Zed A. Shaw

Personal account to compliment my professional account @lzsthw. Content is mostly art, gaming, and media I produce with my own personal opinions and humor.

[Zed A. Shaw @zedshaw]

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I will be soon closing this account down and leaving only a stub to prevent people from squatting my name. If you would like to stay in touch then email me at [email protected].

[Zed A. Shaw @zedshaw]

Been researching image related stuff, coding and writing all day so I need a couple hours break. I'm doing a Fallout 4 Melee only playthrough that's a lot of fun. Come watch my character die a lot:

https://t.co/e5VJCmSJYi

[Zed A. Shaw @zedshaw]

I'm live streaming more C++ programming on my funky text based rogue game that's not text based:

https://t.co/e5VJCmSJYi

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Stupid @Zendesk charged me again yesterday so I had an email fight with Pablo, the guy who made the UI. You wouldn't believe the _insane_ lies this dude tells. Here's the reasons he's given for why my cancellation didn't work:

1. "You're paid through to 6/23." WTF?! Ok, first it's 2024. Second, if I'm "paid through" that means _I don't get charged money_. Third, I fucking canceled, which means it's canceled, not "canceled but not because paid through to a date in the past."
2. "It's user error!" Yes, it's my mistake that the weird Zendesk cancellation UI that had multiple pop-ups, grayed out buttons, forced reloads, and even after I ploughed through all that _still failed to record my cancelation_.
3. "You're the only person who's ever had this problem." Bullshit, I'm not using some weird OS or Browser. Plain old Chrome on Windows which is like 80-90% of the internet. If I'm having a problem with your UI then there's an extremely high probability many Zendesk users have the same issue.
4. "You just don't understand our database schema!" Yes, I just didn't understand their weird account/instance setup they have on the backend that I can't really even see and nobody understands. So, in addition to this being my fault for not using the grayed out buttons with forced reloads UI, I _also_ am guilty of not knowing their database and devops structure.

This company needs to die in a blazing hot fire. Let me now if _you've_ been scammed by Zendesk and if I'm allowed to quote you in the impending blog post.

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

I'm live now, hacking on my C++ roguelike game. Come hang out if you need a coworking buddy, or if you have questions come and ask.

But don't ask me why I'm not using Rust. You will regret it.

https://t.co/vRZfRiWzgk

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

I'm live now doing some C++ hackery. Currently playing some metal but will probably change it up to something else soon. I'm going to treat it as a kind of "coworking stream":

https://t.co/vRZfRiWzgk

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

[SCHEDULE] I'm still working through taxes and other BS today so just one stream today (https://t.co/a41VlARWo9):

* 4pm -- Going to do a bit more cleanup then work on fixing the map generation for my roguelike game. Once that's done I'll investigate using SFML for advanced graphics like camera shake.

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

I'm live now doing some fun hacking on a tiny roguelike for my C++ course, and just because it is a _blast_. Come hang out and lurk if you need something for your second monitor while you code:

https://t.co/vRZfRiW1qM

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

I'm streaming my work on a little roguelike game:

https://t.co/vRZfRiW1qM

For those of you who don't know what Rogue is it's a game that uses terminal text characters.

For those of you who do...how your joints? Mine are killing me sometimes, like if it rains.

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

I'm live doing some C++ hackery on a roguelike demo for my C++ course. I'm going to continue with using Dijkstra maps to produce the generative map for the game, then clean things up:

https://t.co/vRZfRiW1qM

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Getting started early on today's programming/help stream because I'm really into the project. Today will be some algorithm stuff and some refactoring work, and I'll answer questions people have about other languages or problems:

https://t.co/vRZfRiWzgk

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Schedule time once again people. Yesterday I got a good start on the map for the roguelike game, and actually played Turing's Tarpit while working on it. Here's today's (https://t.co/a41VlARoyB) stream schedule:

* 4pm -- I think I need a bit of Turing's Tarpit work, then more on the roguelike map system.
* 10pm -- Back to the roguelike map, and if it's finished we'll make an enemy chase us around.

Hope to see you there. It's a fun time.

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

And I'm live, for as long as this weak hurricane allows it. I'll be working on the next piece of a roguelike the map generation. I'll also be playing the other game I'm working on Turing's Tarpit while I work on this one. It'll be fun.

https://t.co/vRZfRiW1qM

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Alright everyone, I'm going to try to stream more hacking on my Roguelike https://t.co/zC3X4sYklZ but, there's a hurricane coming and the power keeps going out so no promises it lasts long:

https://t.co/vRZfRiWzgk

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

I am now live everyone at https://t.co/vRZfRiWzgk It's kind of a research session. I'm going to look into:

* Writing a pixel backend for FTXUI.
* Font rendering engines.
* Dijkstra's algorithm for rogue maps
* Playing sound in a terminal game
* And possibly, maybe, Lua.

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Kind of tired and not really able to paint or code so I'll just play some Valheim before I hit the sack. I'm in the plains biome fighting things for resources so I can get the max armor and weapons for the real goal.

https://t.co/vRZfRiW1qM

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Hello beautiful people, I've had a late start to work but here is my https://t.co/a41VlARWo9 stream schedule:

* 4pm -- I'm going to do a bit of C++ on a thing that basically just implements a local "re-streamer". I'll use what I've learned so far to implement it, then probably work on Turing's Tarpit some more.
* 10pm -- Maybe do some oil or pastel painting tonight. I'm feeling the itch. Probably a self-portrait.

If you're around, come on by and hang out. You can also ask questions about any other language, not just C++.

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Demo of Turing's Tarpit so far. I need a few more sounds and possibly one more image, then I'll work on the pomodoro timer part and more advanced mechanics.

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Tonight's programming session on Twitch was hilarious. I did these images for the game when you are building, the build succeeds, the build fails, and you die. Way better than my hand drawn attempts. I'll post a reply with a demo video of the game so far...

[Zed A. Shaw, Writer @lzsthw]

Morning everyone, I'm live doing some C++ programming on my little game Turing's Tarpit. This session is going to be mostly about cleaning and tightening up what I have already. Come hang out, and ask me questions about anything:

https://t.co/vRZfRiW1qM