Weeknotes 2026 W29: Vertical knolling

I’ve fallen ill! Some sort of cold, or the flu, or maybe even COVID. Who knows. Eurgh. That this happened is not a surprise. The stress around moving and around the issues with my rental place has been high, and I’m surprised that I didn’t crash earlier. But as a result, this week’s week­notes will be more terse than usual. Quick bits Karl Marx came up in a conversation this week, and I was reminded that I used to confuse Karl May and Karl Marx. As a kid, I had a Karl May book that I never read, because the typography and printing quality were just awful.1 This week I learned how racist Karl May’s writing was, and how Hitler was especially fond of him.2 I can’t believe I had one of Hitler’s favourite books in my personal collection! Virtually every single piece of software that I wrote, I’ve written for myself. But for the game I’ve been prototyping, that’ll be different; it wouldn’t be a game that I actively play. It’s a strange and unfamiliar feeling. Is that simply what game dev is…