DAY 1 - Intro (Fandom Snowflake Challenge)

I found this cool hashtag/challenge and I have been wanting to post more on mastodon, and really just be more open/social in general.

I like making games, digital experiences, puzzles - that kind of thing! It has been years since I've gotten to seriously work on anything though, because most of my free time is spent as a caregiver. Professionally I am a web developer!

In addition to that, I'm a dad and I am affianced. I love pokemon, sherlock holmes, building legos and gundam models (gunpla), and reading (mostly fantasy novels, occasionally scifi).

#SnowflakeChallenge2026 #introduction

Lately, life has been too busy for digital game making unfortunately. So I've fallen back to an old fascination: puzzles!

I've always enjoyed making medium-easy logic puzzles, stuff for people who are puzzle curious but think they will be bad at them.

I've got a pretty good beginner meta-puzzle I've been working on for a few days. Feels good to have a project again.

#puzzles #logicpuzzles #metapuzzle #puzzledesign #puzzlemaking

A huge thing missing from my life, something I've resolved to change in 2026, is community. Being social. For various reasons, IRL socials are sort of out of the question right now.

Today I thought "I have this mastodon account. I suppose I could start using it more." But it seems as though many posts are simply shouting into the void. Is this generally a problem across mastodon? Or just the reality of social media?

I know there are hashtags, maybe that's the ticket?

Is this meandering post with no clear point of view or call to action just part of the problem? Who's to say 🤷🏾‍♂️