Roguelike development deferred

For now all my roguelike projects are officially deferred for the indefinite future.

The Blacken Java library is on code.google.com. It is currently usable, and I may use it on a 7DRL at some point. There are no immediate plans for a full-scale roguelike.

The Python STEW Roguelike library ran in to trouble with the desire to go to Python 3. It also suffered from repeated redesigns. The dependency on full Unicode support -- while required for my goals -- further complicated things. Add to this many of my goals for it are now met with LibTCOD, and it just isn't high-priority.

The joy I get out of talking about writing projects is just as great as the joy I got out of talking about Roguelikes or my other projects when I managed to talk to someone who "got" it. More than this, the chance of an average person "getting" what I am talking about is so much higher that it is suddenly a joy to talk to complete strangers about my passion projects.

This site will remain the location for my random tech notes. The primary audience here has always only been me.

New writing blog

My writing/fiction work officially has a blog of its own.

S. W. Black, a blog named after my (current) fiction writing moniker.

A reStructuredText template for novel design using the Snowflake Method

This has been moved to my writing blog: http://swblack.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-authors-should-future-proof-their.html

[If you just want the goods, the original reStructuredText (.txt) template is available as well as a rich-text version that was uploaded to Google Docs.]

Why authors should future-proof their notes

This post has been moved to my writing blog: http://swblack.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-authors-should-future-proof-their.html

On the writing project

Until the end of NaNoWriMo 2010 this blog will also cover my writing projects. The success (or failure) of NaNoWriMo will determine whether I should think about having a separate literary blog in addition to this rather technical blog.

This "Projects and pastimes" blog has a history of being project notes, and usually fairly technical (when I'm not just ranting about some technology). If I'm going to pursue writing, it would make sense to keep the two separate. (As my spiritual blog will remain separate.)

At one point this blog was part of a personal blog. I've done the splitting before. I just wanted to warn folks.