I’m still kicking around the same idea but…

I think it will go the way of the others.

So…I think I’ll design a ’smaller’ game and work on that so I can at least do something. Which, at a certain point, is important.

Just trying to come up with ideas gets frustrating after awhile.

I’m just am having trouble putting together one I”m happy with.

I think this one may be the one tho…so I’ll start posting the complete rough draft stuff by the end of the month hopefully.

(7:25:51 PM) dexter.chatspike.net: Received CTCP ‘TIME’ (to ARandomNerd) from dexter.chatspike.net
(7:25:52 PM) dexter.chatspike.net: (notice) CONGRESS.SYS Corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/n)?

I think that is what I’ll do next. It’ll give me a chance to focus on one side (server) of the client/server equation. And avoid things like ‘artists’ which I cannot afford or convince to work on stuff.

If that happens, I’ll probably start throwing together a design and such (and re-posting it here as well as elsewhere). However, I will under no circumstances, announce anything that hasn’t been already finished.

So you’ll see design stuff. Maybe some year(s) down the road an actual game and codebase. Unlikely tho, I tend to be quite unreliable even on my own projects.

I decided not to do the silverlight contest.

I’d have to buy art even for a simple game, unless I was willing to tolerate complete crap. And unlike a longer term project, there isn’t a chance of getting an artist later to ‘pretty it up’.

Erth obviously never happened (b/t a bug and hard drive failure and lack of backups). Hopefully I’ll be able to build something like it someday but I think I’m going to aim for small (unannounced) projects for the time being.

So, for now:

There will be stuff coming up ‘at random’ relating to my life and various projects. When exactly they will appear is…unclear. =)

 This weekend I’ll post screen shots of the first few pages…and if I’ve got time setup character and House creation on the Erth website for kicks.

Days into my 90 day buffer for Alpha: 16

I’ll probably have something interesting to say about Erth the weekend after this one…just mid-terms are keeping me busy and spending 30 minutes taking apart a section of my gdd or posting some code and explaining what it is….is just ‘extra’.

distracted with mid terms.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBy7pK1U-kIvTHx4PYeiI8rqBkmg
Wheel of Time Author Robert Jordan Dies

By BRUCE SMITH – 1 hour ago

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Author Robert Jordan, whose “Wheel of Time” series of fantasy novels sold millions of copies, has died of a rare blood disease, his aide said Monday. He was 58.

Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., died Sunday at the Medical University of South Carolina of complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, his personal assistant, Maria Simons, said. The disease attacks the body’s major organs; in Jordan’s case, it caused the walls of his heart to thicken.

He wrote a trilogy of historical novels set in Charleston under the pen name Reagan O’Neal in the early 1980s. Then he turned his attention to fantasy and the first volume in his Wheel of Time epic, “The Eye of the World,” was published in 1990 under the name Robert Jordan.

Jordan’s books tells of Rand al’Thor, who is destined to become the champion who will battle ultimate evil in a mythical land.

Book 11, “Knife of Dreams,” came out in 2005; there was also a prequel, “New Spring: The Novel,” in 2004. The other titles in the series include “The Great Hunt,” “Lord of Chaos” and “The Path of Daggers.” Jordan was working on a 12th volume at the time of his death, Simons said.

He is survived by his wife, Harriet McDougal Rigney.