Cyberdevil 2023-12-31 18:46:46

2023 wasn't all as bad then huh? ;) Hell yeah!!! Here's to that! Also... wait... by ZoidNG? Did I unintentionally draw something here...?

Cyberdevil 2023-12-31 19:48:54

Ooh that one! Need to be more attentive. XD That's not an angryfaic sticker per se, it's the neutral/devoid-of-emotions/ambiguous-and-easily-interchangeable-expression emoji, but ty! If I could change that picture without my other avatar changing too now I'd probably alter the mood sometimes...

Cyberdevil 2024-01-01 05:15:01

Happy New Year Nachos! Indeed! :D Yeaah I was plotting big things too.. always the mission to bring 'em to fruition, but now the new year's starting up! With new dreams and ambitions! New focus and intention! A focal intervention! A new dawn's brewing, though I stir late... and in Japan they've already had an earthquake.

Hell yeah! Let's both do some grand things with this one!

Cyberdevil 2024-01-01 14:44:35

Merry Christmas and Happy 2024 to you too phenorax! TY!

Cyberdevil 2024-01-04 13:20:16

Heeeey Zanz! How've you been? A little surprised I hit 2k before you did, suppose games always were a bit underrated a content genre, but then again... I have been around a while longer huh. XD Hope you get there soon!

For starters I'm planning to finish up an ongoing freelance design gig, then zone out and plan ahead a bit, didn't get as much contemplative time around New Year as I hoped. :) And this year blew by. Mainly just make stuff though I suppose, as much as possible, experience things, meet new people, figure things out a bit further when it comes to this life and all... how about you?

Happy New Year good dude!

Cyberdevil 2024-01-04 18:15:16

Well I don't know if I do know EXACTLY how it is to do what you always do, but staying prolific no doubt? ;)

Well thank you! :) Soon as the current job's accomplished I shall do so properly! And hey... I'll have had this account for twenty years in a week or so now. Might be good occasion to do that too.

Haha well all goals are general in lack of more well-considered specifics. XD It helps to be have more precise goals if you really want to accomplish as much as possible I feel... but more of those later. I do have one main resolution for the year, eternally bound to my: https://cyberd.org/img/7/The-Daruma.jpg

...ever tried one of those? :P

You're not working with Flash at all these days then? Although it is possible to emulate pretty well with Ruffle these days - and integrate that elsewhere as well? AS2 more than AS3 though I suppose - if you were using cutting-edge code maybe what you have done with it really isn't possible to emulate yet. But Flash lives! Hope to join in on the Jam this year too.

May you get back all former momentum too real soon man, I didn't realize it'd been missing, still see you pretty frequently in the news threads! Ganbatte!

Cyberdevil 2024-01-05 18:56:11

Just about exactly a thousand per decade basically. XD

Oh! You must've seen one somewhere else then, this is the first year I have one actually. :) Got one for Christmas; just read up on the story behind it. It's a pretty cool thing. You fill in one eye, make a resolution, and leave it in a highly visible area for the rest of the year... until you get that resolution done and fill in the other one! And ideally start next year with a new one, and burn up the old one in a special ceremony, though seems kinda wasteful to just burn up a work of art like this... I may keep it. With two eyes though! That's the plan. Thanks man. :)

The eyebrows are meant to symbolize the crane btw, which is said to live a thousand years, and the 'mustache' the turtle, which is said to live ten thousand. It's molded after Bodhidharma, who is said to have meditated so long his arms and legs fell off, thus the rounded form... etc etc. Wonder if anyone actually believes any of this, but it's pretty cool how much lore goes into it all; how everything's symbolic of something. The actual symbol stands for something like resolution and actualization too. Fun thing. Aaanyway, moving on from teh dolls...

Ah were you using Animate for animation specifically too? Did it have Flash-like capabilities as well? I've never used that one. Saw they had a Character Animator thing now too, though no real replacement for the one and only it seems... good to know regarding Haxe, seems like good software too.

I'm curious what you think about Ruffle though, and the Flash Forward Jam and such incentives to keep it all going, would you be all for another wave of it all, or rather move onto other technologies and alternatives either way? I never had it as a revenue source the same way you did, so I suppose I didn't feel the impact of Flash getting killed the same way; I'm pretty happy about NG somewhat being on the forefront of development there now. No longer reliant on Adobe, not even a plugin - being able to run all of this stuff with regular code that anyone can implement and further contribute to if they want to... it's pretty amazing IMO! Maybe making a little something for the jam might jostle up some good exposure? ;) Or prize money, if it's more than a little something... the pot's been building too....

Well whatever new enterprises or alternatives you move onto I wish you the best with 'em! :) The Internet overall's definitely an unpredictable platform, revenue streams come and go, overall ad value really decreased with the pandemic too, I wonder if sponsorships are the best way these days, maybe slowly but surely the middle-men are getting cut out, traditional ad networks don't perform as well as they used to...

Fulltime job now btw, curious what it is you work with if wish to share.

Cyberdevil 2024-01-06 19:46:05

Sure thing. :) If you're at all been into Japanese/Asian culture you might've seen something similar before, or just seen one elsewhere, seemed somewhat familiar to me too.

Mmm totally agree there. :) It had the brush smoothing functionality real early on too, made it so much easier to make things look good back in the day, and still, compared to a great deal of other, simpler contemporaries... I wonder what would've happened with it if Adobe never bought up Macromedia; if they'd kept developing it as it was. It was so ahead of it's time initially; had such a good balance between functionality and UI.

Oooh which bug/what games? It's reported on Github I hope? Interesting, I thought they'd sorted out pretty much everything when it came to AS2 specifically...

That's true. :) Different times now, and when AI starts getting involved in the creative realm too... seem people may stop making the same effort to make simple things. But Flash Jam involvement on you part in particular? Considering? ;)

Indeed! And yet if the Patreon type of support system was a circular one entirely it wouldn't work so well, need to get in that extra revenue to circulate there too somehow. :) Respect to those who do make it for sure; who juggle jobs and find ways to keep going with their passions no matter if they're profitable or not! And all the more respect to those who actually do make it work as a business no less! Salute to you too!!!

Ah so in a way you are working with what you did as a hobby too... interesting, and a fun concept... if you're interested in feedback: the three bullet points (SIGN YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS + 2 others) fade into view pretty much after I've scrolled past them on the site, maybe a bit slow a transition for thinner screens.

I'm just looking at the site now of course, but JSYK. :) Looks great overall, hope it's profitable too!

Cyberdevil 2024-01-07 22:06:52

I could. :) On my way now...

Cyberdevil 2024-01-08 04:51:44

Noo that one looks good too... a bit like Cold Pursuit but... totally different.

Cyberdevil 2024-01-09 21:02:15

Like VicE with ease!

Cyberdevil 2024-01-15 02:33:25

15/1 hmm... yupp that was a tiresome one. :) Morning client meeting, last minute changes... managed to accidentally delete a central design element in the process but it went OK!

Cyberdevil 2024-01-17 01:39:20

Me too but hmm... is this a reference to some old; iconic NG-related text somewhere?

Cyberdevil 2024-01-17 01:39:39

I'm in Östersund dude, doing design from early mornin' till midnights, times low, online slow

Cyberdevil 2024-01-17 19:30:17

Ooh I've used that action a lot too, maybe not variables though... good to know. That does seem like a very fundemental; important thing to fix too.

Aight aight, best prioritize the important stuff. :) Dannng, I need to play that one... hey congrats! 100 may pay bills only momentarily but solid accomplishment still! I do plan to Flash Forward myself yes. :) Hopefully there's time for it... atm it's running away, need to start something soon.

Mutual salutations for great and creative celebrations! :D

Ah it looks so fresh already otherwise! Intriguing. Lemme know if y'all want an extra visit when it's up. ;)

Cyberdevil 2024-01-18 01:28:52

Nah, it's not a hugely lucrative gig this thing, I'm working with/am hired by my nephew, who has a small production company, staying with the family while I'm here.

Big bro has a spare one-room apartment though, almost as good as a hötel.

Cyberdevil 2024-01-18 01:29:25

Of Course I Will Still Always Do The Daily!Congrat + Post Stat! #real-life-priorities

Cyberdevil 2024-01-19 22:47:47

That is true! :D Will most probably not result in all that more advanced content than I have worked on already, but who knows, maybe I'll run into some brand new cool age-old AS epiphanies!