Notices by SnoopJ (snoopj@hachyderm.io), page 4

statements dreamt up by the utterly deranged

I just want the installer to put some files in PROGRAMDATA, goddammit

current state of despair: I am writing XSLT

Temptation to store this in Program Files and copy it to PROGRAMDATA at runtime rising

Maybe I'm solving this problem in the wrong place.

I'm creating a WiX ComponentGroup, but I have some fiddly path requirements to deal with here (aforementioned PROGRAMDATA constraint)

The problem this causes me is that I'm missing a directory, but maybe I need to hard-code that missing directory as a <Directory> tag in my installer definition XML, then refer to the <DirectoryRef> tag generated by heat.exe which contains the one-level-down information on the files I want?

Naturally, now that I have an XSL transformation that does what I wanted, I find out that the documentation of the attribute I was setting sucks, and it doesn't do what I wanted.

Back to square <whatever>

Oh, I have that exactly backwards, don't I? <DirectoryRef> is *performing* reference, not defining one.

So I think I can do:

```
<Directory Id="CommonAppDataFolder">
<Directory Id="MyTopLevel" />
</Directory>
```

in the main file, and then the fragment XML generated for me by heat.exe can be bound to `MyTopLevel` instead

The main problem here is the usual problem: I don't have a complete understanding of the tools I'm using, and I don't have time to acquire one

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World 4 has a lot of interesting "gimmick" (complimentary) levels

but 4-7 specifically has me worrying if the level designer is okay

(OTOH, that will probably be an interesting level for speedrunners, it's all execution)

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starting a fan rumor that if you can manage to get OOB and hit the '!' block on the lit side of 4-4, it contains a spicy ramen that unlocks a secret world where you play a flashback to Yuzu's mom's adventures

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omg it was literally a little fox who told Kiri about Yuzu's first assignment

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speaking of world 4, I also really liked the concept of 4-2. It doesn't have a level design gimmick (probably because the player is still getting used to the ice physics and popsicle power-up?)

but there's something very "Super Mario Galaxy demake" about the layout of this climb with a central pitfall

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Finished the main story. What a cute and queer little game. I look forward to seeing some IL speedrun strats, especially for Act 2.

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oh neat it's possible to jump entirely over the torii at the end of the level

nothing special happens but it's fun anyway

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Kiri's movement options are soooo good. Reminded me of Spectre Knight a few times, but overall really compelling gameplay to be able to chain together her different sword abilities

And the little fox friend who holds onigiri and fish crackers for you is very cute :blobfoxcute:

YATTA

Kaizo¹ is not really my thing, but I enjoyed how this first level eases the player into it.

I spent a pretty long time looking for an extra bounce at the end before realizing what I actually needed to do

¹ as in "difficult platforming level" not as in "the broad concept of modding"

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@mcc @glyph that sounds like a really good culprit for causing the weirdness

@mcc @glyph oh hrm I misread Glyph's remark, thought it was `python3-pipx`, and I could *sorta* see Ubuntu doing something weird if they had an official pipx package.

+1 to sentiment that `python3 -m pdm` working in the first place is probably the core mystery, although it's hard to imagine `apt` would drop the ball *that* hard.

Sounds like you managed to get back to a consistent state, at least.