In November of 2023, I participated in Tildes’ annual Backlog Burner event. It’s a community-run event where participants play through unfinished titles in their gaming libraries. As somebody with a backlog that never seems to shrink, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally make some progress in mine.
Melvor Idle is an idle (or “incremental”) game based around the RuneScape IP. I started playing this one during a period where I was put out by renovations and had no office space. It kept me busy and paired well with audiobooks, another hobby of mine.
For those with large Steam libraries, trading cards have been a way of earning store credit in exchange for a little time. They can be listed on the Steam market where you’ll receive a few cents for each card purchased. With enough cards, this can add up.
I’ve spent my last few weekends working on a new web app. Similar to Steampunk Spider, this tool was built to aid in repetitive mod tasks. It was written for the Dark Souls network of subreddits.