Cryptomancer

Cryptomancer

@cryptomancer.bsky.social

Writer, coder, tailor, gamer. I've had my handle longer than the digital-currency grift-bros have had their environment-destroying pyramid scheme. He/Him. https://cryptomancer.com https://twitch.tv/Cryptomancer PFP by @bewitchedink.bsky.social

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I forgot to save the scene, the poses. So now it would be very difficult to re-create this but with the bear costumes removed. Oops! >_<

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I went and posed all my OCs (that I have made characters for in XIV) in their respective colors. I think I'll leave it like this without revealing their names- though I've posted plenty of clues in the past! Alt text has more, too! #ffxiv #gposers

*slams both hands on table* Recollection! And this is mostly because of the sick rendition of Roses of May, but also because she's a greatsword wielder and I main DRK. Close second to that is Windward Wilds, yes the MonHun Wilds collab trial. Also because I pump the bgm to 100.

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🌸 #wolqotd • #wolquestion to the players: since we're close to evercold, what is your favorite trial in dawntrail ? may it be because of the music, the mechanics, the design of the boss. it can be whatever !

Quick jaunt out to the Heart & Soul nebulae in #EliteDangerous for some exploration data. Nabbed this screenshot at the asteroid station Base Camp in my Mandalay (with extremely worn gold paint). Returned just a bit ago, so now I can do my dailies in FFXIV. 😁

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I went and posed all my OCs (that I have made characters for in XIV) in their respective colors. I think I'll leave it like this without revealing their names- though I've posted plenty of clues in the past! Alt text has more, too! #ffxiv #gposers

Besides the gaming I did yesterday, I did do two other creative/productive things. I'm working on re-reads and edits of my novel draft (ahead of Novel November), and replaced the peeling pleather band of my headset. Busted out the sewing machine, interfacing and black twill.

I think I'll do the same today: spend a couple hours on editing, then do some other crafty project that I've had sitting around waiting for me. ...Then finish up with more late night gaming. 😁

Since I'm currently unable to login to #ffxiv (sadge) I guess I'm catching up on playing other games in my backlog. I got MonHun Wilds recently, and am working through that story... also revisting No Man's Sky after completing the recent expedition. Well I hope they resolve the login issue soon!

Wow! They also added a loooot of NPCs! Many from unlockable content too- raids, trials, Bozja, deep dungeons, variant dungeons... this is amazing!

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Oh neat! They changed the interface at the haunted manor for picking NPCs to impersonate! #ffxiv #gpose #gposers

I was really busy yesterday. Delubrum Reginae run, then six HW dungeons (plus a trip through Amurot with a thaumaturge- FORGOT THEIR JOB CRYSTAL), queued while jumping Kugane tower again. #ffxivgposers #OC:Apocrypha #FemraFriday #gpose

"Someone handed me these blank memes and said I should fill the jars- but they were cute so I was distracted and before I actually *looked* at the memes I filled a dozen jars with soup!" -Minnie, not contributing to the meme meaningfully. #gposers #ffxivsfw #OC:Minerva

Besides this ridiculous addiction to FFXIV, I've got a Satisfactory play going (streams Sat-Sun-Mon), Elite Dangerous occasionally (CMDR SpaceBnuy), and picked up MonHun Wilds recently. But gosh I also have such a backlog... 😅

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Maybe first time fighting Nerscylla as a new player was the wrong time to think: "I'm going to learn how to do offset attacks with greatsword!" ...at this point in the story I think I didn't really have good armor options. BUT I am sticking with greatsword!

So for my current #UE5 learning project, I set aside UI issues for now, implemented some gameplay functions, and could switch over to learning terrain meshes. Think I need to go for a walk and get better ideas for the gameplay functions and the UI they need, tho.

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Ai bros are legitimately some of the most pathetic individuals I’ve ever met. They literally need a sycophant bot to only agree with them and tell them how special they are.

Bad news, friends.. or good news, potentially! I've re-created my OC in yet another game. Snowclaw started as a WoW DK, made an appearance as a D2 Titan, ported into FFXIV as DRK, and now a MonHun Wilds GS wielder.

Queued for Eden: Litany as DRK A little death here and there, NBD. Then mechs overlap and get more demanding, and it's just me (DRK), WAR, SAM, and 35% to go. Healer says it's a wipe. RESPECTFULLY, DISAGREE. I continue to MT with the gang to victory! Healer says "WAR gaming". THE DISRESPECT! 💢

Followed a #UE5 UI material tutorial which really liked making blueprint spaghetti. Was also a mess because of many hard-coded values, which I broke out into parameters and bound them to 0..1; straightened the blueprint and I have this! Now just to tie my controller logic to it.

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⭐ big sale & fundraising!! ⭐ Hi folks, my laptop is completely dead so I am in dire need of help to afford PC parts before prices rise too much :( I am putting on a big 25% off sale on some VGen services! You can look at them here🩷 And if you can spare any, I have a buymeacoffee for donations.

Y'ever get distracted while waiting in queue, start jumping Kugane tower, and forgetting you're in queue start gposing? Happened twice to me today. Anyway, she was looking for her carbuncle, who somehow was always 2 jumps ahead on the puzzle. #gposers #ffxiv #oc:Apocrypha

I actually finished my Phantom relic weapon a while back, but forgot to grab a screenshot at the time. 😅 Made sure to color it to match my Courtly Lover's attire, but the bisexual glow is also just perfect. 😏 #gpose #ffxivgpose #viera

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I've finally done it- finished a Bozjan Resistance relic weapon! Took longer than the Phantom weapons, not just because I slacked on Bozja for a long time, but the effort needed. (Please appreciate the orange and blue backlighting added to the shot!) #gpose #ffxivgpose #viera

I've finally done it- finished a Bozjan Resistance relic weapon! Took longer than the Phantom weapons, not just because I slacked on Bozja for a long time, but the effort needed. (Please appreciate the orange and blue backlighting added to the shot!) #gpose #ffxivgpose #viera

I have spent entirely too much of this week in #UE5 trying to get something to work that should be simple. The sort of thing that makes you think, "maybe I'm not good at this..." And like, yes, I'm clearly not great at setting up UI and Input bindings. HOWEVER >>

I did get the core game mechanic implemented pretty fast, and if not for needing a UI on the project I could go right into the next stage of learning UE5: terrain & level creation, level switching, and ✨feature creep!✨