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  • Syrsly
  • Sun, 02 Mar 2014
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Figuring out a focus for Patreon is hard

I'm kind of a josh-of-many-trades.  Patreon is designed to allow you to offer just one service/product and nothing else.  I think I will be using Patreon to fund my comic, GetLives, but I have yet to start that project, and there are so many other things I also need the funds for.  I need funding for my game assets for example.  It kind of sucks that I can't just set up a variety of projects and have them each get separate funding.  That would require multiple accounts.

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  • Syrsly
  • Sun, 26 Jan 2014
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Learning Piano

I bought a piano a while ago, and I was so thrilled to play around with it.  However, when it came down to actually learning how to play it, I was definitely not motivated.  This article is meant to help others in my situation to motivate themselves to learn how to play piano.  It will give you what you need when you need it rather than making you do your own research or telling you to jump-the-gun and start with something too difficult.

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  • Sun, 19 Jan 2014
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2014: What I'm up to...

At the end of 2013, I bought Unity Pro.  I will be releasing commercial quality games in the very near future.  For now, I'm teaching myself how to accomplish many visual effects in Unity Pro.  I'm also making a list of games I want to make in both Unity Pro and Flash.  I may share that list later, but for now, I feel like I should keep it secret.

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  • Sun, 12 Jan 2014
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Unity 4.x Pro Mirror Reflection Limitations

I have been working with Unity 4.3 Pro for the past week or so. The first Pro feature I wanted to try was render-to-texture, so I looked up examples. First thing I noticed was mirror effects suck. There are major limitations to the example scripts, and I have no idea how to get past these limitations at the moment.

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