Andy 🐺 @andy@mentalhealth.social

My #introduction toot!

I'm Andy and I'm the admin of mentalhealth.social.

My interests are covered in my profile. On #mentalhealth I've briefly known the Black Dog in the past and work hard to keep him on a leash. My wife lives with #BPD bundled with #anxiety and #depression (though has a grip on all of them) and her illnesses are one of the things that drive me to be so passionate about #MH support and care. Which is why I set up this Masto instance; a safe place to socialise and chat. 👍

Well, I managed some #GameDev 😎

I have 3D regions now, which consist of a stack of 2D layers, each of which maps to a SadConsole surface.

The lowest layer is always solid (the sea bed) and I've used a simple CA to grow cave-like rooms for the next layer up, then inverted them (so the hollow rooms now become solid, rounded, organic rock-like formations).

Completed the code to +/- the depth and render each layer. Next I need to "grow" the terrain upwards from the sea bed. 🐙

I don't know what Deezer is trying to tell me this morning, but segueing from Jason Mraz singing "I Won't Give Up" to Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2" is sending mixed signals. 🤔

Hoping to do a little #GameDev this weekend. On my submarine game. Unless I get distracted by writing. Which I probably will.

DTRPG's response to the events is pretty good. Make it so these fucks have nowhere to go and hurt them wherever you can.

(And I say that with my most-balanced, least-angry ACT head on.)

Uh. That went from upsetting to scary in about 20 seconds.

I'M NOT CRYING. YOU'RE CRYING. 😢

Reading some of the revelations that are coming out in the tabletop RPG scene at the moment is really challenging and frankly, fucking horrific.

Neutral, non-committal reactions from industry leaders (who have previously defended the rapist referenced above) are damaging to say the least. Quit defending these people; and yes, inaction and PR spin counts as defending in my book.

Ugh.

I'd forgotten what a combo Chamomile and Valerian is when it comes to sleeping.

Not MUCH sleep as I was up quite late and woke at 6am but the QUALITY was really good.

#ACT Observations on Values and Goals Day 2. I still hold my neopagan/hedge witch roots from 30+ years ago in high regard, even though I'm wiser and more universalist these days. Maybe consider rekindling that interest, tempered by What I Know Now.

Chamomile tea and some more writing tonight. I've been working through my ACT book again and some of the work on Values and Goals is beginning to settle and find a place in my head.

I was a #writer and tabletop game designer (of sorts, given my age) before I was a programmer. It's where my heart is, so despite the occasional foray into computer #GameDev, I'm going to finish this RPG.

Probably more thoughts on ACT this week. Maybe some more talk of Values.

#Thoughts #MentalHealth

Ugh. I can't even online half the fittings in my Navy Domi, let alone climb inside my Kronos. Hmm.

Maybe I'll just dick around in L2s in my drone/blaster Vexor.

Finally got into EVE. Seems I have enough PLEX for a month's play. I'll ferry my ships up to my home station (though I'm guessing I can't pilot half of them) and then see what the profits are like for soloing L4s these days. If it's not going to take me much play time to earn the ISK for sufficient PLEX to play for free, I might consider it.

Eclectic musical tastes is hammering out Carly Rae Jepsen and Taylor Swift on my guitar over coffee, then settling down to do some writing while listening to Entheogenic's chilled psytrance.

A respectable 6.4 hours sleep last night, with normal levels of light, deep and REM. The difference is, I had a light nap during the day and I took Valerian last night.

More experiments needed.

Time for The Expanse S3. I bet I end up getting the urge to run Eclipse Phase again. 😅

The Punisher S1 was outstanding. I enjoyed it more than Daredevil, though the latter was more a thing for @Jo and myself and The Punisher I watched alone.