Android development, thesis work. That’s pretty much been me for the past… good grief, long time. I’m really sorry to any of those who I feel like I’ve abandoned here.
The funny thing is I feel like I can’t talk about the stuff I’m doing because it doesn’t “fit” with what Cymon’s Games “is”. However I’ve never really defined what Cymon’s Games is. It started out as a type-in revival that never really took off. Now it’s a library of reference code and tutorials. Of course for many people the only time they’ve heard of Cymon’s Games is through ASCIIpOrtal… which I have neglected for far too long. For some it’s the MrJoeRants… which I’ve also neglected, but that’s not my fault. This Android game that I’m dabbling in is getting the “Cymon’s Games” logo on it, so maybe Cymon’s Games needs to change into more of a game development company? Maybe Cymon’s Games should just evolve to be “Whatever Joe is working on at the time.”
There are things I want to do. I want to change the programs section so it will more easily accept user generated content. I want to update ASCIIpOrtal with a wiki and links to the github for it. I want to make an interactive lesson section to teach programming online. I want to do a video review series on the classic BASIC books that I’ve collected. I want to get a 3D printer and make a video series about the projects I’m working on with it.
And maybe that’s my problem. No focus. Or rather there’s focus but not in the right areas.
Sorry, this is turning out all livejournally.
The point is, I’m sorry about the hiatus and if you have any suggestions for what you want to see more of comment below.
ASCIIpOrtal. The only part I didn’t do myself on the first iteration of that game was the sound effects and music. For that I owe Steve Fenton. Someone contacted me today asking about the song “Almost Invisible” from ASCIIpOrtal and I went “Huh?” To me these were just “music1″, “music2″ etc. But since it was a question about Steve’s music I looked him up and discovered two things:
Wow, google. What would I have done without you?
And there it is on Steve’s website, under ASCIIpOrtal, the song “Almost Invisible”. It thrills me to see this for reasons I can’t quite enumerate. Go check out his site, check out his other work, and compliment him for all the ear candy on ASCIIpOrtal.
This looks to be the easiest and most effective ASCII animator to date. I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, but I need to link to it here so I can find it later. Follow the link and check out the awesome things folks are doing with it already. If it allows export to some format I could make a player for… well there may be an animated intro for ASCIIpOrtal in the future.
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=21212.0
Plus the source code is in C++. So if it doesn’t do what it want I can crack it open and fix that.
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