I’ve been setting rules for environment decals and rough lighting guidelines, then working through them. Placing things according to the rules leaves my head free, which means stray thoughts keep surfacing — not great. Looks like I’ll be doing nothing but environment polish for about another month and a half.
However I look at it, the world is full of malice and curses, like a manchineel forest, and I’ve come to think that finding meaning within that and giving what I can is the purpose of life. Meaning has always been abundant for me — making games, family. But giving is something that never even crossed my mind until now.