A game programmer for 20+ years, but my day job is fiber network design. Feel free to talk to me about anything. I am into game development, music, reading and politics. My current games are Factorio (Pyanodon's mod), Far Cry 4 & GemCraft Frostborn Wrathhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mrbmpb7hvs2kOh, of course Trump would pay for this by cutting aids to poor families. Trump doesn't understand what people do when they have no legal options to feed themselves [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbmpb7hvs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mqwezmv77c2sI've had a copy of Doom II for ages, but I've only recently got a chance to play The Plutonia Experiment (it can be played as a mod, with the help of UZ Doom). Plutonia just... hits different than Doom II. Levels are built to place monsters where they cause the most pain, while preventing you ->18 Jul 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwezmv77c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mq33tpzad227It's the 7th of July, but our outside thermostat says it's negative 40 outside (it does that when it needs a new battery)07 Jul 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq33tpzad227https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mpqlmzqqxk2yOuch... So, in my #gamedev of Settlers & Warlords, I'm trying to set up a Hunting Post, so workers can take a spear and hike into the wilderness & try to catch something to eat. Here is what the post looks like. The plan is to pick a point 100 tiles away from the building, plot a path there, ->03 Jul 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqlmzqqxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mpk7sqb3ok2yI think there are far too many people who don't understand this part (#2). You can whine & complain all day about businesses raising prices and lowering quality in their product. But IF YOU STILL BUY IT, your complaints mean nothing because they're still making money off you. #corporategreed [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpk7sqb3ok2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mow3jdx7ps2iI think I've realized something: I'm trying to take over the world. But I can't take over this world, it's too hard. Instead, I'm making my own world in a game, with as much detail as I can muster - and then I'll take it over. In #gamedev you can do that22 Jun 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mow3jdx7ps2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3morfmnkd622iSeriously; all it would take is for Trump to actually listen to someone who's an expert on the subject. But no. That's too much for Trump. It would make him look weak to follow someone else's advice. So now he's guaranteed to look weak by having no way to fix the Reflecting Pool, a mess he caused [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jun 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3morfmnkd622ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3momanmrkpk2iI'm starting to think the whole purpose of the Iran war was to drain America's Strategic Oil Reserves. Trump couldn't get his hands on it directly, so he had to force us to use it [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2026 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3momanmrkpk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mo7s6p7tze2jAt last, I can finally dry clay bricks under a Thatch Roof! Now we can... umm.. well, maybe work on hunting? That's not related to clay, tho. I need mining, so I need to dig through dirt... and mapping out ores is hard, so I'm still avoiding it. But... Guess this is what happens in #gamedev14 Jun 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo7s6p7tze2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mo6kvzibsk2eWell, that was an easy fix. Turns out I had already planned to manage structure IDs, I even had a field in the database for it. I just hadn't... applied it yet. #gamedev https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mo4zivr4d42j [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6kvzibsk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mo4zivr4d42jI'm making good #gamedev progress with my Settlers & Warlords game. But I have been waiting for my workers to send items to a new structure, but they never do. The game even gives me a reason: the structure doesn't need any items to work. But that's not right. It's also referencing the wrong ->13 Jun 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4zivr4d42jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mnvcnbmyes2jI was listening to a song today (A Lifetime Rolls By by annasara Rework - give it a listen if you can), and got thinking: In this country we've had millions of people go thru college, invest their time and savings to get a degree. Only to graduate and discover the job markets they're skilled in ->09 Jun 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvcnbmyes2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mnbhecuyrk24This post on Imgur sums up a lot of reasons why it looks like nobody is protesting in the US. https://imgur.com/gallery/top-10-reasons-why-americans-aren-t-protesting-4dN31bI02 Jun 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbhecuyrk24https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mmol563dj223I think the biggest issue we had as a country was that once politicians got into office, we had no way to remove them until the next election cycle. They can go 4 to 6 years working against every promise they made when campaigning, lining their own pockets, and all we can do is vote in someone new. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 May 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmol563dj223https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mlmopefemc22I finally fixed my Blender issues late last night & was looking forward to getting home & do more #gamedev on my Settlers & Warlords. I only had to export the model to .gltf format so I can use it in Javascript. Simple... but it doesn't work. All I can determine is my Blender version needs ->12 May 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmopefemc22https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mlkcdllsh222I've been doing #gamedev on my Settlers & Warlords game, and it's come to the point where I need a new 3D model. Having switched from Windows to Linux in October, I hadn't installed Blender yet; I didn't expect any issues. But after trying to use it, it started lagging bad & then closing itself. ->11 May 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkcdllsh222https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mlel3l5bts2wI'm trying to continue doing the #gamedev of my Settlers & Warlords game. But now I suddenly need to figure out how to manage online verses offline players. And I don't know what best to do. I could use some input from others on this08 May 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlel3l5bts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mkwanopy722vI've been playing Heretic lately (from the 90's that used the Doom engine). The final boss fight is very unique. The boss's name is D'Sparil, a serpent rider wizard. He starts out riding a big green lizard that shoots fireballs at you (more fireballs as his health gets lower). When you kill him, ->03 May 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwanopy722vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mjyytvd6o223I feel the need to share this, because it's important https://imgur.com/gallery/mamdani-act-gop-VK48TY4/ The link there is valid. The GOP want to literally make it illegal to disagree with them. Yes, this goes against the freedom of speech. But will that really stop them? They'll be deporting thousands before the courts ->21 Apr 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyytvd6o223https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mjqk2lxdac2zI don't have anyone else to ask, so I'll ask here. My wife is needing more iron in her diet (pills don't help her), and I've been told broccoli has a lot of iron. My mom says raw broccoli will give you more iron than cooked broccoli. But iron is an element. Cooking something with iron -> #nutrition18 Apr 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqk2lxdac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mjcbrv2rzk2eI had a bad dream last night: I was at work trying to log into my computer. And Windows kept auto-completing the text, while I was typing it, as if it was some AI bot that thought it knew what I wanted to type. Needless to say, it was impossible to enter the correct password.12 Apr 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcbrv2rzk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3miape5dets2lThis was posted on Imgur, I think it needs to be shared everywhere https://imgur.com/gallery/netanyahu-behind-hamas-funding-XEN2chE30 Mar 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3miape5dets2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mgk6zkj4qs27This seems quite logical, and explains a lot about why we're going to war in Iran. https://imgur.com/gallery/mark-greene-netanyahu-trump-are-running-out-of-time-YbnWQRk08 Mar 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgk6zkj4qs27https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mfl2bycsmc2vI found this video & wanted to share https://imgur.com/gallery/ossoff-spits-some-truth-FNIEz0D Even though it's from July, he has a good point. Our political system is rigged to work for the ultra-rich in this country, and people voted for Trump because he promised to attack the system. Except, Trump works only for himself, not us24 Feb 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfl2bycsmc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mea3ath2ns23Some might say I have a strange taste in music... but I grew up in band. I like to find music from movies and instrumental stuff, some of it can be very good. A song I recently found is called Meeting the Goddess, by Kyle Preston (give it a listen if you can). It gives me... ideas for creatures. ->06 Feb 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mea3ath2ns23https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mdbawdlxv22qI wanted to share this post of hope. https://imgur.com/gallery/margaret-killjoy-gors-to-minneapolis-4xgotmc Minneapolis may be up against a great threat, but they are banning together. Whether Democrats help them or not, they'll get through it.25 Jan 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdbawdlxv22q