20230925 Never forgetting the little things that matter


It’s easy to forget, to dismiss the little things that matter in life. You become so focused on the big picture and social media that you start to neglect it. There are plenty of things distracting us, and it takes active effort to shake such stuff off.

Poor decisions, Shrinkflation, and the rancid taste of cheap cup noodles

It is rather silly of me, but hindsight is always 20/20. I love supermarkets, and I usually love to browse through the selection of food and drinks there. Yes, I have been working hard to keep my choices healthy, but there’s always a nagging urge for something more processed, more convenient. Hence the decision to buy instant cup ramen when it was on offer last week. I had them rather recently, and I am appalled by how bad it tastes nowadays. Not to mention shrinkflation is a very real thing. The Nissin cup noodles I have been patronising and buying are now a measly 75g per cup. This was a drop from 78g I had like just a month or two ago, and I swear it used to have more. Suffice to say, I am writing this here as a reminder to myself to stop buying them if I ever get the urge.

Getting my driver’s licence

Since I am somewhat free now without a proper job, I have decided to invest my time into getting my driver’s licence. I’ve managed to pass the “trial theory” test, and I am just awaiting for the Basic Theory Test on the 6th Oct. That will open up more of the actual process for me to partake in.

friends being friends and me literally snapping at them

You know how your friends can be rather stupid at times? Well, it goes both ways. I was stupid, they were stupid, I got angry and I feel stupid looking back at what happened.

Originally, we were going to meet up for a gathering and also kind of a birthday celebration. But I had some plans in the evening, so I figured I could meet them for lunch first before going off.

I won’t bore you with the details, but basically I got mad as I arrived first, and it ended up being a planning mess due to miscommunication and overreliance on Discord. I was also culprit in this, as in my bad-tempered state, I refused to communicate cordially and clearly. I was left feeling like I didn’t matter, and it only reinforced this line of thought when I went over to meet them at the restaurant. Despite having communicated their intention to come and meet me first, they decided to head to the restaurant instead. Not to mention the fact that when I arrived, there was no open seats for me. I was fuming at this point, my intention of having lunch with them seemingly fallen on deaf ears.

Unity, Godot, gamedev and my procrastinating ass

So a bit of a preamble. I used to be a Unity developer. I made a few projects, game related and otherwise on the Unity game engine. So those in the loop might have heard, Unity tried to push out a rather controversial, runtime install fee. They have since walked back on most of it, but the fact they tried to pull off something so insane and detrimental on their customers has lost all trust we had in them.

So, the game prototype I am working on is on hold as I try to regroup. The main idea is to pick up Godot as best I can as quickly as possible, and then restart my efforts into my first indie endeavour.

That said, I was not totally idle during this period. I have set up my itch.io even more, and “uploaded” a game I made during Ludum Dare 30 with my friends. The game sadly does not work anymore, so I reckon I might have to remake it in Godot. It should prove to be a good kick off point for learning. I will update this blog to have the links in a bit.

For now, I will sign off here.