I'm a sad panda...

Published June 24, 2008
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Hey everyone!

Real Life
So the RL has been pretty exciting for me lately. As some of you may remember (or have deduced), I have an interest in military aviation and want to become a fighter pilot when I graduate college. Well, it looks like I'll be getting my wish if everything goes according to plan, because I was recently accepted into the United States Air Force Academy. That was probably one of the biggest hurdles on the road to becoming a military pilot, so I'm pretty excited about the whole deal[grin] Unfortunately, this means I wont be able to devote much time at all to game development... at all. I have 6 weeks off the entire year, and the rest of the time I'll most likely be up to my eyeballs in work. So it really pains me to say that I will most likely not be participating in the forums or journal land any more after June 26th when I report in...

That Flying Game...
So Mark and I had this grand scheme to complete one level of Angels 2X to release before I had to go to the Academy, unfortunately, life got in the way and we weren't able to finish it. I gave Mark all the source code and executables, and he's probably going to just give it away to whoever wants it. It's not the prettiest thing in the world, but it works...

Anyways, thanks to everyone in the forums and journal land who helped me along over the years, GDNet has been the only forum I regularly visited and felt like an active member in, and I'm really going to miss browsing through it every day.

BTW, since I'll be leaving I unlocked the chain tying Mark to our projects, so quick spam him with requests to draw pretty piktars for your project, they'll make even the crappiest game 100x better(See Angels 22...)!!!!!!

Peace out guys.

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Swattkidd
Ahhh man that sucks, Ive enjoyed your posts and art, but good luck in all of that!
June 24, 2008 02:36 AM
Trapper Zoid
Godspeed pilot! Hope it all goes well. I predict you'll be back some day; once game development is in your blood you can never truly leave...
June 24, 2008 03:00 AM
Mike.Popoloski
My three best friends are all shipping off to academies in a few weeks. Two to Annapolis (Naval Academy) and one to West Point. I've heard all about the tortures they put you through as a plebe. Have fun!
June 24, 2008 05:59 AM
ApochPiQ
When I was a kid I used to dream of becoming a pilot, largely as a gateway to test pilot and then astronaut. I had a mostly-serious plan for doing it, too, until I discovered that my eyesight is complete crap. It's deteriorated over the years, and now it's to the point where I can only see about six inches in front of my face without my glasses. So that shot down my Air Force career.

That said, I will now be living vicariously through you, so drop by and give us plenty of updates, and don't screw it up [wink]


Best of luck!
June 24, 2008 08:04 AM
rip-off
Wow, thats great for you. Good luck, let us know how it goes.
June 24, 2008 08:23 AM
Giallanon
Good luck pilot
June 24, 2008 08:41 AM
kevtimc
June 24, 2008 12:16 PM
Sir Sapo
Thanks everyone, I'm gonna miss this place...

I'm sure I'll stop by every once and a while and give you guys an update on life and whatnot, and who knows I might end up with enough time to do some gamedev while I'm at it!
June 25, 2008 12:51 AM
jbadams
Best of luck, do drop by and let us know how things are going if you get the chance! [smile]
June 25, 2008 04:58 AM
coderx75
Wow! That's fantastic! Becoming a fighter pilot is a level of awesomeness that is beyond insanity. =D Keep us updated!
June 25, 2008 11:51 AM
Gaiiden
I am jealous. Being a fighter jet pilot was my dream as a young boy - but honestly all I cared about were flying F-14 Tomcats on active duty, and they retired those [sad]. Also, like Mike, my eyesight went to crap. Best of luck to you sir! We'd love to hear from you at least once a year, see how the training is going. Clear skies.
June 27, 2008 03:51 PM
nolongerhere
There went a tear.. :(

Good luck in all that you do. Im going to miss reading your journal.
:/
July 14, 2008 08:29 AM
nolongerhere
There went a tear.. :(

Good luck in all that you do. Im going to miss reading your journal.
:/
July 14, 2008 08:29 AM
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