Discoveries, Edits, Goals

February 6, 2022

Hello World!

I should probably write an introduction here, but I fully believe I will forget what I’ve learned if I don’t jot my notes down now!

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• variables.scss and $variablename

  I feel silly for not realizing this, but $variablenames can be created and defined in a scss file! For future reference, self: this means that you can make a variable called $base-font-color: #ff0066; and that whenever you use $base-font-color in scss, it will set the color to #ff0066 aka blinding pink. Probably not great for a base font color… but as I’ve been reading over the scss I’m realizing how having written variables like $primary-color, $base-background-color et cetera would be much easier to remember than over a dozen different HEX codes when working in scss. It’s definitely going to be an adjustment though!

• .md similarities

  I’m realizing that .markdown shares a LOT of similarities with markdown systems used by other popular web based platforms (Discord, Reddit, et cetera). It’s not exactly surprising, but it’s a relief to know that I already have some inherent base knowledge and won’t have to learn an entirely new syntax for blogging or page creation.

• i know so much more & so much less than i think

  It’s been an exercise in exhaustion setting up this site (please don’t ask me how many botched clientside Jekyll installations I’ve done the last 3 days). It’s also been equal parts humbling & reaffirming. Objectively, my css knowledge is extremely rudimentary. It was only just beginning to become standard on places like Neopets when I drifted away from the site, and although I did play with css during my Habbo Hotel days, I was much more interested in creating graphics than writing websites at that time. However… it’s reasserted that I have some decent problem solving skills, lol. Even though I couldn’t write a basic css anything to save my life, I do know how to read it enough to identify and change elements as needed. It feels kind of like learning a “language” language in that sense: if you put it in front of me I can reverse-engineer what it means eventually, but I don’t have the toolset yet to make a sentence myself. Hopefully iterations of this site will help change that!

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I’ve also finally installed GBStudio to start making Gameboy games. I’ve literally wanted to make games since I was a tiny thing! I have a VIVID core memory of doing a writing assignment about how I was going to work with my childhood best friend making Pokémon games. I don’t think I’ll be moving to Japan to work for GameFreak anytime soon (especially since contemporary Pkmn games haven’t wowed me), but I love the ingenuity of DMG/GBC games and the worlds they were able to craft within their tight limitations. I have a couple of “de-make” ideas I’d like to play with as learning exercises, but for now I’m just hoping to make something that boots and accepts inputs!

(Tangentially Related: I recently created a sprite of my VTuber sona {and alright, fursona sona} using GBC palette restrictions & edited him into a G/S/C party summary mockup!)

^{Only getting him for the Dex.}

I think I learned how to insert an image from a repository into a blog post just now, entirely by accident! We making MOVES

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EDIT 1: I’ve also just learned that Markdown doesn’t work within <div></div> tag parameters and that Thinkspace doesn’t appear to support sub-points for bulleted lists atm! It’s a big learning day here. :)