Haven't made a post in a while, and since I'm still working on my site which will have all my news and stuff on I thought I would make a little post about it all. I'll try to set it out under subheadings so you don't have to read the uninteresting stuff ;)

College

So I started college over a month ago now. It's pretty awesome. Wayyy different to school, but in a good way. Although I'm not that social, I've made a few friends which is always good. So the social benefits of going to college are pretty awesome. For the first time in ages I actually enjoy chillin' with random people in my breaks, as opposed to having to hang around with people I don't really like. The only bad thing, from a social view, of college was a week or 2 when I was a bit depressed 'cause of stuff with my best friend/girl I like/ex, what ever you want to call her, was and still is a bit shitty. But I've given up now and I really can't be arsed to drag that up again as I'll just get upset D:

Anyway, on to lessons. I'm taking Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Computing and history. On the whole they're going pretty awesome :)

I have 10 Maths lessons a week, as opposed to 6, as I have to complete the whole A level in one year (normally done in 2) so I can do Further Maths next year. Its going pretty well. Just finished Core 1 and finishing Decision 1 then moving on to Core 2. Its all pretty easy so far and I'm enjoying it. I'm getting fairly good marks (except when i do my homework like, last minute :P)

Physics, again going good. I'm enjoying it most out of all my lessons and I'm getting good marks for most homework tasks although there is normally one or so question that trips me up, but it trips the whole class up normally. They tend to be the wordy questions though. The ones that involve calculations are easy :)

Computing, that's a different story. I hate it. The class moves at the slowest pace possible asking the stupidest questions possible whilst the teacher struggles to code. And there is me completing our so called 'tasks' in about 5mins. Normally I resort to playing around in flash but I can never be bothered to email files to myself which means I just do tests.

History, not much to say really. Enjoying it. The homework tasks are pretty bullshit though, like drawing a diagram, don't see how that's gonna help me pass. But meh. I like history as a whole :)

Flash

College has finally got me productive again. I think I've spent more time on flash in the past week than I had in the whole month previous. I have more projects on the go than ever and, more importantly, have loads close to completion/completion of the engine. Here is a full list of all my current projects:

1. Gravity orb V2

This one is my primary focus at the moment. It is a sequel to my game Gravity Orb V1.5 which i released a year ago in a week. It'll be nice if i can get 2.0 released on the same day, a year later but unlikely. The first one was released purely as a test and I was just playing about. I didn't expect it to do well, as it was just experiment, but it went down better than I expected so I decided to make the sequel.

The coding of the game is 100% done, the graphics 90% done and level design around 60%. So really, myself and Lochie(Night-Mare) just need to get in gear and do the levels and we can release it. That is, providing we can find a sponsor.

2. Miners Game

This game has been in production for quite a while now and some of you have probably played it. Its again, made with Lochie(Night-Mare) and all that is left is level design. Unfortunately, the levels take stupidly long to make and all that we have at the moment is the tutorial level but we're both determined to release this game.

The basic idea behind it, although the story is yet to be developed, is that you're a miner and you've gotta take down a bunch of terrorists and rescue fellow miners. Your only attacks are hitting them with your pick-axe and to blow them up with dynamite, whilst they shoot at you with bazookas and AK-47s ;) The main feature of the game is the destructible terrain, allowing you to dig with your pick-axe.

3. Game with Adman

This game is still very much in the early stages and I don't want to say too much about it. The idea and everything is Adman1993's - I'm just doing the coding. Although its a side project, I'm loving the ideas he's throwing up and it could go far. I'm currently working on this engine more or less as he send me the graphics for each bit.

4. Image editor

I think I've pretty much scrapped this now, but what the hell. The idea behind this is what the title says. A fully functioning image editor, with the features every basic image editor has, but purely in flash. I'm doing this completely by myself and I'm quite proud of the layout. The basics are there, I just need to find time to expand on it and add all the features I originally intended too.

5. Super Halloween

This is, to a certain extent, a follow up of Super Santa, my first ever game, but with a Halloween theme. I've also made some pretty big differences to the engine. Well, totally re-done it but with the same aim of the game. I've ditched the jetpack, fixed the lasers etc etc. I've still got a fair bit to do, mostly the AI and fixing bugs, and I can't see this being released before Halloween. Therefore I might have to ditch the Halloween theme and make it purely Super Santa 2. If you're interested in doing the art though then contact me and we can try and get it done before 25th, when I go away.

6. Flash in flash

Don't want to say too much about this. Its my project that has taken attention away from the image editor. I don't want to say too much about the details as its all a bit hush hush at the moment ;)

Websites

Unfortunately, yet again, I've destroyed Logicstudios. I was working towards an up loader and I got most of it down but I decided its best if I learnt AJAX and its now been sitting there for over a month with me not editing it in the slightest. I suppose I'll get round to learning AJAX soon and it'll start up again. But until then, its down and i'm just using it to host tests.

On the other hand, I've purchased UnknownFury.com and I'm currently working on that site (current progress in different areas shown on splash page). That's gonna be my new portfolio and maybe blog.

Thats all for now, I'm tired and can't be bothered to write anymore but I still have more to say so stay tuned. Leave comments consisting of love :)

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