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“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.” — Robert E. Lee
On Writing Environments
I’ve always really enjoyed writing, whether it was as a hobby or in a more professional context. Something about seeing the words come together in a journal entry, story, or pie…
CATHODE Demo Available Now!
The CATHODE Demo is now available on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest!
New Apple Products
Apple announced some new products a day or two ago, but I can’t help but feel just a bit fatigued by the, frankly, incredible prices of literally everything these days…
Journey Express Release Plans
This post will probably be a little shorter, but work continues on some of the last remaining fundamental pieces of Journey Express. Once those parts are in place, I’ll be able…
Journey Express Early Access Release Date
Journey Express now has an official Early Access release date! Keep January 2, 2026 on your calendar! 🥳🎉
Custom Fonts With Obsidian Publish
I recently changed up the font being used on this website to one by the folks at iA.Net. They make some cool software, my personal favorite of theirs being iA Writer (see On Wri…
Games I Played As A Kid
I thought it might be interesting to think through all of the video games I used to play when I was little; prior to 10 years old, let’s say. I mentioned it a bit in my other po…
Coming Soon - CATHODE!
I’m excited to announce my next game project: CATHODE! It’s already well underway, so I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback on it!
Journey Express - Available Now!
Journey Express is now available on Steam! Thank you to everyone for your support!
Fonts & Typography
This note/post is more of an ongoing archive of cool and interesting fonts that I either use regularly or have simply come across in the past. They are organized into general ca…
On Time Spent Playing Video Games
I was watching this play-through video about the game Ecco the Dolphin recently, and something the content creator, “Grand POOBear”, said got me thinking about the games I used…
More Hours In A Day
It occurs to me fairly regularly how there just doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day to get everything done that I’d like to! It’s crazy to think that Journey Express relea…
Text Editor & IDE Color Schemes
I change up the color scheme and fonts that I’m using in my IDEs, text editors, and so on pretty frequently. Lately, I’ve been using a customized version of the Gruvbox color sc…
Journey Express Early Access Release!
Journey Express’ release on Steam Early Access is finally here! Thanks to everyone that helped get the game to this point, including the artists that made the great sprites and…
New Website Look!
Note that this post was out of date almost immediately and I decided to go a different direction with the theme. There’s still some interesting information here about the fonts…
The New Website
As of very recently, Starcat Games has a new home on the web! Previously, I had a much more custom webpage built in basic JavaScript and CSS, styled in a Windows 98 fashion. It…
Journey Express Features & Fixes
If you’ve been following the development updates on Steam, Journey Express continues to get closer to a build that I consider solid enough for Early Access! There have been doze…
Journey To Early Access
Journey Express will be released to Steam Early Access soon! I decided that was probably the best way to continue to get feedback on the development direction of the game leadin…
Current Project Priorities
Journey Express continues to be my main focus. For some time I’ve been using a few different ways of tracking to-do items, bugs, and so on, but I’m going to start transitioning…
Journey Express Subreddit
Just a short update, but feel free to check out, follow, or post on the new Journey Express subreddit!
New Journey Express Trailer
The new trailer for Journey Express is now up! I’ll be sharing both landscape and portrait versions on various social media platforms over the coming days! 📸
Skeleton Tracking in Unity
Microsoft originally made the Kinect during the Xbox 360 era, which is, unfortunately, a really long time ago at this point. They sold the Kinect and its successors until 2017 a…
New Wiki Hub Page
I created a new page that will act as a hub for all wiki pages!
Journey Express Is Steam Approved
The time draws ever closer — Journey Express is now approved for release! There is still work to be done, but the list of things that I would like to get done before letting the…
Website & Progress Updates
While progress continues on Journey Express, it’s that time of year when everything suddenly — somehow — becomes even more busy than it already was! There’s less than a month be…
A Useful Code Snippet
If I were to pick a single piece or block of code that I would consider to be the most useful to me over all others, I would pick this one: