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Midnight Musings #5

Posted by MSGhero - October 19th, 2013


I've beaten Juggernaut 2 progress to death, so I'm gonna attempt to write about other things.

I considered calling this one a "Biweekly Bitching" since it seems I get motivation to write once every two weeks. "Midnight Musings" also has alliteration, so I'll keep it the same for now.

Uni
I have to sign up for classes pretty soon, and I have no clue what I have to take. There's major classes, required bs classes, and minor classes. I can't even sign up for minor classes until January, which is a dumb rule since they fill up fairly quickly during this time. This semester so far has taught me to take as many major and minor classes as possible to keep myself interested in the semester. Earth science is neat and all, but it doesn't compare to coding or doing calculus all day (shut up, it's fun for me).

And fuck lab classes, I have better things to do than waiting for water to evaporate and condense. The next computing class I have to take looks like it's "How computers work": binary, machine code (fml), assembly, hardware, and then C. I wish there was a game design minor rather than this general computer science one...I don't care about any of that stuff. I MIGHT be able to take Intro to AI which would be a lovely addition to my schedule. I can't tell because their website sucks. Teaching people how to code and they can't make a decent-looking website.

Art
I've never noticed how difficult it is to draw a hand until today. Apparently it's not 5 sausages that extend from where you stopped drawing the arm. And my perfectionist butt won't be satisfied until it looks like a photo. Maybe I'll try an art style more forgiving than realistic. I don't even know why I attempted that. Pixel art doesn't seem too interesting, plus I've seen all the pixel art I can handle for the next 6 months, and that's not even the updated version. Chibi? Anime? Maybe...maybe I should just draw more of anything and see what happens.

Coding
The tutorial game has become a normal game that I'm commenting the hell out of. My fantasy-fed mind turned a simple game concept into an actual game idea. It's about maintaining your body temperature as a cold-blooded alien. It seems like it could be fun. Since I'm currently taking heat transfer, I naturally added some real-life differential equations to the code (though I added assumptions so that they simplify to basic algebra) to make the temperature changes look nicer. Right now, it feels like Concerned Joe except you die if you run for too long also. I'm not sure how the alien should cool off when he's in a hot environment. I was thinking finding shade to cool off in, but fuck that, I need something simpler. Cold-blooded things don't sweat, so I can't use that. Hmm...

Food Truck Friday
Today I ate Croatian food for the first time. I got Čobanac and my friend got Ćevapi. Mine was good, but his looked better. I think I'm running out of things to talk about.

Oh yeah, the alien guy changes color based on how hot or cold he is. He's cold right now. He looks awful when hot, so there's some numbers to be tweaked still.

Midnight Musings #5


Comments

The alien looks like a haniwa, I love it.

He does while jumping lol. When he runs, he skips and it's adorable.