Tim 🎮Doing something a little goofy today
One of five parts printed and I'm already grinning. This is going to be a delightful object
I could perhaps have chosen a smarter place for the glue-up to take place than on the desk in front of the computer I was using, but I hadn't given *any* thought to the order of operations when assembling this thing, so I'm pleased with how it's turning out so far
I did not at all learn my lesson and now there's superglue on my mousepad, but at least the hard work on this project is done.
A v2 will have much more thought put into the assembly and glue-up. And probably also be stackable for maximum giggles.
So this is my Edge Of Map box. The edge of map block is a funny artefact in Commander Keen 4 (and a couple others) which was used to line parts of some maps - it's occasionally visible through trivial glitches or cheats, and most people who've thought about the game in the last couple of year will probably go "hey, it's that thing!".
I 3D printed one for my desk, mostly for shits and giggles but also as somewhere to put a cup so my idiot fluffy cat can't knock it over. 🧵 #retrogaming
Over the last few years, I've been collecting #3DPrinting filaments with colours that match the original 16 colour IBM palette - you can see the results of that here: https://digipres.club/@timixretroplays/112415415235497733
I've finally gotten around to actually doing something with it, and @ClarusPlusPlus posted something about the Edge Of Map block a little while ago - that, plus noticing it's made of four colours (neatly matching the number of filaments my printer can switch between), planted the seed of an idea in my mind.
Clarissa | making Enigma Heart@timixretroplays The Edge Of Map tile is easily one of my favorite quirky little things in all of gaming history. It's so fun when you accidentally see it in-game, and it's so blunt about what it is, lol. I couldn't help but use it in my own game for the same purpose!