Back Again

Thought I'd get back to blogging after all this time. Long story short, I've been using Unity 3d now.

http://anomalousunderdog.herobo.com/Unity/Gobs.html

A side-scrolling action game. There was supposed to be more features but I never got to finish it. The white thing in the back is supposed to be a caravan that the player is guarding while it travels. Shown here is a test level with a few enemies.

http://anomalousunderdog.herobo.com/Unity/ZombieFields.html

A zombie game, but similar to Crimsonlands. There were supposed to be several modes of play but only "Survival Mode" and a prototype "Assault Mode" was implemented. There was supposed to be leaderboards too, but it would've required a MySQL database server hosting which I don't have.

http://anomalousunderdog.herobo.com/Unity/DZZPrototype.html

A work-in-progress of a strategy game I made. Its actually a prototype I hope we could show to investors to get some funding to make it a full-fledged game. Though its doubtful because of the economic recession.

gunner weapon and run animation

Took me this long. His weapon's textured completely now, and I've made a looping run animation test of him.

BLARGH in 2009

So I decided to haul my lazy ass and continue working on BLARGH Text Editor. I've successfully ported my code to the new devkitARM release 24, and libnds 1.3.1.

Just get the file save/load working, and its already a full-fledged text editor. And now that there's some official sample code on how to get libfat working, it'll be easier for me.

Next major features needed are some unfinished text editing features (cut, copy, paste, search), and multiple text files opened via tabs. But I want to concentrate on file save/load first.

Unicode support would require me to create all those characters from foreign languages. I'd be willing to make ones for accented english letters, but that's about it. I sure as hell won't be doing all those Chinese characters. Perhaps the Japanese Kana letters, since I'm learning them, but definitely not the Chinese Kanji.

Dictionary lookup will perhaps be the last on the list.

Gunner Rifle Weapon

I finally decided on the gunner's rifle weapon. Not textured yet. He'll also have a pistol as a secondary weapon.

BLARGH Text Editor File Save Dialog Box GUI

This is a mock-up concept of BLARGH's File Save GUI that I've made so far. It should work almost like a standard file browser program. While in the File Save GUI, the upper screen should still show the text editor, and you can still switch between other opened text files.

wrist rot problem fixed

After a long time, I tried working on the gunner's wrist problem once more. I bothered downloading The Mancandy FAQ only to find out it didn't explain how the rigging in the wrist worked.

I tried searching in BlenderArtists and found a solution in a thread. It was this blend file in particular (made by doncuan) that gave me the idea. However, I did realize that I had modeled my character's mesh without giving forethought to wrist rotation. This other blend file (made by Vertex Pusher) demonstrates a much better forearm mesh designed to twist properly. I'll study it in detail when I make a new character.

I also modeled and rigged the gunner's weapon. Its not textured yet. After looking at it, I decided it looked too much like a fireman's hose, so I'm going to make a different model.

The Girl in Byakkoya

Paprika
Movie - 90 minutes running time


Final Verdict: You know "The Cell"? The one with Jennifer Lopez? That sucks compared to this movie. If you haven't seen it, then this is the movie that you should have watched back in 2007.

Don't forget to download the ending theme music from http://www.teslakite.com/freemp3s/e/paprika/. Its been made free for personal use by the music artist. He wants you to read the license before downloading it.


The film was directed by Satoshi Kon, same guy who made Paranoia Agent. This film is his latest (released) work as of 2008.

Paprika was created by Yasutaka Tsutsui. It was originally a short story in a Japanese women's magazine, which he later turned into a full blown novel.


Unfortunately, http://www.radioclub.jp gives a 404 error.

And you need a DC mini to access it.