Made it a couple levels further!I got abducted by The Mad Hatter, and now I have to find him and kick his ass. I did manage to find a deadly game of jacks. It made taking down new enemies really entertaining, you just have to make sure never to play with them alone… for reasons. I might pick up on it again tomorrow, have to call it an early night. At least I got some more animation done. 🙂 Will probably work more on that after work tomorrow as well.
Tonight’s Kena session was more therapeutic than I expected it to be. I only did the trials, but after beating up and shooting enough demons I got a cool outfit out of it! So far I’ve only cleared one out of the three requirements for the trial: no healing. Now I just need to finish the trial in under two minutes and clear it with zero damage. I came close on the latter, but failed towards the end when a demon biffed me into the ground.
The evening was better enhanced with proper mood lighting, and a new green cherry blossom tea! For being all natural it has a lovely sweetness. It’s very clean tasting, and a good mix of matcha and loose leaf. When I pour the tea it’s so green that it can even be seen in a black mug. I might have to use it as a base for milk tea some time! I also ordered a black cherry blossom to try on a day when I need the additional caffeine.
Hopefully this all clears my head. Every other night I keep having dreams about being late for work. I really need to get away for awhile.
Trinity Fusion was one of the games I had fun with during Steam Nextfest last year, enough that I ended up buying it.Of course, in my usual fashion I lost sight of it while juggling bunches of other games. But now I’m actually making time for it!
Trinity Fusion is a rougelike/metroidvania combo, though more roguelike than metroidvania – that takes place across three different parallel worlds. You play Maya, and you are connected to your three alternate selves, each with their own special set of abilities.
It’s just as well that I’ve chosen to take my time with this one, as the reviews say that it’s actually a short game. I am happy to support an indie company though, and it does have good battle mechanics. Plus it’s also verified for Steam Deck! I’ll have to load it onto my Deck for some lunch time brawling.
Sunday is always my recharge day, and I needed it. An orange kitty made sure I got plenty of rest, and I treated myself to a breakfast bowl with ingredients from last night’s dinner. We had our usual weekend BG3 sesh! We defeated a Witchy Biznitch and are currently making our way to a monastery. We fought some explosives drunks and demon cats along the way.
I also made time to do a little bit of animating this afternoon. I haven’t touched SFM for about a week, needed to scratch that animators itch. It’ll still be awhile, but I think I’m finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel on this one… maybe after another week or two. I’m planning to release it next month, so no rush. I might even put in a little more time before calling it a night. The more I pour into it, the less I’ll have to do later.
Finally made it to my weekend, and not a moment too soon. The last bit of my work day was hectic, and I’ll need at least a couple days to wash away the corporate stupidity so I can make room for even more. Treated myself to some alone time on the couch with Kena on the big screen! I finished getting all the collectables and even made myself some homemade comfort food. There was plenty of tea, wine and detoxing after a rough day.
I’ll probably give Kena a break for now. I’ve had a good few days to clear a few areas, and even advance the plot! Now it’s time to give myself some much needed rest to prepare for a rainy weekend of infinite possibilities.
My motion sickness went away, but I’ve felt pretty dead and shaky for most of the day. Got comfortable the moment I got home, and continued my spiritual journey if only to prevent myself from napping (yeah, that’s the ticket). I collected everything in The Forgotten Forest, and I’ve parked Kena at Rusu Mountain for now. I also delivered some spirit mail back to the village and opened a couple new areas for next time. Not sure if I’ll continue tomorrow or if I’ll go on a different journey as part of my weekend getaway. So far I’m glad to be making a bit of progress, night by night and bit by bit.
Last night I updated one of my plugins before powering myself off for the evening, only to notice today that there was no website! Did some detective work and it happened to be one of the plugins that got updated. Fortunately it’s one I haven’t used in awhile for polling. so I’ve since removed it. As it is I’ve already used Mastodon a couple times for user polling on certain subjects, and I get a good outcome each time I’ve made a poll.
Anyways, we’re back!
My plans to continue spring cleaning were thwarted by pain and dizziness. I survived the work day but really felt it coming on when I got home. I’ve been sipping tea and doing a bit of achievement hunting in Trine, and even checked out a little bit of Trine 2 before it crashed on me. Great to play to avoid motion sickness at least.
Still feeling a bit under the weather even now. Fortunately, I can use that to my advantage to get to sleep on time. I’ve been fighting the urge to nap since getting home.
It was another successful day of spring cleaning. Dusted another area, and got my cups and bowls sorted. Now I can access them with ease AND they’re all in a more elegant spot. Then as it got dark I got a little more comfortable with Kena, some cherry blossom tea, and a candle to match. This time I decided to return to The Forgotten Forest to find what I missed during my first visit. So far I’ve managed to find a hat, a meditation spot and a few Rot. Already left a future note for myself in case another game distracts me… with my library you never know! 😛
My first act of spring cleaning was to do a little bit of dusting. I tried washing a wall, but the lighting in here was too terrible for me to want to do it efficiently. Instead I cleaned a five tier shelf of mine that I keep a bunch of random odds and ends on, but after thinking about it I’m thinking of storing my Asian tea cups and bowls on them since they would match the shelving perfectly. That will probably be my after work project tomorrow. I don’t really have a dedicated place for storing all of them, and it might be a good idea to change that so I can better organize.
After the cleaning of my shelves as well as myself it was time for a little bit of play after a day of work. So I wandered the forests of Kena: Bridge of Spirits and tried to remember what I was trying to do. Instead I hunted down a missing Rot in the Taro’s Tree area. It might be a good idea to make some time for this again tomorrow night, something about drinking tea and enjoying the scenery is nice after a long day.