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Update: full-time work is fine too.

Location: WA, USA Remote: yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: last five years: JavaScript, Node.js, AWS, Firebase, ReactJS, NextJS, Ansible, Terraform, MySQL, NoSQL, Docker, …

> You're right that I was trying to calculate distance. Oh good! Thanks for following up on that. > one of your code blocks seems to translate into Math.pow, which made me think th…

Thank you too for the feedback! Would you mind either sharing the following or submitting a bug directly through the game? If you'd like to share this outside of the game but still…

> What's the rationale for excluding sqrt? That's a great question, and one with a non-obvious answer! For any potential function in Bot Land, including utility functions like Math…

Thank you for the feedback! I've added all of this to the list of things to look into. I've heard sporadic reports about not being able to place bots on iOS, and I'm still not sure…

I think that with the current climate of gaming, this is a minefield to answer, and I don't think it does me any good to answer it. It feels like a "gotcha, I knew it!" kind of que…

Ahh, I see what you're saying. I think the answer to that is that I had set up my entire life around Bot Land. It was my full-time job, I had the stream for accountability, and I'd…

> Do you find it difficult to converse with folks while programming? How do you maintain flow state while streaming? (Maybe this is just a skill you pick up?) This comic (which you…

A combination of a lawyer and some minor touch-ups I've made over the years as things have changed. Do you mind clarifying what you find brutal? I am very far from being a lawyer, …

Oh boy, do I have a huge answer for you! > How was streaming development of the game? It was great! People ask me a lot about what I'd change if I could go back in time or start ag…

Oh yeah, you may be right. I took it to mean "given that I know code, I wouldn't want to use a drag-and-drop interface". I've had a few pieces of feedback like that before, and som…

Thank you for reporting this! I say this with no sarcasm: I think this is a completely unique bug. Also, it's better that I get reports than not, but if you've got any future bug r…

Do you mind trying either the app or a different browser? I don't know why it wouldn't load at all. I agree that there should be some form of errors, logs, etc. I believe that will…

Hey, so one thing to keep in mind is that BotLandScript is a subset of JavaScript. Member expressions (e.g. "entity.life") are only allowed in extremely narrow scenarios. Second, a…

That probably could have worked, although I don't think I was the best at advertising things. :( As a streamer, I felt like one of the most difficult things to do was to alert peop…

Are you talking about the monetization model, or is something broken with opening salvage packs? I assume the former. The goal was always for Bot Land to be free-to-play, and there…

I think the other comments were interpreting this as "where did you find the time?" rather than "where did you find the other resources to support that time?" (e.g. money and motiv…

There are three levels of scripting you can do: * None - just ignore the scripting and let the default AI take care of everything. There are some items that can't be used this way,…

> Why do you have the videos unlisted? Two reasons: 1. By making them public, they show up for all of my subscribers on YouTube, but I assume most subscribers on YouTube want to wa…

You can code in a subset of JavaScript too. Even with that in the game, I find Blockly a little bit more usable given the current feature-set in Bot Land right now (mostly the exis…

Thanks! The marketing document is fine to link. It hasn't really been updated much, but then again, I'm going to try more ideas from it now that the game has launched and the fires…

Hey all, I've been working full-time on a game called Bot Land for the last four years, and it just launched: https://bot.land/ In the game, you can make bots with a Scratch-like i…