#IT product design and development

[outer-andromeda]

More ENA OC doodles :DDD

[rulersreachf4n]

CHARACTER LAYOUTS

MARCOS FELIPE

[maybe-boys-do-love]

and thus, thamepo goes down as one of the best BLs in the history of the genre. not a single note.

[femmefatalevibe]

Hello darling! I’ve tried several times to do time blocking and have my app calendar organised but it never works. I have adhd so it’s like I don’t know how to keep it up because I never found a method that it works for me. Can you share how you do it in case you do it? And some tips? I feel like it’ll help me to organise my life but I feel stuck every time I have to do it. Thank you <3

Hi love! Sharing my method below. Hope it's somewhat useful xx

To-Do List Planning:

Spend an hour or so on the weekend to list all of the important assignments/errands, etc. you need to complete during the week. Fill your calendar with your school/work/activity obligations first see an overview of how you will need to spend a considerable amount of time dedicated to each non-negotiable activity. Use this overview to help you map out the "free" time" you have and pre-schedule when you will do specific work projects, study for a particular exam, when you will run certain errands, engage in leisure activities, etc.

Before bed/dinner, use this weekly framework to finalize the next day – your agenda for the upcoming day. Determine the big 1-3 tasks you want to complete the following day and when throughout your day you will focus on these specific tasks. Giving yourself this pre-assigned schedule will eliminate decision fatigue and allow you to go into a more "autopilot" mode by completing the action you've already planned to take at any time of the day.

Important Date Reminders:

Utilize your Google Calendar and sync it to your iCloud (make sure it's private!) to allow you to write down any important dates available for viewing on your phone, computer, etc. at all times.

Create a color-coding system to organize your calendar (i.e. make any big projects due in blue, regular/smaller assignments to complete in red, important job reminders in yellow, errands tasks in green, family/friend obligations in purple, appointments in orange, etc.)

If you need to remember to submit certain paperwork, run an errand, etc., use your Reminders app to alert you at the time when you're able to complete this task before a deadline, going home, etc.

Use the location function or invite other participating members on a specific Google calendar event for any obligations where you need to be at a certain place at a specific time and/or are working on a group project, having a meeting, or need to be at a location with someone else.

I'm very into my "bookend" routines aka the rituals I do before I start my tasks for the day and how I wind down at night.

In the morning: Skincare, outfit, makeup, 2 big mugs of black coffee, reading articles & newsletters

In the evening: A long walk outside or a 15-30 minute YouTube workout/dance party session when the weather isn't optimal. Shower, skincare, get into sweats, make dinner, clean up around the house

To plan out my work week/days:

I use the 3-Month Productivity Planner by Intelligent Change (linked here). It's been my holy grail while building my business for the past 3-4 years. I also love having a physical "To-Do" list notepad next to me for tasks that come to mind or come up throughout the day that I want to organize/come back to later. (I always try to plan my week out on Sunday evenings and for the next day either before my evening routine or after dinner) I was gifted this one from The Daily Edited a few years ago and love it. Very much worth refilling the inserts.

For meetings: I use Google Calendar that's linked to my iCal. The notes section is essential for me.

For small tasks/bills/errands: I set scheduled Reminders for the day/time I need to pay a bill, write an email, schedule something for work or life, create a reminder for something I need to take before heading out to a meeting or appointment, something I need to buy at the pharmacy, etc.

As someone who in certain ways completely embodies the stereotypical "creative" type, my brain naturally goes in a million directions at once, so streamlining everything has become an important, deliberate habit and way of life for me. People think I'm naturally organized at this point in life, so I hope this system works for someone else out there too! x

[acmeoop]

Martian & Earthling “Good Little Scouts” (1962)

[foxaroundthenight]

• • • EARLY SILKWORM DEVELOPMENT

artwork by Maria Zhao @shrugsinchinese

[real-reulbbr-band]

“Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer don’t even look exactly alike how can their owners not tell them apart”

The implication in the lyrics was that by the time the owners got to the scene of the crime the deed was done and they couldn’t tell which cat had done it. The whole point is that they can’t tell the cats are collaborating and that enables them to succeed again and again. Them looking similar is a bonus.

“Or after supper one of the girls suddenly missed her Woolworth pearls

Then the family would say, "It's that horrible cat!

It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer!"

And most of the time they left it at that”

Even later, the family and cook are only notified about Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer’s actions after the fact. They didn’t see anything happening.

“When the family assembled for Sunday dinner

Their minds made up that they wouldn't get thinner on

Argentine joint, potatoes and greens

Then the cook would appear from behind the scenes

And say in a voice that was broken with sorrow

"I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow

The joint has gone from the oven like that!”

“Then the family would say, "It's that horrible cat! It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer!" And most of the time they left it at that.”

The song even ends by stating the family can hear the destruction they’ve caused but haven’t seen anything. And so they can only discuss who it could’ve been and move on.

I think this also answers another common question I see which is “why do Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer’s owners keep them?”

“It’s that horrible cat!” Cat, as in one cat. Not two. They think only one of them did it and don’t want to get rid of both their cats if one is “innocent”. So they keep them both and ponder on.

[rulersreachf4n]

JUSTIN RUNFOLA

[splendidcyan]

I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS... FOR SO LONG... And there's definitely SO MUCH I can do better but ummm I'm proud of this!! And I will be doing much more like it. Inspired/referenced from Batman: Arkham Asylum, which I have been enjoying, except that Robin is TOO burly !!! get small idiot. Wayne Family Adventures flavored Asylum time plz.

Bonus sketches and the early version, which got critiqued by some friends whose harsh words made it WAY better, thank u <3

[halfcourtyeet]

This Week's News, 3/30

My DOOM level is out!

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/152121-manufacturing-conflict-single-map-10/

It took about a month, but I think it's pretty fun. I think there's still plenty of good edits to make, and I'm grateful that I've gotten a few people commenting on it. If you want, give it a play and see what you think.

I'd like to keep making levels, as I have a friend who's interested in doing a 10-map WAD. But most of the levels won't be as big as this one. They can't, haha.

I'm still thinking about strategy games

This video is amazing. We haven't heard from Bunnyhop's George Weidman since the end of 2023, when he was talking about Pentiment.

The video has direct ties to the SRPGs I love, and overall traces a blisteringly deep lineage connecting the ancient Greeks to Napoleon to the US MIlitary to... you guessed it, Advance Wars and Fire Emblem.

There's a lot of game design gold in there, stuff to bounce around in my head as I finally try to finish part 1 of Genealogy of the Holy War, which I have picked back up, for better or worse.

For my album: I think I need to give up on recording real instruments for my album (horns, strings)

Uhhh, I guess that's just a video. Here's the audio above.

This is currently what the virtual instruments sound like at their best, and I'm sure most people would agree that's fine. I think I just need to work with them more to make them sound as good as possible. There is still at least one or two people that want to record with me that I'll happily pay, and I have plenty of guitar and bass work from my friends.

But besides the people I've already brought on, I can't really afford it, nor do I have the time right now. And I've had a few songs grind to the halt over waiting for string parts. So, forget it. It'll be easier if I just arrange it myself virtually so I can finish the project sooner.

To be honest, I have been at times feeling very inspired about my album, but other times it feels like it's a school project. I'm trying to keep the energy high because even though I've been working on it on and off for 4-5 months now (and for a music project, that has the effect of losing a lot of passion along the way), there are still a lot of parts of it that are super important to me. Still a very personal album. You'll see.

That's all for now, see you next week.

[indeedgoodman]

[todays-an-adventure]

Day 34 of 100 days of game design:

So, I have just been going through the documents we have on the game

This includes:

Game Design Doc: This document is the most messy. The information is scattered throughout, so I will rewrite it and store it in multiple documents.

Character intros dialogue writing.

And my personal document on the writing for the Banshee and the Werewolf.

[likopinina]

admiring topology of 3d models from death stranding rn

im a lowpoly modeller so the difference in scope is, well, noticable.

there are fully modelled screws (one is highlighted in orange) in these shoes

did you know the bb pod has a small part that we never see and that part has over 200 vertices? that could be a whole lowpoly character

the quipu necklace has 15236 vertices (understandable, we see it up close and it's important. but still, wow)

higgs' facial hair (10981 vertices) is equal to 37 fish i once made. it was a pretty big fish btw

[soapdispensersalesman]

[alphachromeyayo]

Some fun sound design this afternoon...

Making a kinda gong sound with an underwater microphone and a big dirty mallet 🔨

[nostromo130]

art dump blehhh. ttrpg character portraits + comic character design and pallette tests (im going w the far right palette)