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MTT 318 / Open Spaces https://djcev.com/2023/03/mtt-318-open-spaces/

Ambient, downtempo, and IDM at around 80. This #djmix features music by Barking, Coldcut, Gasp, Ignatius, Skee Mask, and more.

Streaming some #quake1 movement testing at https://twitch.tv/andreaen.

Tonight's goal is to experiment with the slidemove code I added to Ironwail (by, for example, running around some maps).

I've been completely fixated on tweaking #quake1 player movement and physics this last week.

Yesterday I somehow implemented #quake3's pm_slidemove and pm_stepslidemove into Ironwail. It mostly works, though there are some edge cases I'll have to figure out. It feels uncanny to play.

Continuing Shadowrun Hong Kong on #stream tonight at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. Will play for a few hours, at most one mission, before going to sleep.

MTT 317 / Found Within https://djcev.com/2023/03/mtt-317-found-within/

Dub techno and electro, 110, a few unusual tracks here. This #djmix features music by As If, Cignol, Low Orbit Satellite, Paradox, Plant43, and more.

I found out a few days ago that Marshall Sutcliffe (who I know as a Magic: The Gathering match commentator) has a Youtube channel where he meticulously repairs wristwatches.

This video is particularly impressive I think:

Playing more #quake1 Dwell 2 on #stream at https://twitch.tv/andreaen . Starting in a few minutes.

Two goals today: 1. make friends with Apeirohedron and 2. test the movement changes I made to the game engine.

Just realized I should clarify: sliding up stairs when transitioning from being in the air to being on the ground. So you can jump into stairs and they won't block you and stop your momentum immediately.

So it turns out that the #quake1 Darkplaces SV_FlyMove code is pretty similar to the same function in Ironwail. Using Darkplaces as a template I was able to implement sliding-up-stairs in Ironwail 0.7.0 last night.

I probably did it wrong in some subtle way but for now it seems good. Playable. And it's such a dramatic improvement to the game that it's worth it, I think.

I'm playing & reading thru Shadowrun Hong Kong on stream again today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen .

Been a little bit since I picked this up, let's see what I can remember.

MTT 316 / Not Always Empty https://djcev.com/2023/03/mtt-316-not-always-empty/

Ambient and dub techno this week floating around 120. This #djmix features music by Alteria Percepsyne, Altone, Deepchord, Legowelt, Yagya, and more.

CW: Horror movie talk, Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988)

Rough subtitles for the 1988 found footage horror film Psychic Vision: Jaganrei were linked on Reddit earlier today & that gave me the excuse I needed to watch it.

Watched in very low quality on youtube. Jaganrei is directed by Teruyoshi Ishii and written by Chiaki J. Konaka (!).

Unexpected supernatural events occur while a reporter and her crew are filming a behind-the-scenes piece on the production of an idol's new single.

There's a passage near the end where a crew assembles a set for a music video and all I could think was: this is it, it's all about to go wrong & you're building your own hell.

It's short, 45 minutes or around there. Really nails the particular tone of cursed documentary. It's kind of great? I liked it well enough anyway (though I haven't thought too hard about it).

I will say I laughed out loud the first time they mentioned the name of the song they're working on.

The second half of Dwell 2 episode 2 does not mess around. It was really challenging on hard (skill 2). The boss fight in particular can get out of control really fast.

Really good maps, good stuff.

Playing the #quake1 mod Dwell today at https://twitch.tv/andreaen. I'm currently halfway through episode 2, might try to finish it this stream.

The second disc (CD2 at that same Bandcamp page) is also very good and is more chill, sleepy.

I once spent most of a summer listening to the ambient pieces from this album on repeat while playing Morrowind. A good memory, was a good time.

Listened to this a few times today:

Excellent ambient / dub techno album from 2011. Distant and hazy. Used to be very hard to get but is now (thankfully) available digitally.