Gaming

I haven't joined Steam but I have heard of it at least. It's one of the reasons that Valve haven't made the much-wanted Half-Life 3. They prefer to make money than make games these days.

I'm still bashing bricks But I did dig out Cruise For A Corpse again the other day for my point-click fix.
I do like the sound (and look) of ThImbleweed Park but I'd need it to run on (old) Android, preferably cheaply.

No, don't "spec shame" me, Kaz. That will only end in my embarrassment.

But all this talk of pointy, clicky adventures made me dig out my old copy of AGS the other day. I periodically go through phases where I feel inspired to have a go with it (or with that Wintermute engine) and waste several hours looking through manuals before once again giving up after failing to draw pixel art. And then I reminisce about the good old days when I actually had motivation and patience.

A watched kettle Kazky never boils paints.

I find it quite easy to pick up a sketchbook and pencil or start up an app, even if it's just to do some finger painting. The things that I struggle with are the ideas that require a bit more planning or need you to switch between several separate skills that depend on each other.
3D stuff is another example of that, where you have to model/sculpt then think about 2D texturing then go back to 3D to do the armature and the posing, then the lighting etc. You sort of need to know in advance how all those things are going to interact and that's what I don't have the patience for now, whereas with sketching/painting you can just pick up the tools and see where it takes you without too much forethought, and two hours later you *have* something. It may not be good but you do have something.

With the other stuff (like my silly attempt at pixel art animated sprites the other day) if you don't bother to sit down and plan it out then you mess around and end up with absolutely nothing except for the nagging feeling that you've just wasted an entire hour/day/week/life.

/whinge over.

It takes only 28 days to develop a habit, good habits too, rewires your brain and you get more pleasure from it each time, especially when you see results.