#and every so often it gives me a big horrifying eldritch smile

[herotome]

Hey! I just wanna say I love the game so far! It’s really fun and the characters and amount of options are awesome.

I can’t imagine how complex that all is to code😅

Hahahaha! I mean...when I was in the trenches of code it was pretty straightforward...! Then I'd get an additional idea that adds an additional layer of code... then another layer... then a layer in betwixt; because it's in betwixt I have to make adjustments to the other layers to ensure it fits...

I'd probably compare it to baking. I don't have an oven rn but I loved baking. I follow instructions, I have a little room to be creative and make it my own, and if it doesn't turn out okay... I'd just try again with small tweaks at a time.

And after baking about two hundred lasagnas (let's say each choice tree is a lasagna), I throw them and mold them all together to make one giant cohesive monster lasagna and hope it doesn't squish me underfoot--!

#idk if that makes sense but i hope it at least conveys my deep love AND fear of coding #yes love and fear at the same time #i love coding for probably the same reason Im morbidly obsessed with eldritch horror #it is immense and unknowable but maybe I can know little bits at a time #and every so often it gives me a big horrifying eldritch smile #and for each of those small moments I feel ascendant and whole #yes coding is like going on a date with an eldritch beast you can quote me on that #herotome ask #ninatickl