What's Nicky Learning? (Jan 2020)
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First off, thank y'all for the kind response to my What's Nicky ...
2020-01-24 16:44:53 +0000 UTC View Post
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What's Nicky Learnt This *Decade*? (& more!)
Okay, I'm actually really nervous to share this.
Here's a whole bunch of personal stories that I've never made public before – about being queer, going indie, and mental health: 2019-12-31 20:51:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Curse of the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli (+Updates!)
(reading time: 3 min)
Thank y'all for the lovely response to the first-ever What's Nicky Learning? post! 💖 I'm pleased lots of you found it valuable, even specifica...
2019-12-05 21:18:36 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's Nicky Learning? + Design Doodles (Nov 2019)
(total reading time: 18 minutes)
Welcome to the first-ever, Patreon-exclusive WNL?+DD post!
What's Nicky Learning: emotion in learning, the physics of...
2019-11-21 15:15:21 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon Changes, as voted by you!
(reading time: 3 min)
But first, a video of my latest prototype of Voice Gender Trainer 5000, to prove I haven't been procrastinating.
My next project + Vote on the future of my Patreon!
THE IMPORTANT BIT: Vote on the future of my Patreon via 👉THIS SURVEY 👈. T...
2019-10-29 15:57:41 +0000 UTC View PostFearsonas + Patreon Rewards + What's Next?
First, thank you so SO much for the powerful response to Adventures With Anxiety! It means a lot to see that this story – inspired by my own life story – can help other folks' life stories, in ...
2019-10-09 15:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostAdventures With Anxiety... is OUT!
After 7 long months, here it is here it is here it is!
🐺 https://ncase.me/anxiety/ 🐺
😱 browser, 30 min play...
Adventures With Anxiety Release Date: SEPTEMBER 17
This will be the last Progress Update before AwA... is... OUT! 🎉
Since the past update, I playtested & polished up the game + added sound effects + made more art and animation...
2019-08-30 17:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostProgress Update: ALL ANIMATIONS ACCOMPLISHED
Alright! As of today:
Acts I, II, and III are DONE.
Act IV is ALMOST DONE. (art is done, just need to put spritesheets into the game)
Here'...
2019-08-09 16:59:20 +0000 UTC View PostProgress Update: Lots & lots of animation
So how's my slightly-overscoped anxiety simulator doing? In the last 3 weeks, I did:
- Four in-person playtests! The first two were good, but the players felt one of the ... 2019-07-19 16:26:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Progress Update: Playtestin' + Polishin' + Music
Good news: We're in the final lap!
Not-as-good news: The final lap is pretty long.
But still: Not bad!
2019-06-28 15:02:50 +0000 UTC
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50% Done? + Thoughts on science & learning
(reading time: 3 minutes)
We're 50% there!... probably.
In the past two weeks, I finished the rough art for Acts II, III, and IV. I thought it'd just be placeholder stick figur...
2019-06-07 16:03:58 +0000 UTC View PostProgress + Process!
(reading time: 3 min)
Two weeks ago, I launched the demo for Adventures with Anxiety... and I'm elated it reson...
2019-05-24 18:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post"Adventures with Anxiety!" New story-game demo
In this story-game, there is a human with anxiety disorder. You play *as* the anxiety disorder.
2019-05-07 15:47:11 +0000 UTC View PostAn Interactive Guide to Quantum Computing? & more procrastination
I'm a bit ashamed about this, but I think it's important I be open and transparent with you: I feel stuck.
Specifically, stuck on the Adventures with Anxiety story-game. In February,...
2019-04-16 20:03:35 +0000 UTC View PostMy 5-min Micro-talk! “Human Brains Are Awesome, Human Brains Suck”
Here's the micro-talk I gave at the Game Developer Conference two weeks ago! This one's about games & the cognitive science of learning.
2 Talks & A Game: The 8-Week Plan
Hi all! Quick end-of-month update, to keep y'all in the loop about what's to come.
The Tentative And Probably Too Hopeful 8-Week Plan:
Mar 4-10: ...
2019-02-28 16:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostSneak Peek + Short Stories + Music
After years of struggling with anxiety disorder – and slowly healing – I think I'm finally in a good space to make this next game. I'm excited/nervous! It's a "conversation-based fi...
2019-02-19 15:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe interactive science experiment: RESULTS
A few weeks ago, I launched a randomized controlled web-experiment. My question: does being asked to predict an answer, before being shown i...
2019-01-31 22:03:12 +0000 UTC View PostAn experiment... for SCIENCE!
For years, I've been making interactives to explain science. Today, I launched an interactive to do science!
Specifically, I want to know if interactives actually are ...
2019-01-10 17:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostMy Books 2018 + Reflecting on 4yrs on Patreon
Can I just say how amazing public libraries are? Just the fact they exist? Anyway, I read 67 books in 2018, and here's the three that changed me the most:
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Habits I (Tried To) Make in 2018
In 2018, I resolved to form one new habit a month! A third of them failed. Still, here's what I learnt in the last year – maybe it'll help you in the new year?
✏️ 2018-12-28 17:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Parable of the Hill Climber
Once upon a time, there was a hill climber.
The hill climber wanted to climb the tallest hill. However, ...
2018-11-30 16:26:47 +0000 UTC View PostNew Explorable! + Nicky's Oct Reading List
Lesson learnt: don't release a new project on a Friday just before the weekend, coz people will miss it. Also,...
2018-10-29 16:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post★ NEW EXPLORABLE! How To Remember Anything Forever-ish
It's finally out! An interactive comic on the science of memory, spaced repetition, and shoeboxes.
HOW TO REMEMBER ANYTHING FOREVER-ISH
👉2018-10-26 17:11:28 +0000 UTC
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Screenshot Saturday: Alllllmost Done!
So, good news: all the writing and art for my next explorable is done. I mean, I'll have to do some edits post-playtest, but right now I can say we're in the final lap. This thing...
2018-10-13 14:46:34 +0000 UTC View PostScreenshot Saturday: Comix! (+ Patreon Rewards)
Thank you all so much for your feedback on Chapter 1 of my upcoming explorable! (If you missed it, I sha...
2018-09-29 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostScreenshot Saturday: The Leitner Box (+ Anxiety Wolf?)
It's Screenshot Saturday again! I want to make a habit of sharing my progress (& setbacks) with you peeps. This week, I made a simulation of my favorite spaced repetition system, The Leitner Box!<...
2018-09-15 18:15:22 +0000 UTC View Post[Patron Exclusive!] Prototype of my next explorable
Hi all! Thanks again for your thoughtful responses to last week's behind-the-scenes post. I want to get better at sharing my process with y'all – and involve you in the process. Speaking of...
2018-09-06 18:25:59 +0000 UTC View Post