[MEGA] The Adventure Continues
Part dev log, part ramble, all Mega.
Because of the length of this blog, and the picky nature of anybody reading it, I've divided it into neat little sections again.This time I'm dealing with four topics: > Text Parsing for Adventure Games > How far my adventure game is …Of Adventures and related subjects
I ended up going with a very simple overall design for my V4D game: A text adventure in the spirit of the Zork games. And so far, i'm finding it a pleasant project that doesn't leech my mental energy in mysterious ways each time I open the folder it resides …
What to do with $20?
Well, I got first place. I win $20 when Kilin gets here, and I feel pretty awesome for actually getting some money (and games) for winning a competition.
I was originally thinking of buying Minecraft. Until I figured out that the $ sign I thought was a $ sign was …[MEGA] Some F4D reviews
Well, I played all the games I downloaded so far, except for sirXemic's (The Microsoft XNA Redistributables 4.0 installer was being a dick, so I couldn't play it at all).
Now, I'm going to not give a rating out of 10, since quite honestly, that system doesn't hold up.Instead, …A Mega Blog
I promise to have some reviews of the F4D games I've played up tomorrow. For now, read this.
In a concerted effort to not post pointless blogs, I'm going to cover a lot of interesting topics in this one. So prepare for…So, Ideas would be welcome...
Some serious ideas.
I've been trying to find work for two years now. Not a single interview from all that. Heh. And that's trying as anything, from a waiter, to a garden service worker, to a cashier.What I decided to try this year is freelance contract work, in …NEW! Never before seen!
Complete non-awesome, just woken up, unshaven, headphone wearing MEGA!
Cringe in horror, ladies and gentlemen. Cringe in horror.Anyway, what was I doing again? Oh yeah. Blogging. Right. I just woke up, and jumped right onto my dad's PC with the ADSL and started downloading stuff. Like Wine updates, an …Linux just got 20% cooler
Especially since I got most of my modern games to run on it in WINE.
Of course, all my emulated games work fine. Oddly enough, the programs/games withthe worst compatibility are the Game Maker games (Especially games made with GM8.1).Interesting.Oh, and running Microsoft Internet Explorer in …Who says I can't do it?
So, I got into an argument (Yes, and argument) again about C++ yesterday on the YoYoGames IRC.
Turns out that a bunch of misinformed muppets think that my studies in C++ and other high-level languages are a waste of time (I assume they're young enough still to think that they …I'm resolved...
… to stick to my resolutions (That won't get far).
But first things first:HAPPY NEW YEARS 64DIGITS!Right. Now, have a quick screenshot of my desktop:
OK? You still with me? Good. Now, the odd thing is that I didn't receive much for Christmas, besides a (decent) bit of …