Hello, it has been a while. No I'm not
dead, and my (physical) health is typical.
The last two weeks have been a
roller-coaster of outright threats and coercion when it comes to
employment. Governments around the world have served their
ultimatums to the working class. It started with the Federal workers
and then oozed down into the Provencal and finally is seeping into
the private. There is also a hard push to install a vax passport
system, which is obviously a Trojan horse to normalize a social
credit system, similar to what China has done in some localities.
While I'm not against people getting
any kind of medial procedure they want, even assisted suicide. I
draw the line to compulsory medical intervention of any sort, even if
it's promoted to be for everyone's benefit. I have a lot to say on
what I think about Vaxxines, but I don't feel like getting into it at
the moment. The only thing I'll say is, that this is an outrageous
overreach on personal freedoms for a threat that is less than one
percent for most people, and only moderately dangerous for the older,
but reasonably healthy population.
The week before last I was issued an
ultimatum via email at work, take the vax or get the axe. Well, to
be honest they are just threatening leave without pay as the worse
and taking a compulsory workshop on the vax as the minimum. Seeing
this as a blatant intrusion on my fundamental rights and freedoms, I
opted for neither choice and declined to even fill out the mandatory
forum, as I saw it as inappropriate to even ask people for their
medical information, yet alone demand it.
I will not take the knee. If this
means my dismissal, so be it.
This is a battle I will not run from.
Thankfully I'm in a position to resist this tyranny. I have a small
nest egg that I can fall back on and should be able to support myself
for at lest 2 years, should I lose my income. I don't intend to let
it get to that point and will likely work full-time on game dev and
or get a part time job that is a little more open minded about the
topic of disclosing personal medical information.
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In Game dev news.
Several weeks back I released an
isometric tile set.
It's practice art, so it's not stellar work, but I
have released it for free. So you get what you get.
You can grab it
here: https://arkinum.itch.io/isometric-grassroadcliff-2dtileset-1024x1024-by-arkinum
The last project that I was working on
suffered massive idea creep and now has been shelved (that game with
the redhead). So I yet again reset my goals to try and devise a
simpler concept.
So I've been working on another
isometric, top down action adventure. This game will contain
rogue-lite, dodge & shoot mechanics and a Diablo like loot
system. I've decided to just focus on the combat for now. I've got
the character controller done and damage mechanics. Enemy AI will be
the thing I should work on next.
My plan is to have a very basic MVP and
release it on itch.io at some point. And try incremental releases
for at lest the prototype.
While development is up in the air at
the moment as stress related to the above mentioned and the typical
lack of energy and enthusiasm when I go back to the day job had
drained my will to work on something during my off days. I still
feel a subtle drive to continue working on this project when I feel
up to it. I suspect I'll be back at it in due time.
That's all for now.
