Fourteen Screws

@fourteenscrews.com

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Hi there! This is Fourteen Screws. I like writing games, and learning about game development as I go. Come say hello!

A full-page screenshot of a blog post on a web page. The navbar and footer are dark, while the main content is bright. The branding in the navbar displays the Fourteen Screws logo (which is a broken egg), and the title "Fourteen Screws" followed by the subtitle, "Code and Calcanei". Links in the navbar are for "Home", "News", and "About". A large banner at the top of the page displays the title "Back in Business". The background of the banner is a painting of treasure. In a metadata table to the right of the gutter, the name of the author (Gary Munnelly), date of publication (July 17 2023) and category (DevLog) are displayed. The main article content is offset sligtly from the centre and overlaps with the first third of the banner. A sidebar displays recents posts, categories of posts, and tags. Three recent posts are visible reading from top to bottom: "Attending the Imirt AGM", "Well, that was a long break", and "Back in Business". Categories are Devlog and Essays. Tags are "General" and "Health". In the footer there is a stacked list of links to the left which mirror those in the navbar. A newsletter subscription field is shown to the right. Under this is a copyright notice and links to social media for BlueSky, YouTube, itch.io, and Patreon.
A screenshot of text that reads, "Puachua are often noted for their hideous stench, which far precedes their approach. It has been described by some as a mixture of freshly dissected fish, the inside of a sluich's bowels, and vomit."
Two books side by side on a chair. The left book is Wonderbook: The Illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction by Jeff Vandermeer. The right book is Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences by Tynan Sylvester.
A screenshot of code written in LaTeX showing a command that generates other commands for formatting placenames depending on whether they should have a drop capital or be included in the book's index. Four examples of the code in use are given. Transcript of the file is % ========================================= % Macro definitions % ========================================= \ExplSyntaxOn \NewDocumentCommand{\DefinePlace}{mm} { \NewDocumentCommand{#1}{O{index}O{}}{ \str_case:nnF {##1} { {index} {#2\index{#2}} {noindex} {#2} {dropcap} { \DndDropCapLine{\tl_head:n {#2}}{\tl_tail:n {#2}\index{#2} ##2} } } {#2\index{#2}} } } \ExplSyntaxOff % ========================================= % Location Names % ========================================= \DefinePlace{\ChoisAegleTuagh}{Chois Aegl\'e Tuagh} \DefinePlace{\Eichlamuagh}{Eichlamuagh} \DefinePlace{\Oibreauagh}{Oibreauagh} \DefinePlace{\SroibhiasBrua}{Sroibhias Brua}
A screenshot of the Blender viewport showing a low poly figure of a man. The model is untextured. Reference images showing a front and side view of a man in T-pose are visible behind and to the left of the model.
A screenshot of the blender viewport showing a 3d model of a very low-poly head and torso from a three point perspective. A reference image showing a man in T-pose is in the background.
Screenshot of a banner for a low poly blender character class. The banner says "Block Female". The watermark says "GameDev.tv". A picture of the presenter, Grant Abbitt is visible in the lower left corner. Two low poly characters, one a large male, the other a smaller female stand beside each other, almost back-to-back
A 3d render of a bookshelf from a top down 3 point perspective. The bookshelf is square and internally divided into four smaller squares.
An render of an orange painted sphere over a flat base. The paint on the sphere has been worn away to reveal metal patches underneath. The base is muddy.
A seemingly random and chaotic black and white image. This is, in fact, a metallic map for a PBR material
An picture of an image node in blender. The node's title is "Roughness". The name of the loaded image is "Roughness". Interpolation is set to linear. Projection is set to flat. Extension is set to repeat. Source is set to Generated. The colour space is set to non-color.
A rendered animation of a sphere over a flat base. The sphere and base are orange coloured. The base is covered in mud. Through the orange paint, shiny metallic parts are visible. The shiny metal parts quickly fade to a dull, flat, white colour.
An render of an orange painted sphere over a flat base. The paint on the sphere has been worn away to reveal metal patches underneath. The base is muddy.
A video of a 3d model of a spherical shape with a concave face on top of a platform. The model is shaded in a dull orange/yellow with a lot of metal showing through cracks and damage where the paint has flaked away. there is mud around the base of the model. Suddenly the exposed metal bits melt away, restoring the paint. This is followed by the mud around teh base melting, leaving a clean orange/yellow model
A 3d model of a spherical shape with a concave face on top of a platform. The model is shaded in a dull orange/yellow with a lot of metal showing through cracks and damage where the paint has flaked away. there is mud around the base of the model. The colours in the image are dull. There are sharp colour changes where the texture does not map correctly to the model
A 3d render of a teapot on a cork coaster atop a simple wooden table. The image is from a 3-point perspective looking down. The walls are bare concrete blocks painted white. The floor is a black and white checkerboard pattern. Against the left wall is a stone topped kitchen counter with open wooden storage bays beneath. Tiles run along the wall above the counter. A shelf wedged in the corner above the tiles has a box of Lyons tea on it. To the right of the image is a large open window through which the light shines. Outside the window we see vaguely see steps leading to another building and a concrete pathway.
A video showing a timelapse of a top-down 2D pixel art game being made in Godot. Two teams of soldiers (one light, one dark) are arranged on a grassy field in a grid layout. The light team are clustered in the centre, the dark team are arranged around the edges. Animated torches are added to the corners of the grid and a light overlay is added to highlight the location of the grid squares.