djcev.com

I'm continuing the SNES dungeon crawl game Arcana today on #stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Currently in chapter 2 of the game.

I played through most of the first January Jump Jam Quake 1 mod last night. Smilecythe's map Mana Vemputin stood out in particular, amazing map. Getting the gold key in its clocktower section was really difficult and super satisfying:

Going to play some more #quake1 on #stream today. I'll start with the jumpmod2 mod and go from there. https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

I swear playing this stuff, these electro-bass records, is a huge rush. I always get way into it mixing them.

Not my best performance but not one I'm too upset with either. I'd be happy with a performance like that in front of a crowd. Good enough.

MTT 284 / Rising Pressure https://djcev.com/2022/08/mtt-284-rising-pressure/

Fast and tough #electro and electro-bass music this week. This #djmix features music by Bombdogs, Darxid, Dynamix II, Exakt, Hydraulix, Keith Tucker, Supreme.ja, and more.

Playing some more #quake1 on stream tonight, going thru the deathmatch classics 3 map pack. Live at https://twitch.tv/andreaen .

I'm starting up the #quake1 mod / map pack Contract Revoked by Kell on stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Will play for a few hours, see how far I get.

I'm really glad that obs-studio is in the FreeBSD ports tree (and that it's available as a compiled package). It's a great tool, opens up a lot of possibilities.

I beat Super Metroid on stream way faster than I expected so I spent a few minutes testing PSX emulation and then played about 90 minutes of the old dungeon crawl SNES game Arcana.

It seems like PSX emulation + live video encoding on my CPU will work if I lower the priority of some processes, particularly my web browser.

Playing some more Super Metroid today. Hoping to get past Ridley and beat the game. (I'm not very good at Metroid so it could take me a while).

Played up to the fight with Ridley in Lower Norfair on stream today. I'll come back tomorrow and finish the game.

Streaming Super Metroid was a good test to see if my computer can handle SNES emulation plus realtime video encoding on the CPU. It can, but just barely. There were occasional glitches that I might be able to solve with some scheduler tweaks.

I'm going to play through a bit of Super Metroid on #stream right now at https://twitch.tv/andreaen .

Nothing fancy here, no speedrunning or challenges, just a casual playthrough of the game.

Posting a bit early so I can go to sleep. Apologies for some sloppy beatmatching in this one; I hope it doesn't reflect poorly on the tracks.

MTT 283 / Nothing Down https://djcev.com/2022/07/mtt-283-nothing-down/

#electro , funk, and 2000s disco at 115. This #djmix features tracks by DMX Krew, Dominance Crushing Crew, Matt Whitehead, Newcleus, Nile Rodgers, Paul Hardcastle, and more.

I'm streaming some #quake1 again today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Playing through the Alkaline Jam maps/mod. My idea of a relaxing break.

Completed Alkaline 1.1. Really awesome mod. Visuals, gameplay, everything. I played it on normal difficulty this time; next I'll have to try hard.

The last map I played today in particular, "Overengineering Mania" by Mazu & Greenwood, was very creative. It was a bit like a Metroidvania in that there were several items that granted movement abilities that opened up new areas of the map. It took me around an hour to beat.