Quite Unusual Newsletter #43

Starting my long form after reports. you can check them out on our Substack, but we'll continue are recaps here.

Programming tasked we got done:

• made function to compute the weights of actions
• made function to get the diameter of a beam magic at distance
• made a function to find a distance at which a beam of magic is at least a given diameter
• made a basic note webapp that import/export json
• ported note app to Rust

TeaserTuesday

Waxworth patiently awaits a cure for her condition.

Quite Unusual Newsletter #41

Once again we dedicate an issue to divulging the progress we've made on the programming side of our game development journey.

Alta's Achievements for the past 4 weeks include

Alta made his own Ink story manager for RPGMV:

• fixed my ink manager from putting on the lines in one dialogue box
• implemented choices in my ink manager

Work on the original Ink story manager included

• figured out why the BG image wasn't changing with the original Ink manager
• made it keep track of what image it should change to after the fade out
• removed the initial fade out when loading the scene

Work on porting Ensemble to RustLang involved a lot of reverse engineering but Alta was finally able to

• ported calculateVolitions() function to rust
• made a function to print out the calculated volitions
• redo from scratch the function the translates Conditions into English

Alta spent way too much time doing the following

• ported a paint example into PlatformIO
• got the PlatformIO paint example running in the Wokwi simulator
• developed a congestion control protocol
• ported JS program that calculates Time on Air of LoRa to RustLang

TeaserTuesday

Hope soars as Waxworth eye's flicker with recognition.

Quite Unusual Newsletter #40

Sorry for the delay in getting this issue out, it's been too hot to do anything but lay there and try not to overheat.

Another productive month for Switch with the following getting done:

• Waxworth Prologue Posing (Continuation)👵
• Scene Setup💻
• Lighting & Rendering🌤️
• Image Editing🖼️

TeaserTuesday

In the quiet acceptance, reality settles in, heavy yet inevitable. Despite the heartache, there's a resolve to navigate the journey ahead with compassion and strength.

Quite Unusual Newsletter #39

We've made a lot of progress in programming to report, thou it doesn't feel like while doing it. Apologies for the ongoing gap in programming articles—we've been learning the basics of JS and MV and creating glue logic, which isn’t exciting enough to report on.

Alta's Achievements

Alta finished up the outfit logic on his description prototype by

• redid how outfits store their components
• added a Naughty Exposure that requires the region to have a transitive Coverage of Concealed and direct Coverage of Bare

The social physics engine got a good start with

• parsing Ensemble's JSON files
• Rust impl of some of the DB logic
• impled loading the DB into CozoDB
• impled complete DB logic in the CozoDB
• made functions to interface the CozoDB to Rust
• impled running the trigger rules

Alta did some volunteering on a game, that unfortunately the project lead isn't communicating the details of the game but did get him working on his Pokemon GUI again

• started adding layout logic
• made the GUI scale to fit window
• reorganized the menu to be generic widget

To get some pure coding problems free from game design, Alta is doing some coding for New Guy's Court Magician

• made autosave feature for RPGMV
• added the autosave slot to the load game menu
• made a function to check is a property exist and if it doesn't set it to a value

TeaserTuesday

In a silent revelation, the truth dawns, dimming the light of hope. Despite aspirations, the grasp of dementia persists, signaling the ongoing struggle ahead.

Quite Unusual Newsletter #38

Greetings! Another 4 weeks have passed and so once again it's time to check in on the talented SwitchLaid in this artwork issue of the Quite Unusual Newsletter.

Switch continues to crank out the artwork with:

• Waxworth Prologue Posing (Continuation)👵
• Scene Setup💻
• Lighting & Rendering☀️
• Image Editing🖼️
• Caravan HDRIs💡

TeaserTuesday

In the quiet room, the dialogue unfolds, filled with heavy truths and unspoken fears. As words flow, the weight of the moment lingers, marked by sorrow and fragile hope.

Quite Unusual Newsletter #37

Sorry about the delay in putting out this issue, was thinking it was due tomorrow. Not much happened in the past 4 weeks due to Alta hurting his back, but he has managed to make a full recovery and is back at work.

Alta worked on a prototype of a system to get descriptions of charters which involved

Learned Cozoscript by making programs to compute the following

• the transitive contains relation
• the transitive coverage of a body_region
• if someone is nude
• what outfits are worn

After running into a problem that he couldn't solve in cozo he impl functions in RustLang that do the following

• compute the transitive coverage of body region
• evaluate the tests on descs to see if they are applicable
• find all outfits that are being worm

And use them to make the functions that

• find the desc for region looking into the clothing worn for ones that override the objects self desc
• get list all desc for an object and it's sub components that are applicable and from what object they come from

TeaserTuesday

Finally, the conversation begins, bridging the gap between past and present. Words flow with a mix of sorrow and hope, as the reality of the situation settles in.