I’m glad I didn’t have much to do before beginning my render. I didn’t sleep a fucking wink last night, and the night before I didn’t sleep well either. Yet somehow I still managed to send off my care package, tidy up, and keep warm with a render. If I don’t get some fucking sleep tonight I’m gonna be pissed. It’s like my body has decided that I slept enough during my vacation, why the fuck would I wanna do that now? Ugh…
My first day back went ok. Only issue I had was dealing with the Postal Service website… I’ve been trying to send a care package to a friend, which was first delayed when I got sick, and now that I’m back working it’s difficult to time getting to the Post Office. I thought I could print a particular label out for my package, but the options were limited compared to what I can request in house… grrrrr. I should be able to send it off tomorrow, but it’s still irritating.
Meanwhile… I’m inching closer to my next bit of rendering! I should be able to do an export in a day or two. Then I can render a flashback in 4K. Good thing I have all this rendering planned, it will definitely keep the house warm!
It’s been fun, but now I have to mentally prepare for the battlefront tomorrow. My Steam Deck is ready, clothes are selected, a shopping list planned, and other shit to slog through. It was nice to cool the engines for a bit, my creative side appreciates it!
Most people who know me are aware of my stance on social media. I’ve basically hated the idea since MySpace, and have always preferred self hosted options. One of my friends put together a small mastodon test server recently, and that gave me a good enough excuse to play around! Sometime in the not too distant future (this will have to be a weekend project) I will be looking into building one with my current domain behind it, but until then you can find me here. I plan to put smaller posts there that don’t really belong here, plus syndicating some of my content and other weird ideas. Feel free to follow me there if you use Mastodon!
I’ve been getting a lot of animation/rendering done just within the last couple of days. The rendering gave me some time to play on my Deck – progressing through games like Klonoa and a Sonic Racing game, games that are suitable for Deck! I did take a break earlier and played a bit of Neon White on desktop.
For the most part I’ve been going back to the earlier levels just to try and platinum as many of them as I can. So far I have more platinum than gold, not bad for this being my first true parkour game.
I’ve been laying back a little more than I like, but it wasn’t in my plans to get sick before vacation started… It isn’t COVID or anything deadly (for most people), but I’m contagious and it’s annoying enough that I don’t want anyone else to get what I have. Fortunately I bought plenty of provisions before taking my time off, and I have more than enough to do around the house for entertainment. I chipped away at my New Year’s project, played a little Klonoa, and made a Thumbnail for tomorrow’s YouTube video! Oh, and lots of holiday tea drinking to ward away the cold weathery feeling. It has definitely been curl up with the Steam Deck and hibernate weather.
Neon White is an epic casserole of FPS, RPG, and platforming wrapped in an anime shell. You play a man that died and went to heaven… sort of. You’re a Neon; a soul that should be sent to hell, but heaven is under attack by demons and you have to compete with other Neons in order to secure a spot in heaven for the one ass destined to sit next to Jeebus or whatever.
I’ve only completed the first mission and a couple of side quests, but I’ve been having fun with it. I’ve been going through and replaying each level over and over again in missions to try and get as many gifts and extras as possible. So far my experience has lived up to all the hype I’ve been reading about. It’s Deck Verified too!
Any day where I can put time into a game and actually make progress puts a smile on my face, even if I don’t get any trophies. I mastered the gravity inversion technique! Now I can turn my world upside down to get into places I never thought I could go! I’m over 75% of the way to completing it, but I still need to do another playthrough in David Hayter mode! 😛
Thanks to cloud saves I’ve been playing it between my main computer and the Steam Deck quite easily. It’s cool being able to play this on the couch, in bed, on the toilet? Literally anywhere, with only one copy of the game. No having to rebuy it for multiple devices.
