Sleepy Days

This will be a short update. Today, I was really really tired, and I couldn't get out of bed until about 1:30 pm. So, no school. I don't think anything too important happened, and I caught up on some sleep, so that was good.

After I was awake, I made some vast improvements to the Buffy game engine. Basically, I rewrote the save/load game functions so that instead of barely working and requiring large amounts of effort for me every time I write a new puzzle, now it just works. Period. No more effort needed on my part, no matter how complex my puzzles get. And now the player can save in the middle of puzzles (if he/she so chooses) just in case there's one that's really long or difficult. So this is a very good thing :D

I'm gonna go watch some Earth 2 with my family, and then it's time for more sleep! Yay! :D

Slayer Games

Ok. Here's a bit of an update on the Buffy computer game. A tentative tile for the game is "Slayer Games." I've written a basic game engine (it will probably be expanded as needed based on the game's particulars.) I've done some work on the plot, and it looks like it will be taking place during Season Five of the TV show. Also, in addition to playing as Buffy, Willow, Giles, and Xander, you'll also get to play as Tara. If anyone has seen the show and would like to help with the plot, let me know! :)

Lists

Things I Love

• People - All of them. Saints and murderers. I may hate what they do, or I may love what they do, but either way they are human and deserve love for their humanity, no matter how small it may be. Lock them away if necessary, punish them if they deserve it, but always remember that they are human.
  
• Nature - I haven't seen nearly as much nature as many people have, but I want to, and someday I hope I will. I don't even need to say why.
  
• Brains - Because all people have beautifully unique minds, and I love them all.
  
• Emotions - The reason computers will never be as intelligent as humans.
  
• Tears - And their burning catharsis.
  
• Friends - Much of the time I'm not sure if I even have any. But I remember what they're like, and I still believe I can have some in my life.
  
• Music - I love any art that someone is able to create, because creativity is the most amazing thing imaginable. Hopefully, someday I'll be able to create something someone else can love.
  
• Individuality - Go people! Really, all of you!
  
• Peaceful strength - Go Ghandi!
  
• Mellowness - Go hippies!
• All the diverse religions of the world - They ensure we will never be certain that we have discovered all of the Universe's secrets. What is this obsession with facts, anyway? (Just kidding. Facts are cool and all, but a little bit of mystery is nice too, don't you think?)
  
• Power Puff Girls underwear - Please, don't ask why. I don't have any. That would be pretty weird, right? And I've never seen any. I don't know if they exist. But if not for this phrase, and a silly little neural connection in my head, these lists wouldn't be here.

Things I Hate

• People who hate other people - Really, this isn't me being hypocritical. I love everyone for their humanity, but I reserve the right to hate what individuals may think or do. If an individual hates someone, I hate that about that individual. But know that no matter what I may say or think at the time, I still love that person. And I love you too, whoever is reading this. I hope you love me too.
• Egotism - I simply don't understand how a person can think that he or she is better than a fellow individual.
• The death penalty - Nobody deserves to die. Lifetime in prison, if necessary, but never premature death.
• People who make being "normal" and happy seem so easy -Feel like lending a hand to the rest of us? (This is not su much hatred, but more annoyance, and then only with some of them. Sorry for the generalization.)
  
• People who are not willing to help other people - Why not?
• ? - I can't think of too much else for this list, because I love more than I hate in this world.
  

Mohawk Visits Binghamton

So, I just got back from my second visit to Binghamton University. My first visit had left me hating the school for a number of reasons, but the second has convinced me that this is the school for me. I met with the department head of Computer Science and a couple of students, and the campus was truly beautiful. If anyone else is thinking about going there, let me know!

Interesting note: As I was leaving the campus, I passed a dorm building called Mohawk. Apparently I'm not the first of my race to take up residence in New York State.

While in Binghamton, I saw the movie Juno, which was wonderful. I got the sound track and listened to it much of the way home. Also, at a Barnes and Noble I picked up a really pretty Tarot deck. Hopefully I'll be able to learn to use it.

On arriving home, I found out I missed my friend Rachel's birthday party. I'm really sorry Rachel :( But hopefully I'll get to see her and my other friends sometime before school starts, because school tends to be icky :(

I might post some more stuff later tonight; we'll see.

Buffy the Computer Game

So, lately I have been thinking about taking up a new computer programming project. I plan on making a (unofficial) Buffy the Vampire Slayer computer game. It will be a combination of point-and-click-adventure, puzzles, and various mini-games. Also, throughout the game you will get to switch between playing as Buffy, Willow, Xander, and Giles.

I won't reveal any more about the game yet. It's only in the early stages of planning/development, but if anyone is interested in helping and has anything to contribute, please let me know. At this point, I am mostly interested in people to help me flesh out the plot (so you should know about the TV series) or experience in game programming, but eventually I will also need help with graphics and animation as well as voice acting (sadly, I doubt the original cast would be interested in acting for a low-grade game and not getting paid.) Let me know if you have any suggestions, would like to contribute to the game, or just wanna say hi! :)

Random Acts of Mohawkery

It's nice to be home again. School today wasn't so bad, since Facing History is still doing the stereotype thing (I hate stereotypes, but it's still nice to not do anything in class) and Physics was missing half the class, so we got to relax and chat about whatever.

If anyone here likes to play computer games, you might be interested in one I'm working on. There was this awesome game called The 7th Guest, which was almost single-handedly responsible for the adoption of CD drives on computers. Then, there was a sequel called The 11th Hour. Both are out of print, but you should try to find copies, because they rock.

Now, I'm part of a fan-based project to write an unofficial "sequel" game, taking place between the original two chronologically. It's called The 13th Doll. Anyway, I recently resumed programming for this game, so I thought I'd let you guys know about it if your interested in games and such.

Sadly, I'm not sure how long it'll take for the game to be finished, since everyone is working on it in their spare time and nobody is getting paid, but I do know that when it is finished it'll be of amazing quality, because we have some really professional and skilled people working on it (including myself :D)