Scaldart

Scaldart, 10 months ago

Yeah! So, the games can transition between each other pretty seamlessly. You can mix and match rules to your liking. The best way to describe it would be like imagining the barrier of entry from Pathfinder to D&D5E, but taken to a higher extreme.

In Captain’s Log, there’s no equipment. No skills. The closest you get to anything like that is your character stats, which modify rolls accordingly. Your ship also has stats that can modify rolls. As for any conflict, the game uses a simple hit/fail system. Three strikes, you’re out type of thing. Ships are slightly more in depth, with their hit points being relates to their size, and systems getting damaged.

This is very episodic. I could be running a game for months, have a random friend swing by and hop in for a while without missing a beat, and then go home without it mucking anything up. Each mission is divided into scenes, just like an episode of the TV shows.

It’s much more focused on the drama of character development, building and challenging your values, and growing as a person.

Scaldart, 10 months ago

The only two things formatting makdown consistently, for now, are Jerboa and the web interfaces.

I’ve been posting a lot of poetry using some markdown witchery to format, only to realize that some interfaces show all of the markdown even inside the post itself. Jerboa will show it in the summary tile before you click in, but it does format.

Scaldart, 10 months ago

I think this is pretty good as a concept. I love modernist takes on classic poetry, but, that said, there could be some improvement here.

Part of what is appealing about “adjusting” classic poetry is shoehorning in a new meaning between the lines of the old. I notice some … let’s call them “distractions” … away from the iambic pentameter of the classic work. I fully realize that it may be on purpose, but given the work you’re referencing, it does more of a disservice than a service. It starts with your second stanza and, while it isn’t every line, really makes itself known from there forwards.

While overall enjoyable, I think focusing more on fitting the form of what you’re satirizing would make the whole thing more effective as a whole.

Scaldart, 10 months ago

What an interesting question! I think it depends a lot on how we define “favorite,” so I’m going to be roundabout.

My formative poets:

• W. B. Yeats
• Edgar Allan Poe
• T. S. Eliot
• Robert Frost

My favorite reads:

• e.e. Cummings
• T. S. Eliot
• Charles Bukowski
• Longfellow

I won’t endeavor to create a comprehensive list for those that I enjoy—it would be inexhaustible—but if anyone is interested, I can provide recommendations. Lol.

Thanks for the question! It’s interesting to think about.

Scaldart, 10 months ago

I posted a poet spotlight about Marianne Moore, a contemporary of HD’s, not too long ago. Also, HD was one of the first poets I posted here: lemmy.world/post/58034

I wouldn’t say that work in particular is representative of her whole style, but she was very eclectic in her subject matter. If you dig into it, you’ll find work of hers that speaks to you!

Scaldart, 10 months ago

I’m not familiar with Dickman. At least, I don’t recognize the name. I’ll have to look him up!

Scaldart, 10 months ago

Oh wow. That is wonderful! I’ll have to read it several more times in the morning. Thank you for sharing!

Scaldart, 10 months ago

Appreciate the heads up. I just bought it as an early birthday present for myself! The PDF comes immediately upon purchase. The book will be on its way shortly.

Reading through it now. It feels very promising.

Scaldart, 10 months ago

Yes! It is certainly very visual, which draws me to it as well. However, I am especially connected to the idea that nature—in this case literal, but also in a more figurative sense—can correlate with our own moods, uplifting or berating us on a whim.

Scaldart, 10 months ago

That might be a solid solution. I think I was a bit intimidated by the (relative) complexity of DosBox compared to vDos, but it seems like a reasonable way to go about it. Thanks for the link! That makes it much easier.

Scaldart, 10 months ago

Jeez. That was awesome! Lol. Rubs me the wrong way a bit, however, that they’re still embracing the “pre-order to get X content” philosophy. Been burned too many times to ever do that, whatever the incentive.