I watched Amadeus (1984) today. I had never seen it. That scene with Salieri dropping the papers has become a meme on twitter, and I happened to use it to make a point in a blog post, so I figured I should actually watch the movie. People say it’s a great movie. And they were right. It’s one of those archetypal human stories that read as true 500 years ago and 500 years from now. It’s a great movie. If you haven’t watched, I highly recommend watching it before reading this post. Salie...| a327ex
In my Lv.99 lich post, I talked about intuition and rational builds. Intuition builds are creatives who have high levels of instinct about their art, who can immediately tell if something feels right or wrong. They rely on a finely tuned internal compass that strongly guides every artistic decision they make. At the end of that post, I added an example that clearly illustrates the difference between intuition and rational builds, repeated here for clarity: There is something which people lear...| a327ex
I went to my usual barber shop today. This is not a place I particularly like. I chose it at random at some point and kept going there out of| a327ex.com
This post contains all instances of AI usage for all artistic artifacts that I produce in the future that are made with the help of any AI tool. There’s a section for each artifact, and in that section there are generally links to the conversations with chatbots related to that project. I will generally try to save all conversations as PDFs or Markdown files for safekeeping, so, if in the future, any of the links to the chats are down, you can e-mail me and ask for them if you’re interest...| a327ex
Imagine a people. They are human-like in nature, but in many ways inhuman. They communicate telepathically. Not a single word ever spoken, no sound| a327ex.com
A man is walking alone in the desert. As the scorching sun burns his skin, his sweat fails to cool him, and eventually fails to come out at all. His| a327ex.com
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One who goes by“Luck Downloader” at gmail dot com asked me,“Hey, I was reading your latest and I had a question. In one paragraph you say rational builds are less advanced souls than intuition builds. Why do you believe this? And isn’t it convenient you think this while describing yourself as a pure intuition build? Thanks.” Yes, yes, very good question, Luck Downloader. I already partly described my spiritoreligious beliefs in this post, but a more thorough explanation might be nec...| a327ex
E-mails I was speaking with one Kirill Losev via e-mail, and in our 22 e-mail long chain spanning 6 days the conversation turned to the topic of finishing games and creativity. I’ll provide some commentary on the e-mails, but they will also be posted in full. Kirill 1 Hey man, sorry to disturb you again. I was just reading through this post over the past few days (I haven’t finished yet though). And in a dream this morning I hallucinated a question about comparing architects’ ability to...| a327ex
A biker drives on the highway. He goes fast, as he should, but whenever he finds a large vehicle, he matches its speed and drives close behind it.| a327ex.com
A foreign man loves the culture of a nation other than his own. He cherishes it and cultivates it, every waking moment laden with the symbols and rituals of a culture that is not his. With the peculiar characteristics of his birthplace - a kind of narrow sense of order that doesn’t fit the openness and disorder of the new one - he abides by it and propagates it, with even more respect and effectiveness than its original bearers. Is this man not of this culture? If you were to ask him why he...| a327ex
A long time ago, there was a boy who lived in the village. He was very intelligent, but had one serious shortcoming. This flaw became apparent to everyone as he grew older. The boy was so proud of how smart he was, he thought everything was beneath him. He pretended to listen carefully to the teachings of his school and his elders, but their important lessons never reached his heart. Pride sows the seeds of karma. The boy gradually drifted away from his circle of friends. In his solitude, the...| a327ex
I was implementing word hovering behavior with my text system and I was trying to copy how Artifact’s looks, and it made realize I didn’t have a| a327ex.com
Recently Balatro’s developer, localthunk, gave two interviews about his game. One with Dan Gheesling and another with the Eggplant Show. In both| a327ex.com
I used to believe this more than I believe it now. It’s not that it’s false, it’s just an incomplete truth. I posted it in the context of posting| a327ex.com
Unity and Godot, artists and their hatred of money| a327ex.com
I’ve been playing a lot of Super Auto Pets recently. I was kinda late to play it because last year when it came out I was quite auto battler| a327ex.com
Why indiedev creativity is stagnant and how to fix it| a327ex.com
Thoughts on Super People’s test session| a327ex.com
