They pondered the sensations that the cloud had shown them for quite some time. Little did they know that the rumbling, the trembling and the feelings of distress coming from inside the cloud were only the tip of the iceberg . . .
- The Pigeonhole Project, 2024.1.19.D
ENTRY F - Before The Frost Settles
I had a dream that I discovered that my wasteof feed was overflowing with new posts from Mef, Nihilev and even Fem, who I'm not following. I scrolled to the bottom of the feed, took a closer look at a post from Fem, and saw . . . an art piece!
It was interesting. It depicted a human and a gray dragon walking through a three-way fork on a trail in an autumn forest. On the far right side, a creature with coloration similar to that of a Caramel Lizard was seen stalking them. Overlayed on the image were lines of text, presumably speech from the dragon. The bottommost part read roughly "Turn around. Turn around. °45. East!". It was subconsciously implied that the dragon's pleading had something to do with the creature. Strange . . .
I got the idea to broadcast some of my older writings on RW-570. While reading them, I came across this line that seemed so . . . WRONG . . . for the context of the writing that I laughed at it, until I read the next line.
The voice had said all that it needed to say. All four of them gasped. [CHARACTER] seemed to be trying to remember something. He said, “Saaayyy . . . when you told me about [LOCATION], you said something about a . . . biography writing area? I can’t remember what it was, but it rung a bell in this case.”
REMINDER: Jellyfish in Rain World aren't just food; they're weapons. Throwing one will turn it into an electrical projectile, delivering a powerful stun to anything that it touches. This is also how you're supposed to feed from the Eggbug in the Arena challenge Full Stomach.
This afternoon session, I task myself with proving that jellyfish are effective weapons . . . on top of reverse-engineering a file from the Lunch ARG and charting Geometrical Dominator in Rhythm Doctor.
Did anyone else watch today’s Apple Special Event? If you missed it or weren't able to watch due to time zones, they have a recap up: https://www.apple.com
How would I compile an entirely custom-made GPT model and run it locally on an Intel-based Mac? Most of the sources that I've consulted have yielded unsatisfactory methods, so I'm hoping that someone here knows.
OBSERVATION: in Rhythm Doctor, patients with counting heartbeats are usually suffering from some abnormality, while SVT patients are usually treated due to negative habits.
I have finally jumped the gap into Artificer’s campaign. I'm currently on Cycle 7, in the shelter near the Exterior - Precipice gate. It turns out that carrying around scavenger corpses isn't as necessary as it seems; I could, in theory, complete the entire campaign with only one scav corpse, as the Mem. Crypts-Exterior and wall-top Exterior-Pebbles both have no karma requirement either way, and the Exterior-Metropolis gate has a different kind of requirement.
I haven't needed to make many explosives so far. For evasive situations, such as climbing a section of The Leg with a cyan lizard following closer behind, the concussive blast was all I needed. And for eating purposes, mauling lantern mice, grappling worms and spiders was also quite fun. Repeatedly getting shot by a spitter spider? Not so fun.
While I had karma flower protection in Shaded Citadel, I noticed the reinforcement ring flickering, similar to how the entire karma indicator does in Saint’s campaign. Interesting.
Apparently, recording screen audio on macOS is an extremely daunting task. There are absolutely no easy solutions.
Since I'm here, I'll give an update on my Rhythm Doctor level ideas:
Everything Black: developed to a complete product by Gilbert
Peer Gynt: made by Gilbert
Final Hope: made by Gilbert
For Me: planned, delayed due to calibration issues
The Daybreaker Double: delayed due to calibration issues
No Hints Here!: planned
Teleporting: made by me
Catchy Song: made by me, partially complete
Colorblind: planned as a vague concept
I have successfully secured a copy of Rhythm Doctor’s level editor . . . albeit from a somewhat outdated version. I don't know exactly what version it's from; the launch screen states the version as “Level Editor r27”, the character list probably contains the blue bird from Meet and Tweet, and the oneshot beats contain tentative freeze beat support . . . but I couldn't find any subdivision beat controls.
Here's where I found it, in case you aren't a subscriber to the GT-180/RW-570 broadcast channel: https://giacomopc.itch.io/rdle
ADVICE: if there's something that you wish you had been recording in the past, now is the time to start writing. In the future, you will value those logs as much as you would've valued those nonexistent records you wish you had been keeping earlier.
I've also noticed an increased volume of cold callers targeting me lately. While I haven't shared my phone number anywhere, I got hit with six unknown callers on Thursday. One of those callers went so far as to attempt contact over FaceTime. One of those callers also left a voicemail.
On the other hand, I haven't gotten any junk texts since September of last year.
ENTRY 4.1.B - Perfect Yet Imperfect
The Icelandic Waters just got the idea to create a creative multiplayer Minecraft server open to all of wasteof. I know what their ulterior motive for this is, and I must say that it's a bad idea in the way that every idea they've made with this ulterior motive behind it is bad, but it's also kind of smart anyways.
The only problem is that I'm still logged out of my Minecraft account . . .
ENTRY 4.19.B - Recidivist Ideas
A while ago, I got the idea to make a creative Minecraft server for all of wasteof to use. Now, thinking about the lack of active community SMPs on Scratch, I got the idea for an SMP for all of wasteof to use. I feel like these ideas are wrong because they're just absentmindedly funneling wasteof's community into server activity.
I'm going to consider sharing these threads of thought on wasteof and seeing what others think of these ideas.
-=-=-=-
AMOUNT: $18.99
STATUS: Cleared (Apple Cash)
TOTAL: $18.99
DATE: 4/19/24
TIMESTAMP: 3:55am
TRANSACTION ID: ************
-=-=-=-Okay, who stole eighteen dollars from me while I was sleeping?
If I were to somehow get ahold of a copy of Rhythm Doctor and modded in a new chapter of custom levels, these are the songs that I would consider using:
LH-1: Everything Black by Unlike Pluto
Rivulet Otter - Prolonged exposure to subzero temperatures has afflicted this slug-cat hybrid patient with chronic bouts of offbeat arrhythmia.
LH-2: For Me by Throttle
Analdis - N/A
LH-2N: Final Hope from ADOFAI
Analdis - Complications suffered as a result of previous tachycardial treatments have amplified the patient’s heartbeat to a dangerously high rate.
LH-3: Peer Gynt by cYsmix
Monk, Artificer - N/A
LH-X: No Hints Here! [EX] from ADOFAI
Rivulet Otter - An unexpected uptick in the patient’s beat rate has been detected. The patient had already been discharged and could not be contacted, leaving them at an elevated risk for cardiac arrest.
LH-XN: No Hints Here! [Original] from ADOFAI
Rivulet Otter - same description as day shift
The act ends with Rivulet catching the virus from somewhere in Middlesea, being discharged without it being detected, and returning to their globetrotting activities. Still, Rivulet’s metabolism isn’t very strong, so the virus wouldn’t be as much of a problem to them as the slugcats they’re spreading it to. I'm not very good at writing these descriptions . . .