Just finally bought Bioshock Infinite yesterday... and already it has me raging. I keep getting reset really far back every time I load the game and hit continue. Like, hours of gameplay lost. After dealing with this twice, I did some Internet digging and found you can go to "Load Chapter" to find more recent ones... but dear lord, my most recent checkpoint is still not that close to where I left off. They are way too far apart. It doesn't help that the autosave animation plays often, but se
Well, it was for a school project, so time was limited. Otherwise I'd love to keep working on this. But here's what we managed to get together. The Final Game! (And for those of you that get frustrated, here's the final level ) I would have loved to have gotten in 10 more levels, but compared to other games in the class, 15 is a lot. And it seemed to get a pretty warm reception during yesterday's demo, too. Looking forward to tomorrow's now, although I'll probably be playing more of the o
So our game was voted best in the class! For those wanting to check it out, here it is again. And HERE is a link to (most of) the other games made by the class. I'm quite a fan of Neuro, Leecher, and Gravity Assist myself. Overall the last day of classes for my sixth semester of college ended on quite the high note. Had a pizza party in one class and won a Pizza Hut gift card in another. And had a ton of fun gaming with my club last night. ~|ET|~
Well, came in last in yet another BZPC. But I did thoroughly enjoy the change of pace this one presented. And of course, the post-game shenanigans were as fun as always. ~|ET|~
I want to blog and didn't really know what to do. EDIT: We've added 5 more levels and tweaked the player controls some. So here's my game so far! As of this post, there's only 5 workable levels. I'd especially appreciate some feedback on level 5... Whether it's too hard or anything else you think should be changed. Oh! And the title screen is horrible, so here are some instructions. xP Left/Right or A/D to move left and right. Up/W/Space to jump P activate phase mode. You can walk thro
Finally sat down and watched the first episode of Firefly last night with some friends. I have to say... I thoroughly enjoyed it. The only thing that seemed odd to me was that both in pacing and aesthetics it seemed very much more film-like than an episode of a TV show. That's not to its detriment at all, but was just a curios observation. Don't know when I'll find time for the rest, but I have no doubt I'd like to watch it. ~|ET|~
So my angry mood was spoiled by being intercepted by more people than I thought would be there before the meeting. Instead, I played up the sadness. I acted very morose. Immediately had them asking if I was alright; that I seemed depressed. Played that out for the next half hour; stayed distant, outside the room, like I couldn't be around anyone. Then gave my speech about deciding to disband the club, apparently quite convincingly. They were pretty much speechless. As I closed the door, one of
So for those of you that don't know, I run a video game club. Tonight we are set to elect a new vice president, as our current vp will be graduating at the end of the semester. It's somewhat known within the club that I've been frustrated by our current vp because of her recent shenanigans, but that's a story for another time and place. The point is it might be understandable that I could be a little angry. And I'm counting on that. I plan on announcing an alternative solution to our vic
Gotta just love it when several preorders fall very close together and you find other stuff you really want for sale... I hope I'm happy with the rest of the stuff I'm getting, because the first in the lot (and possibly the only one that'll get here in time for this month's haul) is somewhat disappointing.. But yeah, I need to watch my spending. :x Luckily I've only got one thing preordered next month and don't think I'll be buying much else, at least not anything too expensive. ~|ET|~
So LEGO's apparently in talks with Fox to work out a deal to make sets for... The Simpsons. That's, uh, cool I guess. I mean, they're already yellow, so they'll make sense in classic minifig colors. But The Simpsons is for a bit more of a mature audience, so I'm slightly confused why they'd go this route. But oh well. They'd probably sell. ~|ET|~
I never did link my final prototype, did I? Well here ya go! Now, it is indeed just a prototype. So there's only one level... But it was fun to make. And I'm now onto the team game, which will be a totally different game. Need to start working seriously on it over break though.. ~|ET|~
Barely a day later, I've been notified I didn't get that internship for Amazon I interviewed for. So much for the week estimate they gave me on an answer... They were still interviewing people at my school alone today even. As a friend who was also told no (and in his case it hadn't even been 24 hours), it's like "they didn't even consider us." Oh well... ~|ET|~
It was... okay. Very, very, very technical. And as I predicted, my 90 minute interview really was just a smashing together of the two 45 minute interviews most people go through. So it was split into two parts. I think I did well enough in the first half, but in the second (which was about trees, which I'm not that great with/haven't fully covered yet in classes) I sorta fell apart... The interviewers seemed really nice though. I guess that's a plus? And that'd be bit for my first tech
How the heck do you guys do it? Those of you who have travelled great distances just for an internship. How? I was offered just an interview with Amazon - after not hearing anything for 5 months! - and can't bring myself to accept, just for the anxiety of going so far away. Being so alone there. But that's if I even get it, of course... Not to mention I'm only now really learning about the algorithms and whatnot they'd be asking me about in the interview. Add to that the stress of bein
And here's the other line out of Toy Fair that has me most excited! In packaging: Darth Maul: Also displayed were R2-D2 and a Sandtrooper. Together the four comprise the first wave. There's four more figures already planned but they're keeping them secret... But I'm sure one of them will be a retail Boba since the SDCC exclusive is him. They look incredible in my opiion and I can't wait to get them! There's a toooon of cool stuff that was shown off at Toy Fair, but beyond the
It's New York Toy Fair time! And already things have me going crazy! Hasbro's Star Wars Black series, which they announced a few weeks ago, is finally going to get me into collecting Star Wars toys in addition to all those books. And of course the first announcement out of Toy Fair is what the first convention exclusive will be... Boba Fett with Han in carbonite. Why must the good things be exclusives? But that's not the biggest thing.. Oh, no. Not at all. I mean literally big! Has
First of all, that power outage after half time was absolutely hilarious. Can't believe something like that happened and lasted so long. And once it was restored, boy did the game pick up. Because let's face it, that first half was boring. Then the end... that was a bit of a nail biter there. Or would have been if I were a Ravens fan lol. But it certainly did get close. Congrats Baltimore. I'm looking forward to Pittsburgh getting back on top of things to knock you guys back down next seas
<3 Now I just need to get used to not typing it out within a second after clicking into the post box. ~|ET|~ Edit: Except when making a blog post... It seems to not carry over to these...
Got my first assignment in my game design class - make a game prototype on your own. It doesn't have to be flashy or even all that extensive. If you're making a level-based game, just one leve would even be good enough. So I'm making a childhood favorite - DugDug! And last night I chose to get a little creative with the sprites... And am henceforth renaming my game Diggy Diggy Hole. :3 ~|ET|~
