Nova Storm @NovaSquirrel@computerfairi.es

Actually working on getting a Maffi pic commissioned <3

I implemented password hash salting in Tilemap Town, with the ability to handle the old unsalted passwords and just upgrade them when the user changes their password next.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm bothering with backwards compatibility when there's almost certainly no other instances of the server aside from mine. There's still active code that runs upon database creation for converting the maps and users from a bunch of JSON files to a relational database, even.

Extended the Maffi portrait out into a full body thing and now I guess I have a good enough reference to try and commission some pics. Also scanned the plug on my SNES mouse so any artists don't have to resort to Google Images.

Having my trash bin at work mysteriously emptied every day by unseen actions makes me wonder if that's how a cat feels about their litter box

I guess when I get home today I'll try to draw this bigger somehow, either on paper or just a bigger canvas. Maybe try a side view? That's a big maybe because they're tricky!

Another big thing to figure out is going to be personality since it influences things like poses and expressions. I think while Nova especially focuses on my social side, Maffi probably represents the side of me that needs time to myself now and then to just -create- and she might be a bit more introverted or shy.

How's this hair style look? I'm thinking it might be nice to make the top part a bit smoother instead, but it looks kinda nice slightly jagged like this.

It's good! I have a bunch more sausage left over though so I have to either bake more pizzas or devise some use for them. Maybe they work as meatballs for pasta?

Gonna make sausage pizza for the first time! I'm tired of pepperoni so this should be great.

I'm gonna try and experiment and really flesh out my mouse character more because I wanna get art of her. Probably do some experimental doodles with a focus on hair styles and personality.

Also unsure what she should wear but purple still makes a lot of sense. I have an idea in my mind of like a T-shirt with the Super Famicom logo on it too. Or some other graphic.

New avatar by https://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/wicketrin/ !

Foods where I will drink the juices left over when I'm done:
* Watermelon
* Pineapple

Foods where I won't:
* Pickles

https://novasquirrel.itch.io/nova-the-squirrel/devlog/75278/build-1382 I pushed out some changes I'd been sitting on, fixing stuff that'd been bugging me.

I guess I do need to actually commit to a final version eventually for a cartridge release. Maybe aim for the anniversary of the game's full release last June?

I made an old favorite which is effectively a baked cheeseburger. It involves making a ketchup+onion+salt+pepper mixture which is then baked with the meat and it's way better than any burger I have grilled.

Oh snap it's 64 degrees and the weather feels appropriate for April for once

Recoloring some Nova the Squirrel tiles to see how they look. Probably need a more specialized palette with more shades per-color then DB32 has but I think it's nice so far. #gamedev #pixelart

Once upon a time in elementary school there was a day in music class where you could bring in a CD and I just straight-up brought in a demoscene track hahaha. It was fr-018 and I remember people liking it.

Tweaked the walk animation I'm working on a little bit to have more sleeve movement and to reduce the amount of time kept at the idle state. #pixelart

At work I've been needing to fill time a lot, so I've been reimplementing MUF in Java and declaring it Java training. Mine has some differences including arrays being passed by reference instead of by value. I don't know what my end goal is haha.