Ugh, my PC is having the weird "reboots when automatic sleep mode initiates" issue; this is the most annoying Windows issue to diagnose which ranges from component failure to "the mouse setting made the computer sad :["

So far I have run:

- 4 different graphics card stress tests
- 2 disk drive health checks
- Windows Memory Diagnostic

Nothing so far. It seems fine till 15 minutes pass with nothing done, attempts going into sleep mode, instant restart.

My decision to start this Raspberry Pi 500+ gamedev project on lower end hardware and Linux is more and more looking less like a weird gamedev challenge and more like a reasonable quality of life/work decision by the day...

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-apps-like-notepad-arent-loading-what-is-error-code-0x803f8001-and-how-d

Man, barely made my self induced deadline of 12th Night/Epiphany for posting my 2025 wrapped blog last night. I am so tired of '25, I think this year is the year I pull my shit together. Anyways, here's a half-assed 2025 media I liked post...

https://xuelder.neocities.org/Blog/posts/2026-01-06-The-Xuelder-2025-Wrapped-Post

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@xuelder/115305778948160800

I finally ordered the Raspberry Pi 500+, so expect the 12 indie games in 12 months challenge to start soon I guess. I should have a more concrete idea for how this will go once A) I get the damn thing, & B) I do a test run with (hopefully) Global Game Jam. I'll probably post some sort of plan on my blog when the former happens, but don't expect that to happen this week; still need to finish my 2025 year end post.