Holy crap

Wat? I'm alive.


And here's something I made just because.

http://www.freewebs.com/ninjastrudelgames/games.htm


It's the one on the top.

GO AND SHOOT PLANES FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

I'm back, bitches!

See subject line.

Stress

Yeah, stress is a killer.

I submitted my application today. I've got to send one assigment in, and then wait for my transcript to show up at the college, and then I WAIT for them to decline or accept me.

Also not having money sucks.

OK ARMI FINE!!!

Yeah, so I haven't updated in a while. It's cause I moved. My own computer isn't hooked up to the internet yet, so I'm on Morgan's. However, I don't like spending too much time on her computer, so I really don't. AND THAT IS WHY I HAVEN'T UPDATED YOU JERK.


Anyway, I got in contact with the head of financial aid at the Guildhall, so here's hoping something good happens.


And that's it.

Wow, that sucks.


--Andy

Sweet Christ

Sorry it's been just about two damn weeks since I've updated. In all honesty, I haven't done much.

So hopefully, I'll have something better up here in a little while.

THIS is what it's all about to me.

I'm still shaking...
I'm also sweating. I could be sweating because it's hot, but I'm sure that's only secondary.
I can't belive I actually did it. I can't believe it's done.
I've been striving for this moment for so long.


I beat Mega Man X4. Sigma is defeated. For now...

But seriously, I was shaking. Not uncontrollably, but more of an "ohh holy god the end is nigh!" sort of shaking. I set forth to do it today, and I actually followed through.
It's not even that it's THAT great a thing, it's just the way it happend. It's almost like a movie, if, you know, nerds made ALL movies. Horribly cliche`. I basically worked hard, and kept failing. But I didn't give up. And I used my backup plans, which were basically a gamble. But it worked. I barely won. One more hit on me, and it would have been over.

I'm so excited. I feel just like a freaking kid again.

THIS is the reason I play games. I truly enjoy the times I have. I am sure I will remember this moment for quite a while.

And it's this sort of feeling that I want other people to have with the games I make. I want them to get attached, to feel a sense of accomplishment, to get excited.

To freaking shake when they barely beat the game.

That's what gaming is to me. That's what I strive for.


--
Andy


P.S.
I want to edit this. I want to explain it all so much more. So I'm going to. Just not now. I'll tell you when I do.

Whirlwind of adventure!!!

With Microsoft's announcement that the XNA development studio for games will be (essentially) free, I really decided to get my ass into gear. An announcement like this is actually a pretty big deal to nerds like me. It pretty much means that I can make games on my computer that will play on my 360. If I want to share them with other people, I'll have to pay the low low cost of $99 a year. Now, that may seem like a lot, but if you realize that it only costs about $10,000 for a PLAYSTATION 3 (the emphasis is actually the way Sony wants it typed. What gives?) development kit, it really doesn't seem like that much.

After I read that announcement, I got pretty excited. I realized that this could be what I need to actually START and maybe even FINISH something. I've started a lot, but finishing is something totally new to me.

Several months ago, Microsoft did a "How to program games" type of web-seminar thing. Each of the two "classes"(3-d programming and 2-d programming) have several sessions (11 and 8, respectively) and each run about 50 minutes to an hour.

I downloaded all of them. I've already watched the first two, and as soon as I get more time, I'm gonna watch more. I've also been looking around online for certification courses/classes/whatever-the-hells I need to get a certificate.

So hopefully I will actually see this through. I'm sure I will.

I think...


---

Andy


Also, if you care about actually READING about the Microsoft thingy, here's the link...
HERE.