kris (with a k): life and works of

so i got an e-mail from mom saying that she checked my blog and hadn’t seen anything.
first of all, way to go mom for checking the blog. second, shame on me for not posting anything. =p
let’s see, what’s been going on here.
i’ll start with a thorough surgery on what’s going on with classes:

physics. i hate physics. i got an 88 on my last test. *waits for applause* and i have another test on thursday that consists of fluids and simple harmonic motion. i know, you’re getting giddy just thinking about it. on to more exciting subjects.

3d animation. we’re working on our final projects, which consist of a character performing an animation in an environment. i chose a tim burton-esque character in a haunted house. he’s going to be tip toeing down a hallway, trip, then look up hesitantly. sounds simple, but i guarantee it won’t be. our homework for friday is to design the environment.

2d graphics programming. still continuing work on the game. we received feedback from the teacher today and learned we are the furthest along out of all the groups. it looks awesome. right now, i’m trying to come up with a way to enhance the graphics using a high level shader language (HLSL). we’re programming the game using microsoft’s xna environment. so far, we’ve got particle explosions, a high score server, and networked multiplayer. sounds/music and other features remain to be added. you guys will surely see the final product. =)

and last, but not least, is game design and development I. we’re participating in this research study that NYU and another college is conducting. so we’re reading articles on social issues and how video games can express them. the study is called values at play. we’re expected to keep a blog and whatnot. sounds like it’ll be pretty cool. and we’re still waiting on grades for the timeline project (my timeline is on the bottom) and the pinball machine. but from what i saw in class, my pinball machine was up among the top 5. =p

other than school, brittany and i will be heading off to buffalo on thursday for a concert featuring cobra starship and we the kings. that should be a nice interruption to an otherwise class and work filled week. 

okay…time for another update from me.

programming is going well. the teacher isn’t very user friendly and doesn’t know how to post assignments, so it’s kind of hard to know when something is due. but i’m pretty sure i have a 2d world project due sometime next week. don’t worry, it’ll get done.

animation is AWESOME!!! our next project is rotoscoping. i have this breakdance footage from archive.org. i’ll post the finished product. it should be AMAZING. cause i’m working on it now. i don’t even have one full second done and it’s awesome.

the novel…we’re currently starting dracula. we went over a history of how the novel may be an outlet for bram stoker’s apparently being homosexual. weird. anyways, just handed in an essay for that class as well. i wrote on frankenstein and how he is an outcast of society based solely on his appearance. he has everything else that would allow him to fit into society, but his appearance is his defeat.

myth, legend, and folklore is interesting. we just finished the epic of gilgamesh. we compared some of the flood narratives, such as the ones from genesis, the enuma elish, and gilgamesh. the material is very interesting and easy to read. i think we’re going to start reading hesiod’s theogony next. and sometime soon the golden ass. yes…i said ass. =p

finally, i went to a concert last night. by myself, of course…because everyone has classes and doesn’t usually like my music anyways. but it was so awesome. i caught a drumstick and 2 guitar pics. also caught 2 bottles of water that the lead singer threw into the crowd. i’ll post pictures of the drumstick and pics. i drank some of the water and passed it around to the rest of the crowd. the band is called the starting line. they’re awesome.