The Gartage Blog

Hello there! Welcome to the Gartage Blog. On this side of the woods you will find my musings on tech, art and life. Hope you have a great day!

My First Month in a JEE Coaching Test Release

My First Month in a JEE Coaching is a Visual Novel and my first long term project. It is the first JEE centric slice of life visual novel set in modern day India! It might also be the first Indian visual novel in the world but hey you never know from where someone may come up and wag their finger at us. You can join the test release by going to the following link and with the attached password:...

October 8, 2023 · 5 min

Juno on the Board Dev Log

Juno on the board is a simple endless runner game I made as I was practicing my skills in Godot Game development. Check it out on itch.io below! Link to the Game You can also enjoy this game on the Google Playstore. This blog is about my journey of making this project. The Conception I had started learning Godot a while back through an online course and made a simple game called Hoppy Days, where we had a cute 2D bunny jumping around the platforms and trying not to fall to its death....

March 10, 2023 · 9 min

Learning New Tricks

I recently started learning game development using Godot. It has been a while since I started learning a completely new skill, and I am feeling the pain in my bones. The Attraction After a certain point of learning anything, you are naturally drawn away to other skills. They may be complimentary or something you normally wouldn’t touch with a broomstick. You start to see your potential with your new shiny tools and get thrown into a euphoria of your imagined competence....

February 8, 2023 · 4 min

04 Blurred Lines: Artist or Techie (Erasing the Big Fat Line)

Hello There! I am breaking the entire Artist vs Techie chronicles into multiple posts so it is easier to read. This series of posts aim to cover some topics about art and tech objectively and general conception about the two I have noticed around me. In the last post, I aim to unite the divide between being an artist and being a tech guy. From making RGB lights to creating Digital Art Imagine you are in the year 1996, smashing away at the bleeding edge Windows 95....

January 19, 2023 · 6 min

03 Blurred Lines: Artist or Techie (Journey)

Hello There! I am breaking the entire Artist vs Techie chronicles into multiple posts so it is easier to read. This series of posts aim to cover some topics about art and tech objectively and general conception about the two I have noticed around me. In this post, I aim to talk about my journey as I learnt different softwares in the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite. What is the Journey? Whether it is the road to Hokage, unlocking Bankai or the infamous blossoming before prom night, it involves a Journey....

October 23, 2022 · 8 min

02 Blurred Lines: Artist or Techie (Origin Story)

Hello There! I am breaking the entire Artist vs Techie chronicles into multiple posts so it is easier to read. This series of posts aim to cover some topics about art and tech objectively and general conception about the two I have noticed around me. In this post, I aim to talk about my own story and motivations to nosedive into the rabbit hole of digital art. My Origin Story The line between being an artist and being a techie is extremely blurred....

October 8, 2022 · 6 min

01 Blurred Lines: Artist or Techie

Hello There! I am breaking the entire Artist vs Techie chronicles into multiple posts so it is easier to read and I can dive deeper into the discussion. This series of posts aim to cover some topics about art and tech objectively and the general conception about the two I have noticed around me. In this post, I aim to talk about general perceptions about Art and Tech in society....

October 1, 2022 · 7 min

Under the Hood of the Blog

What’s a nice kid like you doing in a place like this? Come here often? If so you may have noticed how clean and snappy it is, with almost no-load times at all! In this day and age where we have embraced the loading screen, I say fuck that, I wanna give my readers a reading experience second to none! In this article, I wanna tell you how I achieve sub-millisecond build times with such a interactive site!...

September 25, 2022 · 5 min

The Manifestation of the Blog

How do you do fellow kids? KONO SHARDUL DA! I have accomplished a new landmark moment in Gartage history… I have created this blog! Aren’t you impressed? Used to be a very hip thing back in my day. I am a 0 and 1 guy. I always find it difficult to strike the balance between jesting and keeping things straight to the point when I have to express myself. That is a mountain we both will just have to cross together I am afraid....

September 24, 2022 · 4 min