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I’ve been blogging for 25 years. Here’s the things I was blogging about on the first day of August in 1998-ish, 2006, 2008, 2012, and 2020. Enjoy!
Welcome to Blaugust! Every year, Belghast tries to revive those halcyon days when blogs were relevant to the world of games. It’s all video and podcasts now. The thing about video is that it isn’t really very searchable — same with podcasts. If you want a bit of info, you’re not going to find it … Read more
I streamed the creation of this AI-assisted post to show the process of using GPT-3, DALL-E 2, and other tools to make something new. Ish. New-ish.
Genre: 2D Platformer. Title: “Blaugust Hath 31 Days”. Outline: In this 2D platformer, you play as a young woman who is terrorized by 31 different monsters, one for each night of August. You must use your agility and wit to survive until morning and defeat the monsters once and for all. The game is set … Read more
I spent the 31 days of Blaugust working to see if I could get AI to show some creativity in game design, and if I could get AI image generation programs to produce the art I want at a price I could afford. I learned some things.