The interactive game I made last semester has been stumbled upon by Tobin Mollett of http://jayisgames.com/ and she thought to put it on her site.
Naturally I was FLIPPIN HAPPY AND AT THE SAME TIME APPREHENSIVE.
Because as much as I'd like to kid myself, the game is not perfect. It may be pretty simple to some and unreadable to others. To a professional point-and-click gamer, it's pretty much a snap. I guess my audience was pretty broad to start with considering I haven't touched much games in my life.
Seeing it come to light and actually being liked by many made me want to go back to animation and interaction... what the hell was I doing in a graphic design course anyway? I want to animate. More so I want the rush to complete a well thought animation and the exhilaration of seeing the final product. I fail at life.
For now I will concentrate on the good parts anyway.
Here's a link to JayIsGames page hosting my game as I think it has better host rewards than my own. Thanks for watching.
Much love to Jakub Dvorsky and Amanita Design for inspiration, Mark Holdaway for the lovely music, John Lycette, Darren Ballingall and Simon Norton as instructive lecturers, BAM and BAIM class of 2008 for loads of feedback and encouragement.
Lots of love
-D-
Ps. See how costly messed up my life can get!?
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Tired
So very, very tired.
Three weeks to the end of the semester and I haven't done a whole load of stuff. But I've been feeling really really sleepy even after getting 9 hours of rest at night. Why?
Denial?
-D-
Three weeks to the end of the semester and I haven't done a whole load of stuff. But I've been feeling really really sleepy even after getting 9 hours of rest at night. Why?
Denial?
-D-
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Stingy Artist Friday March!
Stingy Artist: Search for the One paper. Yay.
Fast Facts:
I'm taking a course in university that deals with book making and paper handling and have managed to impress the lecturer with my idea for my final project (30/4). Basically I'm going to make 5x5cm cubes embossed with specs of flowers. My idea, in the hands of the lecturer, has doubled in both size and cost. Artist stuff in Melbourne is pretty cool and can get pretty pricey.
Things I was looking for:
Card (2mm) - 2x4 aud - A1
Card (3mm) - 1x6 aud - A1
Paper (>100gsm) - 2x6 aud - A2
Endpapers (~100gsm) - 2x1 aud - A4
Ribbon (~1m) - 1x2 aud - 8m
Denim (~1m) - 1x15 aud - 1m
Embossing tool - 1x20 aud - 1 piece
The only thing I was pretty sure of was that I was definitely gonna be broke after this assignment.
So on the 1st of May, (4 weeks to final project due date) fueled by a cheese and ham sandwich, I went art supplies hunting.
These are the places I visited: Deans Art, Lincraft, Clegs, Senior Arts Supplies, Riot Art and Craft, Magnani Papers, Melbourne Etching Supplies, Neil Wallace Print Making Supplies, and Zetta Florence. When I looked them up on the web prior to the march, I had thought that they were quite close (even after drawing a skecthy map to show myself the way).
Left at 12pm and arrived back at 5pm. It was actually a very good day for a walk. Not too hot, a little cloudy and mildly cool in the afternoon. At times like these I wonder why I never remember or think to bring my camera. I was also wondering why it took so long seeing as I didn't spend more than 15 minutes average in a shop. So I hopped on to Google map to retraced my route.
And then I checked the distance of the route.
HOLY FRIKKIN 9.8KM!!
Don't think I've walked that much since secondary school cross country run. Although this was more of a walk/stroll thing. Still. Never mind, I think I'm making up excuses.
But it was really nice walking through from Flinders to Collins and from upper Smith to Brunswick. The first walk had me going through little lanes teaming with people out to lunch. There were even a threesome on cello, violin and guitar keeping the atmosphere lively. The second walk was quite the opposite as it was more of a housing area. The place was so quite and quaint with its little old fashion houses and picket fences. Both feel like they came out of a movie. But then again I'm not a native ;D
I'm tired now. Just got back from dinner with my old housemate right over at Russel and Little Bourke. Add that distance up why doncha!
-D-
Ps. From my place to the diner is 2km on Google maps~
Fast Facts:
I'm taking a course in university that deals with book making and paper handling and have managed to impress the lecturer with my idea for my final project (30/4). Basically I'm going to make 5x5cm cubes embossed with specs of flowers. My idea, in the hands of the lecturer, has doubled in both size and cost. Artist stuff in Melbourne is pretty cool and can get pretty pricey.
Things I was looking for:
Card (2mm) - 2x4 aud - A1
Card (3mm) - 1x6 aud - A1
Paper (>100gsm) - 2x6 aud - A2
Endpapers (~100gsm) - 2x1 aud - A4
Ribbon (~1m) - 1x2 aud - 8m
Denim (~1m) - 1x15 aud - 1m
Embossing tool - 1x20 aud - 1 piece
The only thing I was pretty sure of was that I was definitely gonna be broke after this assignment.
So on the 1st of May, (4 weeks to final project due date) fueled by a cheese and ham sandwich, I went art supplies hunting.
These are the places I visited: Deans Art, Lincraft, Clegs, Senior Arts Supplies, Riot Art and Craft, Magnani Papers, Melbourne Etching Supplies, Neil Wallace Print Making Supplies, and Zetta Florence. When I looked them up on the web prior to the march, I had thought that they were quite close (even after drawing a skecthy map to show myself the way).
Left at 12pm and arrived back at 5pm. It was actually a very good day for a walk. Not too hot, a little cloudy and mildly cool in the afternoon. At times like these I wonder why I never remember or think to bring my camera. I was also wondering why it took so long seeing as I didn't spend more than 15 minutes average in a shop. So I hopped on to Google map to retraced my route.
And then I checked the distance of the route.HOLY FRIKKIN 9.8KM!!
Don't think I've walked that much since secondary school cross country run. Although this was more of a walk/stroll thing. Still. Never mind, I think I'm making up excuses.
But it was really nice walking through from Flinders to Collins and from upper Smith to Brunswick. The first walk had me going through little lanes teaming with people out to lunch. There were even a threesome on cello, violin and guitar keeping the atmosphere lively. The second walk was quite the opposite as it was more of a housing area. The place was so quite and quaint with its little old fashion houses and picket fences. Both feel like they came out of a movie. But then again I'm not a native ;D
I'm tired now. Just got back from dinner with my old housemate right over at Russel and Little Bourke. Add that distance up why doncha!
-D-
Ps. From my place to the diner is 2km on Google maps~
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