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Create a Zelda-Style Heart System in Godot with Python/GDScript

If you watched my Zeldalike dev-vlog, you probably saw my robust Zeldalike heart system and may be wondering how I created it. In this simple, accessible tutorial, we’ll walk through a step-by-step process for not only creating a Zelda-like heart system with dynamically-changing images, but also setting up a project with multiple components for easy, straightforward navigation and expansion as your project grows.

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A Guards! Guards! Essay | Discworld Book 8

In my most thorough essay yet, I delve deep into the best of the Discworld novels thus far in the chronological read-along: Guards! Guards!, the 8th Discworld book by Sir Terry Pratchett.

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My Gaming Channel Launches

Shockingly (to you AND to me) I haven’t beaten Hollow Knight, before. Yeah, I know. I really thought I had, but I hadn’t. So… I figured I’d record my entire playthrough. Why not? This is the start of my gaming channel. What a way to ring in turning 30, today. If you do choose to check out the first video in my series, which will release Monday evenings going forward, I hope you enjoy it!

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Discworld Read-Along #7: Pyramids

It’s been a while, but here I am with my discussion post on the seventh novel in our chronological read-along of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, the final novel before we reach the Guards collection: Pyramids.

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