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As the image probably explains pretty well, unfortuntately, as an older developer with cerebral palsy, I took a nasty fall the other day. My own fault however it was one day in to the Steam Next Festival and so although I have tried to keep up with updates and continue working on the game this week so I could stream, it has been virtually impossible. At the moment both of my shoulders and upper arms are pretty much out of action, as ist my left leg - as a consequence of which I have not had unbroken normal sleep in several days.
I am going to try and get back into the development again today if I can. I have a lot of new code that controls something called the Bob Maniple; the code basically allows the units to work as a swarm, cooperating with each other. One acts as a spotter, one pacifies the player, a group then carry the player to a safe area etc. The point is that they are supposed to be a challenge for the player to avoid in various ways and I was really excited to show you all it.
Then I fell over while trying to do normal stuff, balance decided to go offline and I took 80% damage with no health pack in sight. So the code is there, it is all tested and totally awesome, I just feel like the word I can not really put here because it is steam Next Fest.
So, my apologies. For those young bright things out there, love your knees, your shoulders and your ability to walk in a line without things going FUBAR. Sometimes they throw a BSOD.
I think perhaps an afternoon watching Spirited Away and a coffee or two.
Cris R
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