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General Category => General Talk => Introductions => Topic started by: Mineyl on September 25, 2008, 07:25:33 pm
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Hello, dear GamingW(orld). Call me Mineyl.
Some may be wondering about the cryptic thread title. Well, this isn't my first account here! Oldbies may remember a crazed psycho who used to post here named LucentAmethyst. Well, that was me. :b Not that there's really anything psychotic about me...I think...I hope... Under normal circumstances, I would have simply used that old account, but I have long since forsaken that alias and decided I wanted to start fresh. So hiya'!
Some random nonsense about me follows!
:: Favorite console series ::
Megaman
Classic Mario Bros.
Castlevania
Final Fantasy
SaGa
Most-anything from Tri-Ace
:: Game creation projects :: (note: none of these were ever made public!)
- RM2k/2k3 -
1999 - Secret of Aerissa :: My first game making experience. I think everyone does this; create a game involving several or all of your immediate family or friends and force them to go on a lackluster adventure to save mankind. I quickly realized I could do a lot better, but hey, I was only 14 at the time~
2000 - Secret of Aerissa (Take Two) :: The story from my first endeavor evolved into something much less personal to my own life, but was still pretty mediocre altogether. After making three hours of gameplay, it got scrapped.
2001-2006 - A Series of Unnamed Projects :: In this time period, I discovered QHeretic's then-revolutionary battle engine primer, and became instantly enthralled with the idea of creating something equally as wonderous with what I'd once thought was a fairly limited editor, and so dissected the -entire- coding of his project and learned how to create my own custom systems. Yay!
2002-2004 - Solis Occasus / Neko no Unmei :: I forget the exact details, but somehow, I ended up on the development team for the premier project of a group of fellow RM2kers called Night Skies Productions. Our director tried desperately to get many people working together in this endeavor, but in the end, the whole thing fell apart due to a clash of ideas and schedules. Probably would have been awesome if not for that.
2006 - Unnamed Puzzle Game :: Inspired by Laughy's Tetris, I embarked on a five-day journey filled with ambition...though I realized that I couldn't think of any original ideas for a puzzle game, so I gave up on it by the end of the week. I did program a nifty 3-2-1-GO countdown for it, though!
2006-2008 - Shards of Unity (tentative title) :: A collaboration between one of my best friends and I. We spent nearly two years on this project, but Final Fantasy XI, school, work, family, and a lot of unnecessary drama got in the way, so we eventually had to scrap it. I may pick it back up someday, though, as the better part of our story was written and the entire world already laid out along with 1/4 of the game's maps drawn by hand by yours truly; complete with custom -everything- except for RM2k3's tile-based movement and message system.
- ROM Hacks -
2005 - I tried to hack the original Megaman and Castlevania III. I failed. :>
2007 - Discovered Lunar Magic and created a series of levels for Super Mario World. I have a really hard time being satisfied with my level designs, however, so I scrapped the project.
2008 - Began hacking Super Mario Bros. 3. I completed the first world, but it wasn't until after that I discovered the exact format and notation the engine uses to deal with level headers and object read termination. I haven't given up on this project yet.
:: Other BS ::
I take pride in being able to code many kinds of things for RM2k/3. Have a question? Just ask. :3
I also consider myself to be something of a good spriter. Here's a sample of my work. This is Karen, the anthropomorphic co-lead of Shards of Unity:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/LucentAmethyst/karen_for_gw.gif)
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Whew, and that's all I've got to say about myself. After all that, I feel more like I typed a resume than an introduction, but I don't hear anyone complaining...yet. :>
tl;dr? I'm awesome. That's all you need to know. :3
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welcome
what do you like besides gaming?
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I can't really remember you, how old are we talkin?
a) good to see someone posting some info
b) even though it doesn't interest me its also good to have someone who looks like they actually know how to use rpgmaker
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@Cyborgasm: Thank you. :)
Ah, I didn't think to look at the guidelines for the welcome forum until after I made my post, so I'll answer Jeff's questionnaire, which will, in turn, hopefully answer your question:
Music?
- Anything that isn't country, rap, or metal. I make exceptions all-around, but this is my "golden rule" for muzak.
Where do I live?
- West by-God Virginia. T__T
Age?
- Almost 23.
Politics?
- Can I eat it? Seriously, though; I've no interest in politics. It makes about as much sense as a football bat, to me.
Games?
- Any sort of action and adventure games. I've a preference for old time settings. Not a fan of futuristic games aside from Metroid and Megaman and the like.
Hobbies?
- Outside of gaming, college and work consume my life, so I don't get to do all the things I want to do, but I do like to create teh artz! :woop:
Like anime?
- Yes, but not to the point of obsession. In other words, if I'm flicking through the television thing and see it, I'll probably watch it.
Why'd I join?
I joined GamingWorld because, for the last 10 years, I've had the insatiable urge to create something. I feel I have too much experience with Rm2k/3 to not share something with the rest of the world, and by George, Imma' do it one of these days! I've been a lurker here for quite some time, and feel it's time to once again become my own voice. :>
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@Bakafura: I've been lurking here since 2003. I created my old account around midway through 2004, and I believe I stopped posting in 2005. I don't really expect anyone to remember me, as I was quite silent back then.
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Wow this is a great welcome topic. I like the way you introduced yourself.
Well, welcome, have fun and post lots!(again)
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when you jack off do you just cum in your hand or on yourself or do you have some tissues ready or to you just grind it into the carpet with your heel?
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@ Elkalo: I'm an overachiever. B) Thanks for the warm welcome. :D
@ DietCoke: The answer is obviously pie.
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don't mind DietCoke, he's our local forum aspie.
welcome to Gaming World.
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don't mind DietCoke, he's our local forum aspie.
welcome to Gaming World.
troll.
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What is your opinion on
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welcome home
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Music?
- Anything that isn't country, rap, or metal. I make exceptions all-around, but this is my "golden rule" for muzak.
Elevator music, also known as lift music (in the Commonwealth), piped music or muzak, refers to the gentle instrumental arrangements of popular music designed for playing in shopping malls, grocery stores, department stores, public toilets, telephone systems (while the caller is on hold), cruise ships, airports, on television shows, doctors' and dentists' offices and, of course, elevators.
The Muzak corporation is perhaps the best-known supplier of such music. In fact, the term muzak has become a generic epithet for excessively bland music. However, Muzak moved away from this type of music, for the most part, in 1997[1] and now uses only "original artists" for its music source, except on the Environmental channel
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another moving display of captain technicality!
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I'm not sure I understand, but... :laugh:
And it's nice to be back. :B I always liked the atmosphere here.
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I think you have a college resume already written for you.
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my first account here! Oldbies may remember a crazed psycho who used to post here named LucentAmethyst. Well, that was me. :b Not that there's really anything psychotic about me...I think...I hope... Under normal circumstances