yes, i know i haven’t posted in awhile, but that is due to another site in development for all my stuff and because i think i call home enough that the blog is just a supplement. they have all the kris they could want. =p

This video is AWESOME!

a sweet trailer for a very original game. just watch.

so here it is. my entire quarter’s work of 3d animation in one video. i have the higher quality version to show you guys in person, but here’s the link to the crappy youtube version. i hope you enjoy!

http://blip.tv/play/hVaqkCg

i found this video in one of my feeds and thought it was a pretty sweet animation. they also put out a video on what super mario bros. would look like on the atari 2600. i’ll post that if i find it.
95 on my physics test, but i have to take the final. i found that out today
last day of classes tomorrow!

so wow…one week since i wrote last.
i can’t be like katy and update every day. it’s impossible!
anyways, pretty much the same situation as last week. tons of homework and very little time.
bacon and eggs in the morning and a volleyball game that we won today. and now it’s back to the lab for some good old 3d animation. i was there til it closed yesterday.
on a better note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!
i’ll see you guys in just over a week. =p

sorry if the title freaks you out.
so yea, the entire last week i’ve been working nonstop. well, i wouldn’t say nonstop, but practically. brittany and i went to a concert friday night on campus. it was okay. the crowd was really annoying. the band isn’t very, you know, mosh pit crowdsurfer crazy, but apparently the crowd thought so.
anyways, school…we’re going into week 9, which is very exciting, but very frightening at the same time. for one, we’re almost done with classes. but all those deadlines are getting closer and closer and the work is really piling up.
on to the work:
physics…can i stress how much i dislike this class again? haha. we have a test on thursday, so i’ll be making a very information-filled crib sheet. if i can get above a 90 on this test…it means i can not even try on the final. he takes the best 3/4 test grades. my previous ones have been 88 and 94. that would be so sweet. cause final pressure would be even worse. *crosses fingers*
3d animation. this class started out being really awesome. now it’s just become really tedious. fiddling with little 3d characters to make their movement just right doesn’t please me in any way. now, programming them to do something would be a lot cooler. but yea, moving them…nuh uh. but that project is starting to build up, so i’m planning this week to go to the lab and get a lot of it out of the way.
2d graphics programming. this class is still awesome. but the project is coming to an end, so i’m starting to freak out on what needs to get done. i mean, it’s functional and works, but the one task i have left is to up the visual effects. i spent a good amount of time wednesday night in the lab trying to do that. with the other effects we have (bomb explosion warps the screen, getting hit by an enemy shakes the screen) the visual experience is hard to increase. but i’m trying to do that graphically. we’ll see how that turns out.
game design & development. i already told you how we’re in that values at play study. this week’s project was to make a paper game that demonstrates a value. my group made a card game, with our own cards. but when we play tested it on friday, i found it ridiculously difficult. i had to leave early due to the concert, but i put my feedback in and some suggestions. they haven’t gotten back to me as they seem to enjoy the complexity, but i really think the difficulty needs to be taken down a lot. oh yea, and the final project for this class is ridiculous. a 5 minute commentated video of how a video game demonstrates a certain value and other terms we learned in class. AND a 1500 word essay to go with the video. OMG
take me home now.

so i have no idea how i accomplished it, but i got an 89 on my physics test. and he took it back to add more points due to a bad question. =D

so i figured out how to get monkey island and such working on my mac.
first, download ScummVM here

then, go here and download any games you want. most of them should work with the ScummVM. i’m already playing secret of monkey island.
to save, press alt and any number from 1-9 and to load the game, press ctrl and that same number.
enjoy!

http://schedule.csh.rit.edu/?s=VyXUJHd 

Here’s what my schedule for spring quarter should look like, assuming I get all the classes.