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/3myf3zffui22iI think this is worth sharing https://imgur.com/gallery/rules-of-rebellion-eGvQXei The French police are trying to change the narrative around the protests, to make the protesters look like the bad guys21 Oct 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3myf3zffui22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mycegoi7fc2pRegarding Trump's deal with Russia to buy their diesel, I just realized something: Russia is only sending a days' supply because it DOESN'T HAVE any more oil to send us! Most of their production facilities have been destroyed by Ukraine20 Oct 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycegoi7fc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mxsavejtm22fI had an idea for a Halloween costume Take two pair of jeans. Cut the leg off one, sew it onto the other. Go around being distraught that you lost your 3rd leg, as though everyone has 3 legs. Would it work? Maybe it'll be fun, I don't know14 Oct 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxsavejtm22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mvfpy2jwxk2oLast night I turned down a #gamedev opportunity to work with an artist. He let it slip early that he was transphobic, and wouldn't put up with any discussion about it. Probably a good call on my part, but... could really use an artist to work with.13 Sep 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfpy2jwxk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mu3drn4nls2aI saged my house today People don't get how & especially why one would sage a house How: Find a branch with a lot of leaves & a long stem. Cut it & slide it along the edges & corners of your ceiling. Why: It cleans the cobwebs! Leaves are good at collecting them. You can toss the stick when done ->27 Aug 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3drn4nls2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mtyatomx7k2hFirst results of my heightmap system for my #gamedev project Settlers & Warlords. It's... umm, a bit much. Guess there's lots more work to do, even from this point26 Aug 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyatomx7k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mtwvrhf5js2cI'm still working to get height mapping working in my #gamedev project Settlers & Warlords. But I've just realized something: this won't work for swamp biomes, or ocean biomes. Guess I'll worry about that later. I'll finish getting this heightmap system working. Players can deal with swamps on hills25 Aug 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwvrhf5js2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mtucuk5qlk27At last, I finally have heightmap data generating in my #gamedev project Settlers & Warlords. Now I need to apply it to the actual game. Which is going to be hard. Right now, a player's position is decided before the map is generated. I'll have to generate the map before I can place the player now24 Aug 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtucuk5qlk27https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mtqtzbxp5c2tI'm seeing #teachers with kids who have never learned how to read, or they struggle with math; and I think I know why. Hooked on Phonics was such a big success with schools, and businesses found an opportunity to sell new curriculum to school administrators for big bucks. All you had to do was ->23 Aug 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqtzbxp5c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mtqrpzqzg22tThere's no reason to believe that Epstein's operation isn't still going on [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqrpzqzg22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mtjp3qd64227Doing #gamedev to try & get heightmaps in my game Settlers & Warlords. This is using a Diamond-Square algorithm. It's not associated with my game, but with this much working, I can apply it to my game20 Aug 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjp3qd64227https://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3mt24koqdtc2qThis week in #gamedev I've been working on a structure that lets players to dig through rocks. Now that it's outputting items, I need to add a wooden crane, to get the boulders out (they'll be too big to move by hand). I gotta decide if a pivot point can be made out of sticks... or just go with it14 Aug 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt24koqdtc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mindstorm8191.bsky.social/post/3msnna6vwts2lWe're cooking meats,now! This is from my #gamedev project Settlers & Warlords, a game similar to both Factorio and Dwarf Fortress. Players start out with 4 workers, a bunch of land, and nothing else, climbing a robust tech tree and interacting with a fantasy world. Hunting allows access to ->09 Aug 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:h3fzcpp7k6vlj6rnmgmtva2i/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnna6vwts2lhttps://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/3mo4zivr4d42j