For Me 2024 is the year of Picross

 So, it was roughly Decembre of last year that I felt a craving to play Picross. I think it might have been related to me reading an announcement for Picross S+ being released on the Nintendo Switch. That Picross S+ would end up having all of the 3DS Picross games as DLC

Yes, I know me talking about video games doesn't interest people... but the posts where I post crazy dumb crap (arguably on purpose) are not something I want to be an exclusive for this blog. The idea is to have at least one post that isn't me just posting crazy dumb crap between them. I mean, it kind of all is crazy dumb crap--but there is a certain style of posting dumb nonsense that seems to draw in people... and it is the stuff where I am doing the "LOL I'm so Random" shullbit stuff...

I found out that Picross is actually a name brand of sorts--and that the generic form of Picross is "Nonograms". While I might insist on using terms like "Ibuprofen", "ASA" or "Acetaminophen"--it allows me to act like I am quirky and unique--I'll prolly make use of Picross for now. As that Brand Name(TM) is unique enough that I don't need to pretend like I am more interesting than I am by using the generic "Nonograms"

Been grabbing all the Picross and Nonogram games on the eShop over the course of this year. Grabbing one or two every month--as I don't want to freak myself out by having a bunch of unfinished Nonogram games staring me down. With me working to complete them, about as far as I can go with them

The current method involves completing them with various hint tools enabled (coloured rows/cols, autocorrect and random fill at start). Then going through again, and completing as many as I can without that going on. It is mostly Extra and Mega-Picross categories that end up with me going "good enough" without completing everything

Mental Improvement and Plans Forward

"Some quote" -- Impressive Seeming Source

The whole messing with Picross thing has confirmed the observation that after fifty hours of working with a skill, my ability at that skill makes a noticable jump. Which is an odd trait to observe. Seems somewhat arbitrary--and odd that it can be measured to such an exact level. I mean, it is likely not exactly fifty hours--but it being that close consistently is just really really odd and stuff

It also seems the amount of time I can put into something is gated by the same fifty hour jumps. So if I have issues spending more than half an hour a day on something--I won't increase that, until I've done fifty hours... or I guess a hundred days. Which is a bit disconcerning, really. As I do want to be skilled with everything

I do intend to work on various skills I want to improve, and then compare how much I am improving with them against my improvements with Puzzle Games and Rhythm Games

Though, with Picross I did say that 2024 will be the year of Picross. This is mostly because I've calculated how many Nonogram games there are on Switch; gone over how long it will likely take for me to "get as far as comfortable" in them. From there, I've noted that I'll have likely played most of my way through most of the Picross games by 2025 hits. With me mostly doing clean up after that point, and working on improving my times in various puzzles

After that, I intend to ramp up how much stuff I am doing with Those Games and Those Games 2. With me working to really improve my abilities with both of those games.

I'll work on easing myself more into being able to do stuff with Supaplex, Puzzle Bobble and PuyoPuyo a bit more. Doing only a little bit towards making it so I don't completely suck at those series of games. Until I'm able to have myself putting a lot of time into them, after hitting the fifty hour mark twice for playtime for them

I will note that getting somewhat not terrible at Picross _has_ crossed over into other areas a bit. As my spacial awareness has shown signs of being affected by it. You know, on top of how Tetris has affected my spacial awareness. Maybe a bit more work with Puyo Puyo and Bejeweled, and it can make me literally the worst person to have to have to deal with. Ooh... maybe my brain can not melt down as much with Chess Puzzles as well

Oh hey, what about that 3D Navigation stuff?

"You should remember to replace the quotes with something poignant, instead of using only placeholders" -- Johnathan Wernstrum, Business Blogs for Success

Yeah, that is still a thing--except I've opted to increase my target hours a week up to twenty-five hours, instead of the usual twelve. It seems that between the trauma my brain wants to be dumb about--the stuff I want to take in--and other weird stuff... I need twice as much time in order to be effective with this strategy 

Mostly from my noticing that the weeks I fail to keep this cut down, are weeks I tend to do better

Standard affair here, Saints Rows(series), Borderlands(series), Minecraft, Dragon Quest Builders(1&2), Monster Hunter(series), etc., etc.. Honestly, feeling kind of like a failure that I get better results from twenty-five hours than twelve hours

-=-

So yeah... mostly putting this here, so that I can have a blog post in place, as I've not made a post in a month and a half now. Need to get back into writing and stuff

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