# Pixel Fallback Date Published: 17^th March 2026 // BEGIN Time is both flying right past me as well as completely standing still. Nothing is changing but we are still moving into the future. A future of bleak dystopian existences because everyone has either become so sedated or has become so indifferent to everything going on, no one gives a fuck anymore. This year I've gotten rid of Adobe, I mean I could no longer afford a subscription to begin with but it's also been freeing. Most of my devices have been re-setup to use not the stock software it came with. Android is now running Graphene. Laptop is now running Manjaro Linux. And soon, this laptop will either run Manjaro as well or at the least Linux Mint XFCE. Since GPUs are a pain in the ass expensive as well as RAM being basically unavailable due to humanity's NEED to replace itself because of the shortest path to everything, playing and building epic graphics games, art, scenes and short films are basically out of the picture for now. I can't do Blender so easily if my system breaks down and I am unable to replace any of the tech I need for it. So I fall back to efficient, low memory footprint programming and using Pixel Art. The worlds can still be cinematic, the art can be just as epic, and the games can be just as engaging, filled with exploration and details, but has the capability of running on the lowest hardware specs. There is a thing my brain does about attempting to future proof the amount of effort I am about to put into something, and that is both a gift and a curse; it forces me to think ahead but also keeps me from just taking risks and just creating some cool shit. So here we are. Attempting to learn Pixel Art, and attempting to harness old knowledge during my programming career to bring into the new of learning how games work and what makes them so engaging and difficult but giving; the balance of it all. My primary income contract ended in December of 2025. And since then I have been exploring all the things I would try and do with my life. This is where I have gotten to so far, and I'm still as keen as ever to get this moving. But there are so many other aspects of life that is just weighing everything down and if you combine that with a late ADHD/Autism diagnosis and not enough to get my life together and learn how to make this neurotypical reality work best for me, the best I've been able to achieve is keeping my head **just** above the water. Where as most of the time it was just holding my breath since I was underwater most of the time. I have been forced to be in recovery mode more then in work mode. Everything around me is taking more energy from me then I have to give and by the time I get myself to a point of wanting to sit down, create and work and build, there is nothing left. So it moves slow. I've even stopped showing up to all digital social spaces because I just do not have energy to even listen much less interact. But know that even if it's pixel by pixel, something is being worked on and a direction is in place. // END --- #Blog #Pixel-Art #Development