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Things never change – things always change.

Threeli — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:13:41 +0000

Computer works. Yay. May Project is like, Duke Nukem Morrowcrack or something. Yay.

Thrive or fail, decisions.

Threeli — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:05:03 +0000

May Project (Early Build)

My progress in plumbing the veritable depths of the Unity development system (using engine to describe it might be passé) has been more rapid than I initially expected. Using a combination of old-school billboarding techniques and point n’ click charm: I’m going to adapt a vision. One that, I’ve had for quite a long time. The game will render out as a mildly simple experience, but the inner-workings will be fairly complex compared to most of what classically exists within the realm of “video games”. I have this feeling I am not unique in this department of late, with many of the popular indie (oxymoron? heh, no) titles displaying…

…dramatic themes and emotions. Alas! I march on; I will bring my vision to life. Now the work is to coerce the complex imaginings of my brain into the space of a limited “interactive experience.” Daunting. This is where the speed and grace of my newly adopted development system come into play. To paraphrase, “This is f*cking sweet.” Most of the hard-coding is now completed thanks in part to the flexibility of being able to use Javascript, C#, and Boo – essentially side by side. I’m left with more serious aesthetic and story choices. Which honestly leaves me at a crossroads, and as I’m forced to make such difficult decisions I find a dreamy idea taking physical shape. Awesome.

Early.

Threeli — Tue, 04 May 2010 10:35:41 +0000

I have to leave my house and head into the cold – just minutes from now. But before I do this (to head to work, possibly through flooding) : let us conciser the following : I am nearing completion of my May-Project engine. In response I’ll soon place the first by-product of this creation here, (the smallish test stage) for all to enjoy. Look for it in the next few days.

Have a good morning, all.

Seriously, what the fuuu…

Threeli — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:35:37 +0000

WTF, indeed.

In some way – working on May Project has created this… this… I…

I’m sorry, world.

Unity3d.

Threeli — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:53:45 +0000

While I will continue to labor away on the Über-secretive May Project, I have decided my needs have outgrown flash and I will be moving on to Unity. (A.K.A. Unity 3D) I’m not, as of yet, fully sure this is the best plan – but it is the one I’ve gone with so here’s hoping it was a wise decision. Now – to see if I can wrangle this 3D beast into the realm of only two dimensions…

Project Percentage (May Project)

Threeli — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:19:49 +0000

May Project?

This will be a reoccurring feature: a breakdown of percentage of completion for any current games. This time will be about the currently (and rather abruptly) titled MAY PROJECT:

Display Code (20%)
Matrix Code(s) (20%)
Graphics (8%)
Sound (0%)
Menu, Score (0%)
Pathfinding Code (35%)
Local, Meta Ai (25%)
Creation, Working, Interaction Code (0%)
Death (0%)
Time Advancement (50%)

So much to do. So little time. Ahh, life.

Back From Vacation.

Threeli — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:18:26 +0000

I have just now returned from vacation and am back to working on a prototype for a small game I plan to release within a month or so. With any true work, there must come research – and with this, there is much. Before I drop any real information about this project I am looking into copyrighting the name. I am aware of my current (warranted) nobody status, however I still feel some validity in my search. You have to start somewhere, and if I am to sell this – I will need to own the name.

If anyone in the internet-o-sphere knows about this mysterious process (specifically copyrighting a name for a game, personally, not for a company) please inform me here or at Thr33li@gmail.com. Thanks.

UPDATE: I took the four seconds to dig through the U.S. Copyright office site – and discovered exactly what I was looking for. I should’ve done that before asking such a silly question.