OneADay [022] - Tell Me Baby

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OneADay [021] - Real Ending

Took a day off and went to Downtown Disney with Matt and my Aunt Kim. I had a blast! Went to the ESPN bar to watch the Flyers game (they lost =( ). All in all it was a great day. Sucks I have to go back to working tomorrow =(

OneADay [020] - Doom

Piracy and My Thoughts:

A lot of people complain about piracy, and they have a right to do so. Think about it, if you grew a plant and were trying to sell it at a market and someone stole it you would be pissed off. Then again who will buy a eggplant over an apple? It also doesn't help with things like the iPhone where the market is over saturated with games. If the game is worth it (Fun, Updates a lot, Cheap, etc) then I will buy it (Plants vs Zombies, Pocket God, Doodle Jump, etc). But I don't want to spend $6 to $10 on a game I might play once or is a dumbed down port of a game I already own. Any game is going to be pirated and that is something companies need to know. Most people who pirate we not going to buy the game and some that do end up buying the game because they love it. Now a days with games costing $60 you want to be sure you are getting the most for your cash, thats why Halo and Call of Duty sell millions day. You already know what you are going to get. Anyway my 2 cents...

OneADay [019] - Numa Numa

I finished Batman and got all the Riddler stuff. Such a good game, I suggest you pick it up. Done with classes for this month as well. A good day, no?

OneADay [018] - Larger Than Life

DONE WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING!!!! I learned a lot in that class and it was a great experience. I wish it was sooner in the course. When I first saw it I wasn't too happy and I didn't look forward to it at all but my mind was changed quickly. You would be surprised at how much can change in a month. Outside of that I took some relaxation time. Tomorrow I am starting to really get into the meat of my code. Trying to get as much into the engine as I can.

OneADay [017] - Snow

First off, HUGE thanks to Luis! He is the man. He took time out of his project to help me out with some rendering stuff and I cannot thank him enough. Made it to the Joker fight in Batman and I stopped. Getting my shit done first and that fight will be my reward. Also, I have been organizing everything for our team and trying to make it as easy as possible for everyone to work. And I hope to bring that into my engine. My job is to let the artist do what they want and not have to worry about anything. With this we can make a game that looks amazing. Lets just see how that pans out =3

OneADay [016] - The Entertainer

Still on the Batman craze. OMG IT IS SO GOOD!!!! When I say you should play it I really mean it. Kinda hate Uncharted 2 for getting game of the year...but both games are amazing. I am almost done but I am stopping tomorrow for a bit of r and r and some coding. Other then that I am still swimming every day and our group for Final Project is getting together well. Expect some really cool things to follow.

OneADay[015] - N/A

I am still playing Batman....Sorry for the lack of blog but dude, its Batman!

OneADay [014] - Say Hey

BRB, Batman!

OneADay [013] - Code Monkey

Finishing up some Design Doc....no swimming today (Noooooooooooo!). Making up for it tomorrow. Nothing much today other then some code. Need sleep!

OneADay [012] - Tik Tok

Bet you didn't think I would post today! Muhahahaha. Got a little held up with work. We have to add some more detail to our design document. Not that big of an issue but still not fun. Also talked about tech and all the different things we want to do. I am working on doing the rendering for our game and trying to make it as cool as I can. Went swimming with everyone and had a ton of fun, you should all go swimming if you can.

Anyway, fighting till I see the sunlight. Peace!

OneADay [011] - Angle

Went to see final projects, they were awesome. Check them out if you can! Hopefully in 4 months you'll get a link for my game =)

Razing Ancients
App Attack
Sanguine

OneADay [010] - Brains

Worked on the Coding Style for our final project some more. Finally finished it (W00T!). Sent it off to the IP's so they can look over it. One less thing I need to worry about. We got videos of our presentations and are going to put them up on Facebook soon. I need to close my legs some more when I talk. Afterwards I went swimming with Mike and Steve. Did some laps and had some nice pasta for dinner. Life is good.

OneADay [009] - Eye of the Tiger

Went swimming today. 6th day in a row. Did some laps and decided I want to get into a little better shape. So gonna start doing push-ups and sit-ups (defying gravity and breaking laws.... rebel). Do a few a day over the next week and then increase the number. You know the whole work out deal. As for today it went pretty slow. Had public speaking and we did an improve thing where we were asked a question and and to answer without any prep. I had a ton of fun with it and asked to go again. After that we had a meeting with our group for final project. I added some concepts onto our Facebook page and got home to take a tiny nap, then made some dinner. A good day =3

OneADay [008] - John Freeman

If you don't find the song funny you should check out these videos here:
 - Half Life: Full Life Consequences
 - Half Life: Full Life Consequences 2: What has Tobe Done
 - Half Life: Full Life Consequences: Free Man

Today was pretty slow. Slept in (best thing ever), read a book for Public Speaking, read a little more of the GPP book as well as some of the DirectX book. I cleaned my room and some of the house with my roommate Steve and then we went to the pool for some relaxation. After that I began work on a coding style layout for our groups final project and coded a bit on the side....nice and relaxing =3

Also as many of you have seen I am past the first week mark of my one a day! Getting into the habit of posting now. I also have a FourSquare account (well had it for a while but just picked it back up) so you can follow me on there if you'd like.

OneADay [007] - I Gotta Feeling

Yesterday was one of the best days of recent months. I feel great and I had a lot of fun! We got out of our meeting early, around 1pm. With all the work pretty much done for the week and having off Sunday we did what we do best, PARTY! A ton of people showed up, everyone bringing a food item and some cash for more food and drinks. We had so amazing Louisiana cooking thanks to Will and JR, that roast was amazing! After that Steve and I played some Beer Pong (minus the beer) and went 7 games straight before being beaten by the hosts Will and JR. There was some Halo Reach, some Left 4 Dead 2 and some Rock Band along with some tunes from JR's computer.

Also: The new Pokemon game is gonna be the shit! They move in battle now! Never have I been so pumped for a Pokemon game (well....besides HeartGold and SoulSilver). If you are wondering, I am getting Black.

OneADay [006] - Best of You

Began to finalize the power-ups and started working on the scoring system for our game. A curling game like this has a huge scoring system. We spent the better part of the day just on the scoring system. It is still not done yet, gotta get it into the game and see if it plays right. If not, we tweak. Everyone else has been working hard on their own stuff as well and our artists are amazing, couldn't get any better! Our group is really getting along and it looks as if the next few months will fly by!

OneADay [005] - Sleepyhead

I hate getting up early! I am not a morning person at all XD. Started work on our design doc today for our game. Should be fun. We have to take everything we can think of and put it to paper. I was put into a tiny team to work on the power ups for our game. Things like multi-ball and the sort. We got a lot of ideas flowing and I really can't wait for the next few days to start getting concept art and start working on tech!

And to end it off my friend, The Holder of the End:

In any city, in any country, go to any mental institution or halfway house in you can get yourself to. When you reach the front desk, ask to visit someone who calls himself "The Holder of the End". Should a look of child-like fear come over the workers face, you will then be taken to a cell in the building. It will be in a deep hidden section of the building. All you will hear is the sound of someone talking to themselves echo the halls. It is in a language that you will not understand, but your very soul will feel unspeakable fear.

Should the talking stop at any time, STOP and QUICKLY say aloud "I'm just passing through, I wish to talk." If you still hear silence, flee. Leave, do not stop for anything, do not go home, don't stay at an inn, just keep moving, sleep where your body drops. You will know in the morning if you've escaped.

If the voice in the hall comes back after you utter those words continue on. Upon reaching the cell all you will see is a windowless room with a person in the corner, speaking an unknown language, and cradling something. The person will only respond to one question. "What happens when they all come together?"

The person will then stare into your eyes and answer your question in horrifying detail. Many go mad in that very cell, some disappear soon after the meeting, a few end their lives. But most do the worst thing, and look upon the object in the person's hands. You will want to as well. Be warned that if you do, your death will be one of cruelty and unrelenting horror.

Your death will be in that room, by that person's hands.

That object is 1 of 2538. They must never come together. Never.

OneADay [004] - Cry Love

Today (and remember I mean yesterday) was awesome! Matt's Wii came back to life! Nothing can stop that thing! After some helpful information in Public Speaking we left to go play Mini Golf to help us get ideas for courses. Had a lot of fun with it too! Afterwards we went out to Chili's. A great day indeed!

We got a lot of good information from Mini Golfing. Mainly the architecture of each course has very little strait lines. There are lots of curves and abstract shapes. At the course we went to there were rocks all around the course. This made the ball bounce randomly and never the way you thought it would. Realistic physics sucks for games...

OneADay [003] - Far, Far Away

My Playground was picked! Now we need to do some research! Time to play some Mario Kart and we got MiniGolf tomorrow......I love making games!

OneADay [002] - That's Why They Call It a Union

I am going to work on these blogs a day late, so todays blog was actually what happened yesterday. This allows me to write each post a day early and post them later, which is easier for me. So with that stated lets get into the meat....yum!!

Today we finalized our powerpoint for our game projects. We had to make two pitches for two separate games that we would present to our teachers. The one they like better (or hated the most) will be picked for us to go into production with. Our two main ideas have us combining two game styles to make something unique. Our one game is an RTS mixed with Scrabble and the other is a Mini Golf - Curling cross bread. Both of which sound great. We practiced our pitches twice and tweaked everything to get ready for the presentation tomorrow.

OneADay [001] - Feels Just Like It Should

Well George I told you I would, so here we go! Welcome to my OneADay blog!! (<- I am more excited then the last sentence!!!). Here I will hopefully do one blog post a day for the next *insert number here* days. Anything from what I did that day to what I am thinking, I will post it here for all to see. I will also try and give out some tunes (see above).

So who am I? My name is Joseph Stuhr and I am a student at Full Sail in their game development program. I just entered the last 5 months of the course, known as Final Project, where students are grouped together to create a game. Our team is Atmosphere Games and we have just concept our 2 games which we are presenting tomorrow. The one that gets picked is the one we work on. Both ideas are strong but I am defiantly biased. As for today we it is practice practice practice. In public speaking we are giving our presentations and hopefully we can find flaws in our speech and movement to make each powerpoint that much better.

Well, small and sweet but I am off to class. Catch ya tomorrow!
Joe

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