# guest star (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover guest star. Page: Feed: --- ## [Testing landing-on-slope](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/testing-landing-on-slope.html) _2026-08-17 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ While reviewing the "tiled" chapter produced by my blogpress tools, I remembered that landing on a slope still produces odd effects from time to time. And then came an idea to reproduce these conditions in the unit-test environment. Just as I was observing that the "dkp54" branch has been around from a long time and so has been the "cflags" branch and that "right, I promised myself I wouldn't… ## [Testing landing-on-slope](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/testing-landing-on-slope.html) _2026-08-17 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ While reviewing the "tiled" chapter produced by my blogpress tools, I remembered that landing on a slope still produces odd effects from time to time. And then came an idea to reproduce these conditions in the unit-test environment. Just as I was observing that the "dkp54" branch has been around from a long time and so has been the "cflags" branch and that "right, I promised myself I wouldn't… ## [Le fight club, version cflags](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/le-fight-club-version-cflags.html) _2026-08-15 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Last summer, I started reworking collisions in my game engine. The idea was to be able to define groups, so that e.g. collision-based communications between a stunned blador and its feet would never interfere with a bouncy branch and things it bounces away. Sure, there was way to do that already, by assigning them separate collision flags , but I've long ran out of these, forcing me to make weird… ## [A bit of CI/CD ?](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-bit-of-cicd.html) _2026-08-04 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ I'm not considering to add some for these projects at this point, despite I now have a few things on codeberg and codeberg sure comes with some CI/CD option, maybe they'll look like the one of gitlab which I've had to deal with today. Most of gitlab's CI options are tweaked through variables within the .gitlab-ci.yml file of your repository. Most of those variables are free to configure yourself… ## [A bit of CI/CD ?](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-bit-of-cicd.html) _2026-08-04 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ I'm not considering to add some for these projects at this point, despite I now have a few things on codeberg and codeberg sure comes with some CI/CD option, maybe they'll look like the one of gitlab which I've had to deal with today. Most of gitlab's CI options are tweaked through variables within the .gitlab-ci.yml file of your repository. Most of those variables are free to configure yourself… ## [August 2026 Patron Update](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/08/03/august-2026-patron-update/) _2026-08-03 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ This one’s a biggie!! I have SO MUCH to share with you guys this month. First up – I do still have room for another one or two Producer Tier friends; I tend to have to close that tier down when it gets too laden but some folks have moved on and I would love to have you while I have the room if that’s something you’ve been considering. Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these… ## [Un dernier ver ?](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/un-dernier-ver.html) _2026-08-02 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Si vous avez un peu essayé n'importe laquelle de mes démos "green zone" ces 20 dernières années, ça n'a pas pu vous échapper: le petit ver jaune - ce croisement entre un combattant dans Worms Armageddon et un poison slug de Commander Keen - est pénible . Jusque là, je ne lui avais jamais fait d'animation "éliminé, le petit ver". On l'assomme, il attend, il repart. Il n'avait qu'un rôle minime dans… ## [Un dernier ver ?](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/un-dernier-ver.html) _2026-08-02 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Si vous avez un peu essayé n'importe laquelle de mes démos "green zone" ces 20 dernières années, ça n'a pas pu vous échapper: le petit ver jaune - ce croisement entre un combattant dans Worms Armageddon et un poison slug de Commander Keen - est pénible . Jusque là, je ne lui avais jamais fait d'animation "éliminé, le petit ver". On l'assomme, il attend, il repart. Il n'avait qu'un rôle minime dans… ## [LEDS ... The forgotten branch](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/leds-forgotten-branch.html) _2026-08-02 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ I completely forgot to tell you about that patch from early June that allowed to see clearly the space occupied by larger monsters in LEDS. And I forgot to pull it from "the cube" and to push it on sourceforge , too. It did not work exactly how I hoped though, so there was still some manual tweaking to get those bouncy branches properly aligned with the tiled tree when I assembled the tree , and I… ## [LEDS ... The forgotten branch](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/08/leds-forgotten-branch.html) _2026-08-02 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ I completely forgot to tell you about that patch from early June that allowed to see clearly the space occupied by larger monsters in LEDS. And I forgot to pull it from "the cube" and to push it on sourceforge , too. It did not work exactly how I hoped though, so there was still some manual tweaking to get those bouncy branches properly aligned with the tiled tree when I assembled the tree , and I… ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4t5nxqQ7CKaf) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Apple Assault Advance ?](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/07/apple-assault-advance.html) _2026-07-22 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Ah, yeah. Early this month, while the heatwave had not burnt our energy and house wasn't yet a post-camp-departure-mess, I had that Silly Idea (tm) that I could enter the I would have read https://gbadev.net/resources.html#articles, installed the GBA devkit in addition to the NDS devkitpro (reality: done, but where) and I'd have quickly (ahem) converted the Green Zone graphics into… ## [Apple Assault Advance ?](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/07/apple-assault-advance.html) _2026-07-22 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Ah, yeah. Early this month, while the heatwave had not burnt our energy and house wasn't yet a post-camp-departure-mess, I had that Silly Idea (tm) that I could enter the I would have read https://gbadev.net/resources.html#articles, installed the GBA devkit in addition to the NDS devkitpro (reality: done, but where) and I'd have quickly (ahem) converted the Green Zone graphics into… ## [The July Demo](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-july-demo.html) _2026-07-18 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Ooops Ooops oops. It's about time I tell you about the releasable nds I uploaded last week ... I wanted something featuring the latest Funky Funghi and applemen improvements that I could share over the not-too-new itch.io page and tried the development log feature to write a blurp about it. But of course, July is always super-crowded to the point I feel like an impostor when just taking time for… ## [The July Demo](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-july-demo.html) _2026-07-18 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Ooops Ooops oops. It's about time I tell you about the releasable nds I uploaded last week ... I wanted something featuring the latest Funky Funghi and applemen improvements that I could share over the not-too-new itch.io page and tried the development log feature to write a blurp about it. But of course, July is always super-crowded to the point I feel like an impostor when just taking time for… ## [Headshot Update, part 2!](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/07/15/headshot-update-part-2/) _2026-07-16 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ Got the shots! Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these tiers: Background , Co-Stars , Guest Stars , Series Regulars , Producer Tier or Movie Stars ## [It's blogpress time again](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/07/its-blogpress-time-again.html) _2026-07-15 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ French journalists have a word for that seasonal topic that comes up again in newspapers when every high-end interviewers are on holiday and things are up to interns: "Le marronnier de l'été" ... and it may feel that doing some blog-to-printable/epub conversions pops up every summer here, but hopefully not for the same reason. The motion started with the late-night idea that "tiled" engine… ## [July 2026 Patron Update](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/07/12/july-2026-patron-update/) _2026-07-12 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ Headshots have been taken! I don’t have them back yet so I have nothing to share, but I figured I’d tell you about the experience and how I’m feeling. Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these tiers: Background , Co-Stars , Guest Stars , Series Regulars , Producer Tier or Movie Stars ## [4 nuances et 4 canaux ?](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/06/4-nuances-et-4-canaux.html) _2026-06-26 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Bon, oui, le GB studio, c'est rigolo comme concept. Et ça fait pas mal de titres tout à fait sympa comme ce dinosaure de luxe . Mais y convertir du Bilou , je vois mal le truc ... même Badman aurait du mal. .. mais, petit délire de Mars ... j'ai déjà un jeu qui avait été pensé pour le monochrome dès le début: Caliméro! On ne va pas se mentir, par contre, ça n'avait pas vraiment été pensé pour les… ## [Les todos du printemps](https://sylvainhb.blogspot.com/2026/06/les-todos-du-printemps.html) _2026-06-23 · PypeBros · Bilou HomeBrew's Blog_ Toujours en mode " post-desktop ". Toujours avec mes carnets qui me servent entre-autres à suivre la progression (lente mais présente) du projet "dreamland". Tout le jeu, avec ce genre de carnet, c'est d'arriver à conserver facilement accessible les choses qui sont encore pertinentes. Souvent, ça passe par un coin de feuille sur lequel je vais me faire une espèce de petit index illustré des pages… ## [Public Update Post: June 2026](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/06/02/public-update-post-may-2026/) _2026-06-02 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ I’m opening up today’s post to the public a bit because I think it’s important to share what a “real Los Angeles actor”‘s life looks like when it’s slow and because I know that when I am on the wrong end of a downturn, I scour the internet for ideas on how to stay active. For a career that is so dependent on other people doing the work with you (and on those people hiring you), it can feel a… ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/M1ANrS3BpBI2) _2026-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [May 2026 Update](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/05/04/may-2026-update/) _2026-05-04 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ The big thing I worked on this month was getting some visuals ready for my shoot and I thought it’d be fun to share that. Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these tiers: Background , Co-Stars , Guest Stars , Series Regulars , Producer Tier or Movie Stars ## [April 2026 Update!](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/04/07/april-2026-update/) _2026-04-07 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ I’m sharing the LOOKS I’m hitting during this headshot session. Let me know your thoughts! Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these tiers: Background , Co-Stars , Guest Stars , Series Regulars , Producer Tier or Movie Stars ## [March 2026 Update!](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/03/03/march-2026-update/) _2026-03-03 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ I had a two audition day last month — haven’t had one of those in a long, long time! Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these tiers: Background , Co-Stars , Guest Stars , Series Regulars , Producer Tier or Movie Stars ## [Pros & Cons – Photography Edition](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/02/11/pros-cons-photography-edition/) _2026-02-11 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ So in my February Update this year, I wrote about how I was planning to get new headshots. The reality of them was a little… Harrowing. I don’t just mean the whole act of taking photos that set up my “branding” for years to come — though that’s absolutely part of it. I mean the money sunk can be pretty gnarly and I’ve had such a slow term, I’m worried about the expense. So I made myself a pro con… ## [February 2026 Patron Update](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/02/03/february-2026-patron-update/) _2026-02-03 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ Hoo boy, it’s been a rough start to the year. Some day job stuff… Last fall, I had several students either graduate or move on \[…\] Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these tiers: Background , Co-Stars , Guest Stars , Series Regulars , Producer Tier or Movie Stars ## [January 2026 Patron Update](https://www.katehackett.com/2026/01/08/january-2026-patron-update/) _2026-01-08 · Kate Hackett · Kate Hackett_ Patrons! I booked a gig! And shot it – so you get the whole damn story. Log in or unlock this post by becoming a Patron at any of these tiers: Background , Co-Stars , Guest Stars , Series Regulars , Producer Tier or Movie Stars