What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

A game developer who I really like just put out this little game. It is free and pretty short (and about faeries). It is cute, fun, and worth playing.
https://steamberry.itch.io/a-faeries-tale

We had a good time with the Christmas-themed one-session roleplaying game. I need to make a few changes to how I make one-shots in the future, but I have a plan. I'm super tired, so it is time for bed.

Not surprisingly, I am feeling a bit unproductive today. It will take a while to get everything sorted out with jet lag. However, despite feeling not so great, I did get some things done.

This morning, I started a new game called "Eastshade", which seems to be about painting. So far, it is okay. I'm not super into it, but I may find it more compelling later.

I worked on the roleplaying game. I now know who the antagonist is and how the game will start. I need to set up things a bit more to get from the beginning to an ending. I'll have more time than I expected, though, since one of the players was exposed to covid, so we'll wait for the required time to make sure she is okay.

While I didn't plan on doing it today, I painted the symbol for another of the drawers on the hutch. It didn't turn out exactly like I expected, but I think it is just fine.

(It is the middle drawer.)

If I have no idea where things are on a map, I often get very very confused. I'm working on the story about Perseus, but, not knowing where the Greek cities and islands are in relation to each other, I was very confused. So, this evening, I spent some time working on roughly drawing a map of where things were in ancient Greece. I'm not done, but even the little I have done has helped a lot.

Speaking of writing, I really want to write some interactive fiction where the reader plays Brites de Almeida. She is a character from Portuguese history. One of the women who will play in the one-shot that I'm running is playing a character based on her. I think this would make an awesome story, because she seems very dynamic and had some crazy adventures.

I don't know if I posted this before, but I did a little cross stitched frog for my niece. It is small, so it didn't take terribly long (I did it while watching the Super Bowl). I'm very pleased with it.


Now, it is time to head to bed in hopes that I'll make some progress on my jet lag.

I can't say if today was super productive, as I think I spent most of the day being really anxious, so I don't remember it all that clearly. I think. Anyway, I went for a walk in the rain and finished up (finally) all the music that I had downloaded in the last batch for the podcast. I think it may have taken me longer than usual to get through the whole batch, as I lost a lot of my ratings from when we were in the US over the summer. I spent some time getting the 15GB of new music that I have downloaded since I started listening to the last batch imported into my music player and organized. It is always fun at the beginning of a new batch, because I suddenly get to listen to so much new music.

In other news, all the drawers for the computer hutch have the vertical edges covered in paper and all the edges on the inside on the bottom. Now, I just need to deal with the top edges (where you can see the cut cardboard) and any touch-ups. After that, it's cabinet doors and then decorative elements. I think I can get through most of the decorative elements pretty quickly, as a lot of them are just simple alchemical symbols (like oxygen or vinegar), planetary symbols (we all know the ones for Mars and Venus, for example, since those are the ones we use for male and female), or other simple designs (eye and pyramid, for example). However, at least the sphinxes will be a lot of work (probably). I am considering putting them in after most of the other parts are done, so that I am actually able to use the hutch sometime soon.

I finished two pairs of compression socks, which means I was able to throw away two pairs that were falling apart. I'll cut another couple of pairs out tomorrow, which will give me enough so that I'm not wearing ones with holes anymore. After that, it is a new pair of underwear or two (I think probably two, since it will be pretty quick that way). I'm more concerned about making the shirt and hoodie, since I had to draft a new shirt pattern, and I'm sure it will need adjustments (which isn't the fun part). The hoodie pattern isn't mine, so I'm also a bit nervous about that one too. However, looking at it makes me at least feel enthusiastic about wearing it.

I was getting a bit annoyed with playing the same games over and over (as I do), so I started up Cyberpunk 2077, which I bought when it was on sale but hadn't played at all. So far, at least, it seems very detailed and well-made (despite all the problems when it first came out). My biggest complaint is that it isn't detecting that I use a left-handed mouse (although I actually have two mice, so that I can have a scroll wheel, since my trackball doesn't have one) and the controls are awkward for using a mouse with the left hand. That's fine, though. I'm playing it on the easy mode, as I totally don't care about the fighting.

Anyway, now it is very late, so time for bed.