Well, I didn’t quite get to the armor part of the weekend. I also didn’t make it out to the farm. I did, however, make it to the yard, build a new Onager (catapult), and get the china hutch done. Not too bad. Heabo and I shouldn’t go to The Yard together. It’s a store …
Went out to supper with Larry and Patty last night. Heabo and I met them at Olive Garden and sat around and chatted with them from about 7:30 to 11 PM. Sheesh! However, I no longer feel I have most embarasing drinking story (which I won’t share here at the moment 😉 – Larry has …
Good day so far. Kickin’ ass and takin’ names. Set down with Jim Miller and got our ADM fiber optic job hammered out. Since dad is outta town (he’s on a plane headed to China right now – should be somewhere over Alaska by now) I’ll be handling all the quote and job running on …
Well, I just licensed Torque last week, and am finally getting down to the business of building the first game with it. I’ve actually got multiple things I’m working on. The first game is unnamed as of yet – I’ll start filling in details after I get that particular part of the project figured out. …
Ok, today is going much better so far. I’ve managed to get some work done, and get a couple o’ things set up, etc. Two hours later, I’m finally picking up where I left off on the journal entry. 😉 It’s definitely a better day. Now if I can only get some stuff done at …
You know you went to bed pissed off when yo wake up, and you jaw and teeth hurt. Takes a while, but ya realize that’s because you clenched your teeth so hard when you slept. Sheesh. I’m partially awake now, trying to figure out why I’m so damned pissed off and all that shit. Tried …
I’m now an ordained minister. How’s that for an odd life twist? Even odder is the fact that I’ll actually use that to legally marry someone (in particular, Heabo and I both will be doing the job – we’re both Ministers of the Universal Life Church.) Monday we’ll set up with the Probate Court to …
Exchanged some email with the president of Garage Games, and finally broke down and licensed the Torque engine. After talkin’ with him, I realized they have a very similar idea of how things should operate as myself, so I think we’ll get along fine. They are obviously looking for more titles they can start shipping …
I’m stuck in game designer mode. I have been for a bloody fucking week now. It’s actually kinda agrivating, because it means I’m not workin’ up to par on most of my stuff, and I can’t concentrate on current game development projects enough to get serious work done on ’em. On the flip-side of that, …
Looks like I’m still alergic to sunlight. I thought towards the end of last year’s sunny season things were gettin’ better. I get this nasty ol’ bumps that itch and are mildly painful if itches for more than a second. They will form and disapate over the next two weeks – and once that time …
Like sands though the hour glass, these are my paychecks… Wow. This years garden(s) and lawn, etc. has gotten REALLY expensive. Looks like right now it’s going to top out at $800 grand total. Wow. Of course, most of that is perennials, so it’s not like we have to spend nearly as much next year, …
EEks… time to change my vitamins. Actually, I suppose the two items in question can’t be considered vitamins, but, supplements – whatever ya wanna call ’em. I keep my metabolism fairly tightly wound, and part of it is using products like Xenadrene to do it. In my belief, it’s part of what keeps me from …
ONe nice set of plesant surpises so far today. Yesterday Heabo and I were talkin’, and she said I could buy my leather for my armor. After doin’ a bunch of other stuff, I declared (out of the blue) that I was going to buy my leather tomarrow, and hang it on the shop wall …
Something wicked this way comes… OK, that’s a bit overly ominous 😉 There is something up though. Something is about to change. I THINK it’s company (Midnight Ryder Technologies) related. If you don’t believe in the concept of a 6th sense, don’t read any further. Last time I had this “jumpy as a cat in …
They need a ‘Kick Ass’ mood indicator. Guess I’ll have to settle for ‘Productive’ 🙂 Got a quiet moment at work, so, I’ll post a real quick entry. Heabo and I managed to do something like 14 feet of our new path in front of the house this weekend. Looks awsome. Bought new plants for …
Ahh… time is here to start planting stuff 🙂 My favorite time, I think! Gonna be busy as hell at home for a bit – there’s just so much fun stuff to do 🙂 Bought the new grass plugs for the yard – gonna be using Zoysia grass. It doesn’t mind lots of shade, lots …
I’m in the process of starting on the next Tile Panic! version, after having discussed things with yet another potential publisher (I’ve already got a couple of groups I’m dealing with now, all non-exclusive contracts, so I’m continuing the campaign and trying to find more publishers to deal with. Having ‘decent’ success with doing it, …
Well, this day wasn’t HIGHLY constructive, but, it was a good day none the less. Had to take a road trip to Fredonia, KS to look at a fiberoptic job for Lafarge, a concrete and toxic waste incenerator plant (What a combination, eh? Apparently they don’t make much money from the concrete it’s self. It’s …
Ahh… it’s been a nice, lazy week. Time to get back to kicking ass again, and trying to get the first Jumpman: 2049 engine beta out the door. For some reason this week, I couldn’t get motivated about anything, and then tonight I’m starting to get edgy to do something. It seems to be a …
Well, the good new is that the truck is very driveable – it pull just slightly to the right now. Before it pulled just slightly to the left. The bumper is definitely toast (it’s the worlds ugliest bumper anyway – however I saw the advantage to that particular bumper after I backed into a pole …
OK, add one more person to my list of People Who Need Thier Asses Kicked. Last night, I decided I was going to go ahead and be lazy for a while longer, and play the Diablo II mod that Lance and I were looking at – D2 Plus Plus (very fun by the way.) While …
I decided to tell some friends about my Live Journal, and said I’ve got two freebie livejournal codes because I paid for anyone who happens to want one. In two hours time, both freebie codes are given out. I’m surprised at the number of people who like the idea – I thought I was just …
Found a new game online that’s worth playing (being the puzzle game fanatic that I am) – PopCap Games Dynomite (a really really bad pun – if you look at the game, you’ll understand.) It’s another Puzzle Bobble / Bust-a-Move clone. However, it’s got tons of options, etc. Very slickly done – better that just …
It was 11 degrees out, and high wind (the wind chill is something like -8 F). Sheesh – sometimes I love Kansas, sometimes I hate Kansas. What makes it feel so damned cold is the fact that two days before, it was 67 degrees, and mid 70’s the day before. One thing is for certain, …
Ya know, it’s odd what constitutes a constructive or unconstructive day.Today, I accomplished very little work wise. Went to work, and didn’t get much programming done. Was going to do some HTML work, and didn’t get much of that done. My workstation machine was freakin’ out (found the source of the problem. I owe a …
Well, welcome to my Live Journal. Let’s start with a warning: If you are offended by strong language, leave now. I have been known to fucking cuss from time time. If you don’t like to listen to someone go on a rant, leave now. I’ve been known to go off on a rant at the …
I’m filing this in multiple areas – Jumpman Games and Developers Diaries. Why? Well, it’s got more information on Jumpman: 2049, another game in the same genre, the first screenshot of a game getting read to head into beta, and some personal stuff too – so, instead of writing multiple entries, I’ll write one and …
July 30, 2001 – Jumpman, Wizard’s Future, and Turning 30 Read More »
Yep – it’s true, I’m still in the land of the living. But what the heck have I been up to for the last month, you ask? Read on, and find out! For the last month, work put as much effort as possible into driving me NUTS. I’ve got a project that’s just been the …
Playing with a game engine, a shortage of time, the day job gets in the road, and SCA… Playing with the Puzzle Game engine… For some reason, I got a wild hair, and decided to try a couple of interesting things with the Puzzle Game engine. I had a game idea and decided to see …
There’s something missing from the Jumpman: 2049 design… Sloppy controls. That’s what’s missing. ‘Sloppy’ isn’t meant in a derrogitory way, in this instance. Jumpman & Jumpman, Jr have VERY responsive controls – one of the things I’m trying to copy into the Jumpman: 2049 design. But the problem lies in the fact that the controls …
April 23, 2001 – Something missing from J’49 Design Read More »
