The week started off pretty well, with most of the focus going into a 516 change that was on the list, and a little into some bug fixes for 515. But although it started strong, development took a nosedive, with extra emphasis on the nose, right at the halfway point. Spring allergies hit hard and hit early, and I've been kind of a mess since.

The big project for 516 so far was a breaking change to icon positioning, specifically one that will impact SIDE_MAP in particular. Going forward, icons are going to anchor themselves to the bottom left of their physical bounding box, instead of to the southwest of their physical position. bound_x/y have been deprecated, and new vars icon_w/z have been added. All of that will be explained later, but it's a big deal. I talked about some of this in my under-the-hood column last week. Most of this is in place now, except for testing isometric mode.

But, getting back to 515 bug work ran me into a brick wall, because a bug I was working on regarding render_source opened up a gigantic can of worms. I came up with a Band-Aid fix for the bug I was testing, but it brought to light that render_source really needs to change. I made a couple of really bad mistakes from the outset, and in 516 that'll call for another breaking change to fix it. More on that will be in today's early-access Patreon post.

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Next week, I'm hoping to be able to sustain normal breathing for a 24-hour period and sleep through the night. Oh, and I'll also be aiming to get a 515 release out early in the week, barring unforeseen pollen. See you on the other side, if I can open my eyes.