Author: DylanWest

Quirks in the Works I’m taking a break from all the science to tell you more about me. Trigger warning: it’s geeky in here. Here are some of my daily habits: -CC BY 4.0 via www.heute.at My writing and revising habits I could go on, but this feels like plenty. If you want more personal stuff like… Continue reading I’m Basically Daddy Pig

Depth Control In chapter 8 of Scribes Emerge, Mallory sees elemental sulfur scattered across a volcanic area and has this thought: Sulfur. Enough for the Sendians to vulcanize all their rubber tires. The book never explains what vulcanization is, so we’ll look at this right now. Let’s start with natural rubber, which comes from latex: -By Vyacheslav… Continue reading How Rubber is Made

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Now that I’ve passed my IT recertification exam, I’m designing more of Scribes’ Descent, the game. And to play Hollow Knight Silksong that just released. I take design notes while I play, so it’s not all goofing around. 😀 I’m testing out some new game mechanics, and I’ll get back to you… Continue reading How Do Fish Control Their Depth?

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: No progress on the game this month while I prep for an IT certification renewal exam. Provided I pass it on Thursday, I plan to turn my focus to building out the next area of Scribes’ Descent. Thermodynamics, the Toddler Musical In chapter 10 of Scribes Emerge, Rain explains to the people of Sendia… Continue reading Glorious Air Conditioning

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: I finally worked on the game again! Several bug fixes: Once I’m done renewing an IT certification (AWS Associate Developer), I can devote time to building out the next big area of the game. In Scribes Emerge, Mallory carves a diamond out of a cavern wall with her Sword. While cutting it,… Continue reading A Glowing Diamond

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Still no game updates, but I did send Scribes Emerge to beta readers! As soon as this little book goes to market, my attention will be focused squarely (and triangularly) on the game for a few months! Oh, and here’s the cover: I did this one myself, except for the 3 circles… Continue reading How Accelerometers Work

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Still no game updates. Sorry for the delay, but I need to give Scribes Emerge more editorial noogies before I plop it in the laps of my beta readers. And just now, autocorrect wanted me to change “noogies” to “boogies.”  Inertial Sensors In chapter 1 of Scribes’ Descent, Mallory installs an inertial sensor suite into a mini drone.… Continue reading How Does Your Phone Know When You Rotate It?

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Still no updates on the game yet. If you smell smoke drifting from Virginia between 8p and midnight EST, that’s not a forest fire. That’s my brain melting during Scribes Emerge edits. Hopefully it can resume its normal operating temperature soon. 🧠🔥🔥🔥 Incendiary Insects Speaking of fires and melting, you probably noticed… Continue reading Exploding Beetles

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Nothing on this front yet. My face is still wedged into Scribes Emerge edits. Let’s get Geological Mallory gently rapped me over the skull to ask why I hadn’t written a geology article in a while. I had no good answer, so here we are. Talking about rocks again. Or are we?… Continue reading Sand vs Soil vs Dirt – What’s the Difference?

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: I’m still revising Scribes Emerge. As soon as I’m done, I plan to add another area to the game and sprinkle in some more names. Yours might be among them if you were one of the early reviewers. My regular farmer’s market has been on break since Dec 21st, so I’ve had many consecutive Saturdays… Continue reading The Problem With Waste Heat