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.
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