Dave is trying to engage with Green's pet rock while Green looks on, amused.]
Dave: So, Rocky, what's your take on zen office repairs?
Green: Dave, it's a rock. It doesn't talk.
Dave: Neither does Mr. Duckello, but that doesn't stop him from being an excellent conversationalist!
Green: Only in the VR world, Dave. Hey, maybe you should add Pet Rocks to the Zen garden?
Dave: I can't imagine they're very Zen in VR. They'd probably try to hit me with their big rocky rockness.
Green: Pet Rocks aren't violent. They like to sit and be calm. Zen-like calm.
Dave: But the Zen Garden needs technicians to fix things.
Green: Rocky provides a sense of calm and stability. Stable like a rock. Nintendo love Stability. Why not the Zen garden?
Dave: It's all about the journey, Greenie. The spiritual path of the zen office repairman is a noble one. I'm not sure a Pet Rock could cope with the journey of enlightenment,
[Scene Three]
Int. Dave's apartment - Evening
[Dave is attempting to arrange his rubber duck and Green's pet rock on the coffee table.]
Dave: There! Now Mr. Duckello and Rocky can be friends.
Green: Dave, they're inanimate objects. They can't be friends.
Dave: Not with that attitude, they can't! We need to foster a spirit of cooperation between zen office repair and... whatever it is pet rocks do.
Green: They sit and look like rocks, Dave. That's the point.
Dave: Boring! Mr. Duckello could teach Rocky a thing or two about adventure. Mr. Duckello and I get things done. What has Rocky accomplished?
Green: Rocky hasn't caused any explosions, covered the room in post-it notes, or gotten us kicked out of anywhere. I'd say that's an accomplishment.
Dave: [gasps] I've got it! We should combine our pets' strengths! Picture this: a rubber duck-shaped rock! We'll call it... The Zen Stone! It'll revolutionise both office repair and pet rock ownership!
Green: [to Rocky] What do you think about all this, Rocky?
[Rocky, being a rock, says nothing.]
Green: Exactly. Sometimes silence is the best response.
[As Dave excitedly puts on his VR headset, Green picks up Rocky and heads for the door]
Green: Come on, Rocky. Let's go somewhere quiet before Dave tries to give you a rubber coating.
[End credits roll]
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