I've not forgotten anyone...

I promise I've not abandoned this blog. If anything, I am more enthusiastic to learn how to code than I was before.

I've been promoted to an immortal position in the MUD I currently play. I've been building there instead of in The Builder's Academy for the past week or so, and I can't overstate how surreal it feels to have a position like this in this particular MUD. I've logged over 70 hours since last Saturday night... out of a total of 168 hours I could have spent on there this week, that is rather considerable, I think. My fiance got a position as well, and he only has 30 hours logged...

Anyway, I'm gushing and probably talking about it too much. The point is, at least until my zone is complete and ready for launch, I will be on coding homework hiatus. Hopefully I don't forget too much... But I will also be working extensively with something called m/o/rprogs, and my notes on those may come here, much like my notes on DG Scripts.

I'll be around!

More Chapter 2: King

Chapter 2 is huge. Huuuuuge. I had six pages written halfway through section 4...

While working on these notes earlier this week, I was listening to Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9-72. Andrei was merrily doing some creative writing pertaining to our story at the time, and despite the tribulations from the afternoon prior, I felt truly peaceful and content. It was a beautiful, fleeting feeling.

Driving to work, today, too... It was raining because we have a tropical depression hanging over us, and it was dark because it was still early... But I just had this feeling like... "I am so light and happy..." Just in general. Things are just really good.

Anyway, notes are below the break--

Slacker...

Oh man. These past few days have been so so SO so busy... Ahhhh...

First, I didn't study coding at all this past weekend because I was lazy on Friday night and Saturday. Shame... I can't help it though, I get home from work for the weekend and all I want to do is lounge like a lethargic kitten who just drank too much milk...

Sunday was a very exciting day because Andrei and I announced our engagement to a big group of our friends and family! I know a bunch of people took photos, but I've only seen a few so far... Not everyone has emailed them to me yet. But, one of my favorites...

Andrei wasn't expecting to have to give a speech, but he moved us all with his words, regardless. That's me getting all teary-eyed over what he's saying. Ahh, I love this man.


Anyway. I may end up bogging down some of my posts with messy pseudo-code. I'm going to be using my knowledge with C to design a text game (I've mentioned that before). I need to get some of the main functions down for features I want to offer, and in the process, I'll be trying to figure out if they're going to be possible.
Things like save-files that are password protected for characters... Garages or stables where they can store animals/vehicles for mounts or minions... A leveling/storage system for minions that allows them to gain experience and skills alongside their masters (it is SO Pokemon-y, but I hope that the end product won't feel like that at all)... Crafting that actually makes it feel like you have complete control over how a piece of armor looks, instead of making the same shirt/pants/boots over and over... Not to mention, items that give invisible flags, like comm-links that allow a character to talk into an IC channel that is only available to other characters with that comm-link item...

Idk, I just have so many ideas. I didn't ever ever EVER think I would get into game-design... but if I can get good with this coding bit, or find someone who likes the ideas I have enough to help me... Oh man. Ohhhh man. I just get all excited thinking about it.

I've got note-taking on my list of things to do today, if I can tear myself away from Facebook and Tumblr. I've got to keep my goals in sight. I know I can do this as long as I keep myself motivated!!

Oh, Interesting Things I Find

So, late this morning, I was waking up slowly and checking over all of my social networking sites for updates, when I found a blog I follow shared something quite interesting back on May 29th. I missed it on that particular day, and only found it because I was investigating something else... But I found it relevant.

I have a particular appreciation for music, as it has always been in my life, just as I have a love of art and color. I used to love staring into the old iTunes visualizers for the amazing color combinations that I could see move together during my favorite music... But I was always slightly put off by how the visualizer really couldn't predict the music, and continued sporadic movements even when the music was no longer sporadic.

This is far from a visualizer of that sort, but I still find it fascinating to watch.

Just like visual/kinetic typography, the sounds you hear are visible. I find this so amazing.

This gentleman has dozens of compositions that he has designed with his overlapping talents in music and programming. I look at this, and I think to myself that anything can be possible.

Now, to find some more Saint-Saens to listen to...