Create28 2023: Week II, 5-11 February

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 12, 2023February 9, 2023Cat ProjectsTags 3D Models, Create28, Devil Monkey Games, Game AssetsLeave a comment

This week focused on some pretty basic stuff. 5 February: Spotlight Assembly Our aliens, like us, sometimes want to use fancy lighting to display something. This spotlight assembly is designed to sit in the corner of one of their rooms and cast a light beam on whatever it is they want to show off. It… Read More »

Create28 2023: Week I, 1-4 February

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 5, 2023January 31, 2023Cat ProjectsTags 3D Models, Create28, Devil Monkey Games, Game AssetsLeave a comment

Because this was a short week, I decided to do four small, fairly simple standalone models. 1 February: Beveled Mount This is a very basic small metal mounting doodad for a switch or button. It’s just a decorative part to make a control of some kind stand out. 2 February: Yet Another Beacon Here we… Read More »

Principles

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023Cat LifestyleTags Continuous Improvement, InspirationalLeave a comment

People accuse me of being “driven” and can’t figure out how I manage to do as much as I do. I get it. I work 8-10 hours a day at the robot factory, then come home and work on my dozen simultaneous projects. A lot of this comes down to some basic principles I live… Read More »

Cartoons

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023Cat ProjectsTags Devil Monkey GamesLeave a comment

As a game designer and developer, I do a lot of research on a variety of subjects. Some of this research is, to the majority of people, pretty gorram weird. Specifically, old cartoons. A lot of the cartoons I grew up on were essentially just toy commercials. We all know this. As such, they’re an… Read More »

Hostibule 2023

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 1, 2023February 1, 2023Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2023, World of Pain1 Comment

Another year, another trip to the hostibule. Apparently this is what I do now. Last Saturday (21 January) I had a weird pain on the inside of my left knee. It ran more or less along the line of the muscle there. That’s the muscle I get a cramp in if I get dehydrated overnight. … Read More »

Create28 2023: Intro

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 1, 2023February 6, 2023Cat ProjectsTags 3D Models, Create28, Devil Monkey Games, Game AssetsLeave a comment

This thing has been fun and useful, so I’m doing it again. Because February is spread over five weeks this year, I’m doing three seven-day semi-themed weeks and filling in the two short weeks with whatever. As always, these are going to be LOD A. One of the classes I took stressed the idea of… Read More »

Story Time: Tartar Sauce On Burgers

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 8, 2023January 8, 2023Cat Food, Story TimeTags Condiments, Easy, Fast FoodLeave a comment

This one is going to be short, simply because there isn't much to it. TL;DR: "I didn't take cultural differences into account and made a Discovery. Said Discovery was that tartar sauce is delicious on burgers." About 20 or 25 years ago, I was screwing around downtown. While waiting for my bus home, I decided… Read More »

You Want A Long Development Time, I’ll Give You An Obscenely Long Development Time

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 4, 2023February 1, 2023Cat Nerd, Projects, Short BusTags Cartoons, My History, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Story Time, VidgamesLeave a comment

So one of the developers in one of the game dev groups I’m in finally released his game after 14 years in development. He made a few comments about it possibly being the longest delay in development history. I'm 99% joking, but I have him beat on obscenely long delays. 40 years. No joke,… Read More »

Hostibule 2022, Part 4

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 24, 2022Cat Story TimeTags Hostibule 2022, World of PainLeave a comment

It’s been a while, but there hasn’t been much to talk about on any given day. Mostly just several wound care appointments where the doctor is liking the progress the hole is making. It’s still ugly and nasty, but it doesn’t look like an effect from a bad zombie movie anymore. The night I went… Read More »

“This Is Why I Don’t Worry About What You Get Up To When I’m Out Of Town”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 20, 2022December 30, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Story TimeTags Ethics, Finn, Me, Morons, Stacie1 Comment

Stacie goes on several business trips a year. She and our partner at RSMDME vend at shows in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and some of them are full weekend trips. This is a Good Thing – she gets out of the house for a while (she’s been on work from home for years now), and I… Read More »