Persian Horse, designed by Peter Engel
Here’s a horse I folded at a conference many years ago. It’s meant to stand on its hind legs, although you’d really need to attach it to a stand.
Here’s a story about a job candidate I interviewed who seemed to be engaging in some sort of AI-assisted fraud.
Before the interview even occurred, there was already suspicion around the candidate. A couple other interviewers observed a lag between the voice and video, and they thought this might be a sign of an AI generated video. And the resume felt way too perfect, claiming extensive experience in basically everything that we do.
I don’t know about the video lag. To the extent there are AI tools out there, I don’t presume to know how exactly they work, nor do I presume that I am capable of distinguishing AI video from a bad internet latency. So I took an approach that was different from other interviewers: I looked at his LinkedIn page.
This month, the ace journal club discussed an article about gender detachment. And I wrote an article on the game design of my game.
Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins & Other Men Are | Rebecca Watson (video + transcript, 27 min) – I get readers from outside FTB who have little background with the skeptical and atheist movements, and who don’t get what that means for us. Here it is. This is where we came from. This is what we rejected. These pathetic thought leaders who were enraged by a woman speaking, and turned around to seek bad advice from then-convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. First we wanted better, and then eventually we just wanted out.
The Fascists are Lying about ICE Murdering an Innocent Women | Rebecca Watson (video + transcript, 27 min) – Another cathartic video from Rebecca, also featuring a cameo from Michael Shermer. Fun fact: Michael Shermer got me into the skeptical movement, and fun fact two: he’s a terrible person.
So I’m finally done with my video game. What’s next? Should I make another?
I will definitely make a second game. One of my brothers has long been interested in making video games, but never found the motivation to start. So I offered to collaborate with him and show him how to use the game engine. Then I showed him my list of game ideas, and we’re making the very smallest idea on the list.
After that, who knows?
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Practical Bookmark, designed by me
Here’s a really old design of mine, back in 2013. I wanted a simple origami bookmark–no frills, just mark my page please. Some origami bookmarks stick out of the book, and that’s obviously not practical if I’m throwing the book in my bag or something.
My game, Moon Garden Optimizer has finally released on Steam!
If you follow my blog, you may be aware that I have already made the game available for free on Itch, and as a Steam demo. The full version has a small price tag, but includes twice as many plants, and additional polish.
Moon Garden Optimizer is a strategy game where you manage a tiny garden to produce oxygen for moon habitats. It has no RNG and supports unlimited undo, much like a puzzle game. It’s mostly low pressure, but quite difficult to optimize. It doesn’t fit into any existing genre.
I play 50+ video games every year, so why not make a list of the best ones? People like listicles, right?
Personally, I don’t have much interest in Game-of-the-Years. Usually, the games at the top of these lists are games I already heard about, because people had been talking about them! So for my list, I’m doing things differently.