24/12/2025 - About coding and also more coding
I finally made the blog! It's kinda funny considering this is the worst way I could go about with doing it.
Typing manually into the code, without proper formatting and ease of use of Zonelets. (Well honestly, it's mostly because I tried importing it and I deleted half of my code by accident and now I got PTSD sorta reason.)
But I suppose there's also something fun about directly typing into the code one by one, line by line.
It's tedious, but in the "I'm literally unemployed and I find this sort of thing fun" type of fun. It's also how I'd imagine someone with minimal code knowledge (which is just me) back then doing something similar, and it's fun to think about.
Speaking of which! My code is jank and it also shows through when I do Ren'py! I've been learning it for the sake of the VN entry I'm working on with a few friends, to time the audio and all that. But learning it has been really fun! Scraping people's code together, making a mess of the code, game doesn't work, fix it only to realise it's not working again, fix it again and finally success!
I considered joining another jam, one that was timed in 5 days (I think) but I think alone I lack the skills and knowledge to effectively make one, so maybe I'll do that in the future instead, maybe with friends hmm? (Even though I have a rough script already, it was about two friends and coworkers sending a part of themselves (art) as their final sendoff as an asteroid hits earth).
Speaking of the VN, it's been really fun working on it! It's nice working in a team for once and having your friends along is a great experience. I've always wanted to do VGM and sound design stuff practically so this is a good starting point.
I've been on a roll lately in terms of the sounds in the VN, been cooking in the kitchen as one might say.
I'm really excited for everyone to see and hear the final result! I'm really proud of this despite it straying far from what I usually make as a more "band" musician. I think elements of that still shines through, and I don't mind! It gives it a fun sound and I quite like it.
Despite that, I'm struggling quite a bit with the "Stringpusher" project, but maybe I'll have some time to go over it again since I still have about a month. It's difficult finding the sound I want, or what to do next in terms of tracks. It's a scary feeling but since it's not a big risk thing, I think it's alright if I focused on the VN more.
I could ramble on and on about the vomit sfx, the deliberate decision to make every character sfx cute (including crying sounds), the motif and the contrast between the character and her enviornment. But I won't, not yet at least!
I think I'm gonna cut it off here for now, I hope I get to do more entries in the future! See you and thank you if u read this :p
Edit: I actually stopped being lazy and did the Zonelets thing! Yipe!