Something random/It's my birthday tomorrow...
Posted by Astryl on Nov. 11, 2012, 9:18 a.m.
I was bored. So I was mucking around with Google Hangouts, and wound up playing this:
(Embedded Video)Framerate is horrible, which is not my fault. Next time I'll use something else. Or record it beforehand like I did with my Famitracker tutorial…And next time… I'll narrate.Anyways…Yeah, …I whipped up a WIP, and another...
Posted by Astryl on Nov. 7, 2012, 12:20 p.m.
UPDATED AGAIN:
Not another chiptune though. Nope.
I'm overhauling the engine I made for Exile. Got basic floating geometry now. So bridges, towers, etc, are all possible now :PUPDATED:Tried to fix it a bit. Can't judge whether I have or not, but give it another listen to anyway: …I'm an impulsive shopper...
Posted by Astryl on Nov. 3, 2012, 10:37 a.m.
Well, it's my weekend off (Every weekend is a weekend off for me, for now).
So I went along with my dad, brothers and one of my sisters to the nearby Mall In The Middle Of Nowheretm. And it was madness (First weekend in the month, all shops …Guys, guys guys! We have to do this...
Posted by Astryl on Nov. 2, 2012, 8:18 a.m.
I found out about this from the GMC… and I remember being interested in it a few years ago:
http://www.nand2tetris.org/It's a free course with software that shows you how to build a computer system from scratch using simple logic gates and a hardware simulator, right up to making a …In absence of a game, have this instead...
Posted by Astryl on Nov. 1, 2012, 11:30 a.m.
All I have to offer is this measly chiptune. Or not so measly; depends on how you hear it. I recommend headphones like mine that have built in amplifiers.
http://soundcloud.com/mega1992/fate-of-the-worldsWell. November has reared it's ugly fangs once again… As has Friday. I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday already… …Famitracker Video Tutorial
Posted by Astryl on Oct. 27, 2012, 5:50 a.m.
Famitracker Tutorial Part One
(Embedded Video)Tremble at the horrible sound of my voice. Also, excuse the sound getting out of sync later on. Finally, excuse my bumbling. No coffee and just waking up does that to me.Plus One Chiptune:http://soundcloud.com/mega1992/shieldMade a longer than normal chiptune for once. …Advice sought
Posted by Astryl on Oct. 26, 2012, 2:51 a.m.
Right. I AM COMMITTED TO THIS. Tomorrow, I want to make my first narrated video, the first in a series about Famitracker and how to use it, as promised.
Now I need some advice. Nothing to do with the actual -content- of the video, I know what I'm going to …Oh look, another chiptune
Posted by Astryl on Oct. 22, 2012, 12:05 p.m.
Take a listen to this, then read the rest of the blog:
http://soundcloud.com/mega1992/dawnWell, I'm back in Windows XP again. Managed to install it by creating a slipstreamed disc with SP2 and SP3 included. That was fun. Had to use VirtualBox in Ubuntu to install XP so I could install …Upgrades!
Posted by Astryl on Oct. 7, 2012, 6:53 a.m.
I possibly mentioned on the IRC and in my last blog that I was planning on upgrading my PC.
Yesterday morning, I did just that. I got myself a new motherboard, some RAM, and a new CPU. All spiffy and shiny and all that. I plugged it all in, cut …