{"id":1673,"date":"2024-08-04T22:06:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2024-12-13T06:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:44:51","slug":"2022-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/04\/2022-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/2020\/12\/16\/2020-year-in-review\/\">Here is my 2020 Year in Review<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/04\/2021-year-in-review\/\">here is my 2021 Year in Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022 I had some big life changes, so I didn&#8217;t get to do as much creative work as I might otherwise have done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more but maybe I did SOMETHING ->-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">January<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent November, December, and most of January working on &#8220;The Little Match Girl 3: The Escalus Manifold,&#8221; but when I finished it I only released it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rcveeder\">Patreon<\/a> members. It got a public release eventually, though&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">February<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I designed and hosted another trivia fundraiser for Family &amp; Children&#8217;s Council of Black Hawk County. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OIWAtwnNYxc\">&#8220;American Girls&#8221; video round<\/a>. Another round challenged players to sort these ten Feats of Engineering by weight, from heaviest to lightest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-624x469.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll put the correct ordering at the bottom of this post!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Marino invited me to do a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qwHthkb-bJk\">talk<\/a> with the University of Southern California&#8217;s Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab&#8217;s E-Literature reading group which you might find interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Looks like I didn&#8217;t make anything cool in March!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">April<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In April I executed this pixel art portrait (basically tracing) of a <em>Twin Peaks<\/em> character using the <a href=\"https:\/\/lospec.com\/palette-list\/dreamscape8\">&#8220;dreamscape8&#8221; palette by Kerri Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FRNnXrEXEAoS_Yo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FRNnXrEXEAoS_Yo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FRNnXrEXEAoS_Yo.png 613w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FRNnXrEXEAoS_Yo-282x300.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was when my dad&#8217;s public access show about Abraham Lincoln (and specifically the bonkers story of the plot to assassinate him) started! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjOcgBoXkeboR7uhA70vbEKLHkb4A0QwF\">I edited it.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrote this little choose-your-own-adventure-type book called &#8220;ESCAPE FROM THE MOON&#8221; for the enjoyment of neighbor kids. It skirts the line of being a <em>gamebook<\/em> insofar as you have to get out a pencil to do a little bit of state-tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Escape-from-the-Moon.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Escape from the Moon.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-456a5b9e-9a63-4044-ab15-6b36d7cd846e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Escape-from-the-Moon.pdf\">Escape from the Moon<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Escape-from-the-Moon.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-456a5b9e-9a63-4044-ab15-6b36d7cd846e\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I designed an epic treasure hunt for a group of five neighbor kids. I can&#8217;t get into the details here (too epic) but I sewed these dolls as prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3606-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3606-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3606-rotated.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3606-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3606-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing to report, apparently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In July I moved to Australia to marry my girlfriend Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">August<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zach and I launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/termina\/\">The Complete Guide to Termina<\/a>, another podcast about analyzing a Zelda game. Eventually our friend Sarah Willson joined the cast of this one. The episode where we all rank our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/termina\/ep20d.mp3\">top ten dungeons<\/a> is a ton of fun. The whole thing is a ton of fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made Emily this pirate ship costume, because her workplace had a pirate theme week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FdA23aJacAAn9MV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FdA23aJacAAn9MV-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FdA23aJacAAn9MV-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FdA23aJacAAn9MV-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FdA23aJacAAn9MV-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FdA23aJacAAn9MV-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FdA23aJacAAn9MV.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, 100% of my energy went into putting together a visa application so I could stay in Australia. With my WIFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This was when I finished that visa application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">November<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, I was working on &#8220;The Little Match Girl 4: Crown of Pearls,&#8221; which wouldn&#8217;t get a public release until IFComp 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 31, I publicly released &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/rcveeder.net\/littlematchgirl\/celavizze\/\">The Little Match Girl 2: Annus Evertens<\/a>,&#8221; which had been a Patreon exclusive since I wrote it in December(?) of 2020. We will have more to say about <a href=\"https:\/\/rcveeder.net\/littlematchgirl\/\">the Little Match Girl series<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/04\/2023-year-in-review\/\">2023 Year in Review.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s the correct order for those Feats of Engineering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-answers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-answers-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-answers-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-answers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-answers-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-answers-624x469.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.rcveeder.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/feats-of-engineering-answers.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is my 2020 Year in Review and here is my 2021 Year in Review. 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