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Time to get a new keyboard, I guess. Shift button isn't working properly. And that one's pretty important

I guess more compression = computer has to work more? But it always takes like one second even at maximum compression for me.

I guess if the image is *really* large? Or maybe it's like a relic from when computers were much weaker?

by the way, when you export and image as PNG (or some other format) and the program lets you choose "compression level" where apparently the only difference is file size...

why? Why would you want the larger file size? Assuming that quality is really unaffected, of course

Alright, I restarted the PC and it works now.

Didn't work the first time but I guess you just keep restarting it then

It's not the end of the world. It's not like we lost any data, I don't think. So we'll get it to work one way or other.

But I'd rather not reinstall Krita if I can avoid it. Because remapping all the shortcuts to where we want them is a pain in the butt

Krita refusing to open since yesterday is... kinda annoying

I'm bad at posting updates about it, but I'm actually really satisfied with how our game is coming along.

There is a lot left to do (like, most of the actual game). But there is solid progress, and I'm learning a lot in the process

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Posted an update on Fruity Train Journey on the Patreon, if anyone's interested
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this time, I did try modify a different part of the script. And after restarting, it does work again. So I guess I just have to modify any part of the script once a day

Another day, and the cycle continues...

Currently I'm planning to have the whistle to be the first upgrade the player obtain, to introduce the concept of "this is a game where you sometimes need to obtain a new item to progress"

getting the the "'door' that activates when the player uses the train whistle in front of it" to function properly

#indiedev #godot

that's great! Definitely don't wanna come off as negative or anything. I think Godot is really cool

that's true, I'm getting a lot of crashes just in general. I'm not technical enough to understand how hard or easy it is to fix, but I hope the developers prioritize making it not crash so often, feels kinda important

I'm also getting about 30 error messages about malfunctioning png drivers, but that's probably unrelated.

To be clear, the script isn't using today's date for anything. Well, unless it's built in somewhere.

Nope, it loaded just fine now.

So I guess troubleshooting will be slow, if the issue only arises once per day

Or is it once per starting the computer? I guess I could try that right now

It doesn't seem to be that I just have to make any change to the script no matter what it is. But maybe next time, I'll make a change that shouldn't affect matters at all, just to see if it somehow makes it load properly.

But why once per day? That's the part that I really don't get

every day when I start Godot, the game crashes when loading, so I have to start in recovery mode. Then I make some change that seems to solve the problem, but... the next day it happens again.

I'm incredibly confused about this

update: now my tool script crashes the engine once again, which I find incredibly odd

great, I managaded to create a @tool script in Godot that automatically crashes the engine on startup....

Probably I can just edit the script externally to solve this, but still. Gotta be more careful I guess

Finally got around to posting another episode of the webcomic!

Gravity Break #15: Lost and Found.

Read at: tapas.io/episode/3665...

#webcomics #webcomic #lgbtcomics #queercomics

Trying to think of a title for the Gravity Break chapter so I can actually post it...

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We implemented a setting to change all text in our game to the OpenDyslexic font for accessibility, and I wrote a bit more about it here on the Patreon.

www.patreon.com/posts/we-add...

#gamedev #indiedev

finished drawing the edgy rival character for our train game. #art #indiedev

the aesthetic I'm going for: Delinquent train driver

Designing characters is easily the most fun part of drawing to me. Trying to come up with an aesthetic that is at the same time visually appealing, communicates the character's personality, and makes sense in the context of their setting.

working on a character design for our game

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