| Monday, September 19, 2005 |
  Sounds like somebodies got a case of the Mondays.. | 
Posted - 9/19/2005 2:20:45 PM | Ok, well once again, it's been a few days since an entry. I have been more focused recently and am continuing to be focused, which is a good thing. I'm currently tearing apart my base code for C.F.L. and looking at some better ways to handle my classes. Also, there are memory leaks all over the program, I'm working to correct this b y incorporating a garbage collector.
I've also started coding some base rendering classes for Phoenix, which is more work then I've done all year on it. Taking my time to design definately has been paying off though. Maybe someday I'll leave the comfort of the developer journals and venture into the dark dungeons of the forums. Well, I'm going to go and get ready for bed as I should be pretty busy at work tonight.
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| Saturday, September 17, 2005 |
| Believe it or not, I"m not undead! | |
Posted - 9/17/2005 6:12:42 AM | It's been over a week since my last entry. I can't believe that the last week has flown by already. The majority of which I spent redesiging my website and reading lots as usual. I've also been working a lot as well, but what else is new?
EDITED FOR CONTENT : The ESRB aren't really bad, I just think that people should govern themselves more then appointed officials, and I suppose the ESRB is just the voice of people who want to control the exposure of mature content to the younger generations. I think I just get caught up in the idealism of open content and don't really take into account what the purepose of it is. I may infact have been directing frustration from other areas such as people blaming games for violence and such as a direct corrilation to the ESRB which in fact was established to help deligate responses to such claims and attempt to eliminate them from ever being made. My appologies.
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| Friday, September 9, 2005 |
| Platypus | 
Posted - 9/9/2005 8:45:43 PM | I couldn't think of a title, so Platypus seemed fitting. I've been terrible about journaling in this journal lately. I have been writing journal entries everyday in a note book however. That still doesn't help me meet on of my main goals, which is being more involved in the game development community. I've been pretty busy though, so that's my excuse 
So, many of you may be asking " What has old DecipherOne been up too lately?" Many of you may also be wondering "Why the hell do I keep reading this guys journal entries?" Well if the latter is the case, you don't have to mask your jealousy with hostility. 
If you fall into the former group, this is what I've been up to.
WORK! WORK! WORK!
This entails my job with Windstar Lines, the bus charter company I work for, as well as my own endeavors. Progress on my own projects is slow but steady and that's what wins the race, right? Atleast that's the way it is according to the tortoise.
C.F.L. is nearing it's next release and at this rate will be ready at the end of the month. I'm just starting coding on Phoenix's rendering module which I'd like to have complete within the next couple of weeks. I'm dedicating at minimum two hours each day to each of these projects on top of two to four hours of studying the library that I've purchased this year.
I'm also getting ready to move into an apartment that I will be using as an office/living space at the beginning of Novemeber. I'm still looking into locations currently, but I won't begin a heavy search until October.
As soon as I move into this location, I'll be working to get DecipherOne Productions registered as a business and begin buying new equipment for production. I'll also be looking to hire some local talent to help with production, an artist and an additional programmer. That won't be until later next year however.
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| Tuesday, September 6, 2005 |
| Monster | |
Posted - 9/6/2005 2:52:48 AM | I think I'm now officially addicted to energy drinks. I can't seem to put them down, maybe this is a substitute for smoking on some level, but I'd rather be drinking energy drinks. It's to bad they're almost as expensive as cigarettes.
Well, I decided to change my game plan. I've found that it's just too hard for me to keep focused on reading the same text all the way through. So, I decide to break my time up more appropriately and give myself longer to read the texts that I have. In the meantime I'll continue to work on my two main projects and read a bit less. That way, I can begin applying what I'm reading as well, and I'm less likely to forget as much.
I'm still working on a general garbage collector that I'll be able to draw upon for any application and use specifically for that app. Not really much more to say right now. I've got to take a trip for work Wednesday morning. I'm going to the main office for the first time for some additional training.
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| Saturday, September 3, 2005 |
| Progress | |
Posted - 9/3/2005 3:10:06 AM | So, I'm on day four of my eighteen day cram session and due to work, I've already fallen behind by two days. The good news is however that I've been able to put in over time and my paycheck will be pleasantly large.
Currently, I've been studying on garbage collection and building a single and multi-threaded collector based on the code from The Art of C++. I've also been thinking of rethinking this strategy of mine to do all this reading in the short amount of time that I'm attempting. This is due to the need to actually study code as well as do the reading, but I decided to keep to the initial plan. I can always go back later once I've read through the content once.
I read a comment where Ernest Adams said that Rockstar games should be shunned for putting sexual content into San Andreas. Too that I say what the fuck? I mean your already going around killing people, dealing with drugs, saying fuck more times then a squirrel eats nuts, and sexual content is the main concern. Obviously he is more concerned with the politics. The games already rated for a mature audience, how does the concept of sex offend? Being portrayed the way it is in the game I don't necessarily agree with, but come on. Sex is the most natural part of life, where all current life begins. Should designers and developers ignore the concept in games simply because it offends some people to publicly talk about sex? I think not.
What about the children? Well children shouldn't be playing these games anyways, and if parents actually had half decent relationships with their kids, they would know what games they're playing, as well as be able to have an open educational and personal dialog about sex, drugs, and any other subject openly. Scapegoats are in full fledge in our society as always, it's like saying I'm sueing Lucas Arts for putting bright lights in their game(which actually is happening). Come on people accept responsiblity for whats going on, games are a medium for communication, exploration, creation, and destruction. They are not a substitute for good parenting or an excuse for bad guidance.
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