So I've decided to share with you one of the lots I've built with the Sims 2. I'm not the best builder, but every so often, I build something worth sharing.
So here is a generic High School I built as a backdrop for a video I wanted to make but never did, and decided fill it out.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Legend of Zelda Screenplay
So here's the first act of a script I made for the The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time. I'm aware it's really, really bad (I doubt anyone's going to read it anyway), thus I stopped writing it. But I wanted to share, just 'cuz. I'm sick of working on things that never see the light of day.
FADE IN:
EXT. DESERT COLOSSUS – SUNSET – ESTABLISHING
Guays fly in pattern across the skyline as Leevers burrow in and out of the desert sands, frightening the horses. A colossal statue of a woman sitting cross-legged and holding a snake around her neck is carved into a cliff face. Beneath is a large door leading into the cliff itself.
INT. DESERT COLOSSUS – SUNSET
Beautiful women garbed in revealing desert clothes and wielding naginatas, the Gerudo tribe, line the walls and a wide staircase in the middle of the room. Large statues of cobras stand on either side.
On a throne at the top sits the harsh young king GANNONDORF, 12. To his right floats KOUME, 400, a small green witch with a red jewel on her forehead and red robes; the sorceress of flame. To his left is her twin sister KOTAKE, with a blue jewel and robes; the sorceress of ice.
Two fierce women, TIMID GUARD and Brutal Guard, wielding twin scimitars lead in GANNONDORF'S MOTHER, 45. The three women stop and Brutal Guard pushes his mother to her knees.
GANNONDORF
Koume and Kotake say you've been having secret talks about joining the war in Hyrule with some of the Gerudos, is this correct?
GANNONDORF'S MOTHER
Y... yes, your majesty. They need our help. The Royal family are our allies.
KOUME
EXACTLY! So why should we risk our own lives?
KOTAKE
The Royal family believes we swear allegiance to them already. Well hide out
(more)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
KOTAKE (CONT'D)
here safely in the Spirit Temple until the war is over.
KOUME
Then the Gerudos can return to the fortress and we can resume training our young king.
GANNONDORF'S MOTHER
But if they don't see the Gerudos helping them fight, it won't look well for us. The Sheikah are dieing!
GANNONDORF
Then let them die if they so choose. It just means less resistance for when I begin the reign over Hyrule like Koume and Kotake promised.
GANNONDORF'S MOTHER
(begging)
Son, your highness, you need to understand--
KOUME & KOTAKE
ENOUGH!
KOTAKE
The king's decision is final!
KOUME
Your secret meetings against the king's orders are treachery.
Kotake
As such, you will be sentenced to death.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Koume and Kotake raise their hands, a red and blue (respectively) glowing from their hands. Guard 1 behind Gannondorf's mother steps forward.
TIMID GUARD
Wait!
Silence falls as Koume and Kotake lower their hands, dispelling their magic.
GANNONDORF
Is there a problem?
TIMID GUARD
It's just that... your highness... she's your mother. And she hasn't really done anything wrong.
GANNONDORF
Are you asking me to spare her?
TIMID GUARD
Y... yes... your majesty.
GANNONDORF
(beat)
Very well.
Gannondorf rises and walks to the three women. He pulls a scimitar from the holster of the guard and faces his mother.
GANNONDORF
This woman just offered her life for yours.
(hands her
scimitar)
Now take it from her.
His mother considered the scimitar for a moment. Suddenly, she swings at the king. Swiftly and skillfully, the Brutal Guard knocks the scimitar out of her hand and runs her through. Her corpse falls to the ground with a THUD as Brutal Guard withdraws her blade, chuckling softly. Gannondorf hasn't flinched.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
GANNONDORF
(delighted)
Poor mother.
KOTAKE
Koume and I are your mother now, Gannondorf.
KOUME
Right, Kotake. Now let us take care of this insolent guard.
Koume raises her hand to charge a fire spell.
KOTAKE
Wait, Koume, let Gannondorf have the honor.
The fire in Koume's hand dies. Gannondorf gives a wicked, pleased smile and steps in front of Timid Guard. He lifts his hand which becomes engulfed in a black light.
GANNONDORF
Say hello to mummy.
He throws the spell forward with a CRASH--
SMASH CUT:
EXT. HYRULE FIELD – MIDNIGHT
Lightning CRASHES and rain POURS on the battlefield. After the title card, a weary LINK'S MOTHER, 38 carrying her infant son, LINK on horseback gallops violently through the war zone.
BEGIN OPENING TITLES
Skillfully, Link's mother maneuvers past BATTLING Hylians, Sheikah, and Zoras. Gorons ROLL around the field, DROPPING BOMBS that explode in loud BLASTS. The camera cranes to give birds-eye views of various landscapes as the horse and its riders go past.
Finally, the horse STOPS at the edge of large forest, the trees to narrow for a horse to gallop through quickly. Link's mother continues on foot, WEAVING rapidly through the trees.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
EXT. KOKIRI VILLAGE – MIDNIGHT – CONTINUOUS ACTION
As she enters the village, her pace slows to a walk. The buildings in the village are large, hollow trees with doors and windows, but also tree houses with bridges connecting them. The atmosphere is littered with glowing bugs. Link's mother observes her surroundings as she walks through while the Kokiri, children garbed in green, watch curiously.
KOKIRI
(whispering)
It's an adult! Who's that woman? How did she get in? She has a baby! What's she doing here?
Kokiri begin to descend and exit the trees and follow the woman as she makes her way to the meadow of the GREAT DEKU TREE, a grand and ancient tree with a wise and kind face. The tree stirs.
GREAT DEKU TREE
You are unwell, child.
LINK'S MOTHER
I... I am. And I'm not one of the forest children, sir. I am Hylian.
GREAT DEKU TREE
There are few alive who are not children to me. But the Kokiri are my children.
LINK'S MOTHER
Your grace, I'm here because...
GREAT DEKU TREE
I know why you are here, child. The wise Faore spoke to me in a dream and told me of a dying woman who would bring her child to my forest, and that I shall grant the child haven.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
LINK'S MOTHER
It was Nayru who asked me to bring him here, and promised us protection on our journey.
GREAT DEKU TREE
Then we must assume destiny is at play. And we must equally assume the powerful Din has spoken with another. Until this destiny unfolds, Children, take this boy and nurse him. Give give his mother a bed so that she may die peacefully.
A boy and girl step forward, the boy taking the baby from his mother's arms, and the girl taking the mother's hand. As the boy is taken from his mother, he begins to whine and reaches for her to take him back.
LINK'S MOTHER
Don't worry, Link, you're in good hands now. The Great Deku Tree and and the Goddesses will look after you.
FADE OUT
GREAT DEKU TREE
As the darkness approaches, let us hope the Goddesses are looking after us all.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Please, do laugh at me. Laugh hard and laugh good.
Oh, hello again.
So, I've only ever told Hexacordal this (because I knew I could basically tell him anything without fear of judgement), but several years ago I developed a 20 or 30-something page document outlining a detailed idea for a Harry Potter... MMORPG. And then I mailed it to WB hoping they would AT LEAST acknowledge there was a market for it and a lot of potential.
I've only just decided to say it because of some of the speculation about whatever Pottermore is is that it could be a Harry Potter MMORPG. Now, I doubt they took my idea on board (it was pretty stupid), but the whole point of it was to show them that there was a genuine interest in it and there was a lot that could be done.
Now, I did this so long ago that I've dealt with how embarrassing it was that I spent about a week or two developing and idea so geeky, and I wanted to share.
This is a mock screenshot of the game I made using Microsoft paint and The Sims 2. These two students are MEANT to be in Flitwick's classroom. Something I was keen on in my letter was that the Hogwarts in the game resemble exactly the Hogwarts from the Order of the Phoenix/Half-Blood Prince video games because it was complete to the best specifications of both the books and the movies.
...I'll just go ahead and admit I'd played the games. Yes, they sucked, but I mostly just liked roaming around Hogwarts and casting spells. In fact they were so lame, I developed a 20 or 30-something page letter detailing a GOOD game.
This is the main interface and all the expanded options. In order:
1. Spells
3. Skills
Image s3p4a (far left) is the "Life" interface. It includes Stamina, Run enegy, and Wand Durability (also represented by the three bars in Image s3p4b and Run was toggled by the icon in Image s3p4c).
It also included things like Hunger, Bladder, Fatigue, and Hygiene as well as a "senses meter" because as much as I wanted it to be a video game, I also wanted it to be a life simulator. This was also because their are certain spells that affect these things that would otherwise only have representation in duels.
Image s3p3b is the toggle between the chat box scroller and the chat effects bar.
This picture is of the map icons. All players would have access to the Wizard's Atlas, but players can also find the Marauder's Map, which is more detailed. Image s3p7b opens up the minimap which is closed with Image s3p7c. But Image s3p7d enlarges the map to fullscreen so the player can explore it.
This is a picture I made (once again, with the aid of The Sims 2) to show the House Building interface. I thought it was really important that players get houses they could customize that would be shared with other players on the account. Because of this, I thought it would be best if houses come with default furniture arrangements and the furniture itself would have different patterns. Though, thinking about it now, it would probably just be best if every player on the account have their own house and furniture could be arranged freely.
Another Sims 2 developed screenshot, this time in Diagon Alley, which would serve as the player's Tutorial. It also features a left-aligned interface with ideas I had for skills.
Quidditch would be an important minigame, I felt. As fun as the Quidditch World Cup videogame was (YES I OWN IT, I REALLY CAN'T GET ANY MORE DORKY AT THIS POINT ANYWAY), it wasn't really a "Team" game. This was made just with a screenshot from the QWC videogame, but it works, no? (Lol, look at me asking you a question. Like you've actually read this far.)
So this is basically what I sent to WB. But even this isn't even HALF of what I once did. I once had little icons for ALL the spells, and had ALL the interfaces. I had maps and everything. It, of course, was a MUCH MUCH worse idea back then, even considering this. But I lost all of this during the great computer crash of '05. But enjoy these surviving tidbits.
Rune spells that would empower certain spells (my niece decided she wanted to draw on this while I was babysitting. That'll teach me for sleeping on the job):
And the Forbidden Forest, where players could duel one another for loot, and also fight magical creatures and boss monsters like Fluffy and Aragog (this was pre-Half Blood Prince. Yeah, that long ago).
So, I've only ever told Hexacordal this (because I knew I could basically tell him anything without fear of judgement), but several years ago I developed a 20 or 30-something page document outlining a detailed idea for a Harry Potter... MMORPG. And then I mailed it to WB hoping they would AT LEAST acknowledge there was a market for it and a lot of potential.
I've only just decided to say it because of some of the speculation about whatever Pottermore is is that it could be a Harry Potter MMORPG. Now, I doubt they took my idea on board (it was pretty stupid), but the whole point of it was to show them that there was a genuine interest in it and there was a lot that could be done.
Now, I did this so long ago that I've dealt with how embarrassing it was that I spent about a week or two developing and idea so geeky, and I wanted to share.
This is a mock screenshot of the game I made using Microsoft paint and The Sims 2. These two students are MEANT to be in Flitwick's classroom. Something I was keen on in my letter was that the Hogwarts in the game resemble exactly the Hogwarts from the Order of the Phoenix/Half-Blood Prince video games because it was complete to the best specifications of both the books and the movies....I'll just go ahead and admit I'd played the games. Yes, they sucked, but I mostly just liked roaming around Hogwarts and casting spells. In fact they were so lame, I developed a 20 or 30-something page letter detailing a GOOD game.
This is the main interface and all the expanded options. In order:1. Spells
- Full Spell Lists
- Duel Spells
- Practical Spells
- Spell Power (spells would be be like individual skills up to level 10, that grow better the more they're used)
3. Skills
- Skills (including Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, Fitness, Wizarding, ect.)
- Accomplishments (including grades, achievements, O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. scores, house points earned, ect.)
- Game Data (details how much of the game has been "completed")
- Quidditch Skills
- Worn Equipment
- Equipment Stats
- Friends List
- Friend Requests
- Blocked users
- Quests
- Awards (awards from quests and minisquests, also includes house cup, quidditch cup, special services to the school, etc.)
- Folio Universitas (Famous Witches and Wizard card collection)
- Folio Bruti (Magical creature list)
- Folio Magi (Spell list, but with more detailed information)
- Logout
- Game Options
- Report Abuse
- Game Music (collection of background music orchestrated within the game)
- Wizard Wireless Network (a customizable radio. I had an idea that Wrock bands would have a place on the website where players could buy their music and it would automatically be added to their ingame Biblio Carmen. I also had an idea that fansites that did podcasts could record little radio-like snippets to play in-between the songs.)
- Biblio Carmen (collection of bought music. Music can be played manually here, but is randomized on the WWN)
Image s3p4a (far left) is the "Life" interface. It includes Stamina, Run enegy, and Wand Durability (also represented by the three bars in Image s3p4b and Run was toggled by the icon in Image s3p4c).It also included things like Hunger, Bladder, Fatigue, and Hygiene as well as a "senses meter" because as much as I wanted it to be a video game, I also wanted it to be a life simulator. This was also because their are certain spells that affect these things that would otherwise only have representation in duels.
Image s3p3b is the toggle between the chat box scroller and the chat effects bar.
This picture is of the map icons. All players would have access to the Wizard's Atlas, but players can also find the Marauder's Map, which is more detailed. Image s3p7b opens up the minimap which is closed with Image s3p7c. But Image s3p7d enlarges the map to fullscreen so the player can explore it.
This is a picture I made (once again, with the aid of The Sims 2) to show the House Building interface. I thought it was really important that players get houses they could customize that would be shared with other players on the account. Because of this, I thought it would be best if houses come with default furniture arrangements and the furniture itself would have different patterns. Though, thinking about it now, it would probably just be best if every player on the account have their own house and furniture could be arranged freely.
Another Sims 2 developed screenshot, this time in Diagon Alley, which would serve as the player's Tutorial. It also features a left-aligned interface with ideas I had for skills.
Quidditch would be an important minigame, I felt. As fun as the Quidditch World Cup videogame was (YES I OWN IT, I REALLY CAN'T GET ANY MORE DORKY AT THIS POINT ANYWAY), it wasn't really a "Team" game. This was made just with a screenshot from the QWC videogame, but it works, no? (Lol, look at me asking you a question. Like you've actually read this far.)So this is basically what I sent to WB. But even this isn't even HALF of what I once did. I once had little icons for ALL the spells, and had ALL the interfaces. I had maps and everything. It, of course, was a MUCH MUCH worse idea back then, even considering this. But I lost all of this during the great computer crash of '05. But enjoy these surviving tidbits.
Rune spells that would empower certain spells (my niece decided she wanted to draw on this while I was babysitting. That'll teach me for sleeping on the job):
And the Forbidden Forest, where players could duel one another for loot, and also fight magical creatures and boss monsters like Fluffy and Aragog (this was pre-Half Blood Prince. Yeah, that long ago).
Monday, November 16, 2009
Music Connections
Certain songs tend to remind me of certain videogames due to listening to that song on repeat whilst playing said videogame. It’s surprising how vividly I’m able to remember playing the videogame just by listening to the song, as I’m usually able to break down what part of the videogame I was at. Three examples that come to mind are:
- Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek” reminds me of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, specifically the part where you’re searching for Triforce Charts.
- “Flagpole Sitta” reminds me of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, specifically the City in the Sky dungeon.
- And a song by Westlife that’s even too cheesy in name alone to write down without feeling even less of a man reminds me of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, specifically the whole damn thing.
Didn’t say I was proud of all of them.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Ghost Music
So a while back, I started watching this series based on the Arthurian legend online. Unfortunately, instead of doing the smart thing and checking YouTube for episodes, I decided to go ahead and just use Google.
Apparently, my computer picked some viruses up from the video-sharing-websites-that-weren’t-actually-video-sharing-websites (I never should have removed Norton! I’m also blaming Firefox because the one time I decide to use it I happen to pick up a shit load of viruses can’t be a coincidence). I think this was sometime after I decided to start watching Heroes so this was during the period when everyone decided to stop talking to me at once so this was pretty much kicking me while I was down.
Known Problems:
Computer randomly locks up
Ghost music
Google Glitches
Search Engine result links redirect me to other (probably harmful) websites
Strange search results in Google toolbar
Annoying taskbar icon
Computer randomly locks up
This has been the most frustrating for me. For apparently no reason, my computer will completely freeze and I’ll be forced to manually shut my computer down. Sometimes it won’t happen for several hours (I think the record is one or two days) and sometimes it will happen right after my computer starts up again (and at least once it didn’t even finish starting up!). Though I have noticed some strange things: Skype will continue to work after my computer locks up provided I had it open and online beforehand, and Java games will still run but I won’t be able to interact with the game. Leaving Skype offline and not playing games seems help, the latter being more difficult as playing games is the best way I can subvert the disappointment of leaving Skype online.
And it locked up in the middle of me writing this and then again when I started it up, making it twice that this has happed!
Ghost music
This was the most annoying problem with my computer. At random times, my computer would start playing music and all I could do is turn my volume down and wait for it to end. This was so aggravating as it often happened in the middle of watching a video or listening to music or something. I started thinking that the music could actually be from videos as sometimes it wasn’t just music, clips of 60 Minutes and this horrible horrible crap about some New Yorker teaching Asians street-English would play. So I checked my Internet history and noticed some unusual websites. Turns out my computer has a hidden window that opens random web pages without leaving any trace on my computer except on my history so I can’t shut it down. However, I could block the websites and prevent the Ghost Music, and I haven’t had a problem with Ghost Music since.
However, I can no longer watch videos or play games in full-screen as my computer still tries to access those websites and it exists me out of full-screen. I’ve only recently learned about an hour ago that this happens every 10 minutes (10 minutes and 31 seconds to be exact).
Google Glitches
Mostly minor, for example, search results appear in a larger font. There have been times when Google doesn’t even load which was inconvenient.
Search Engine result links redirect me to other (probably harmful) websites
Also pretty minor. I managed to circumvent this by opening the links in a new tab. However, in Firefox, opening it in a different tab still doesn’t take me to the page I want. Interestingly, only administrator accounts have Google problems while limited accounts are completely unaffected.
Strange search results in Google toolbar
Minor, unless someone gets curious as to what I search for on Google. Some memorable results include: Oompa-Loompa, Genital piercings, and carpark sex. Luckily, this seems to have been fixed several months ago.
Annoying taskbar icon
There’s this little red icon on my taskbar (that appears along with the skype icon and date) that tells me “You’re computer is infected! Click here to download anti-virus software to rid your computer of malware!” Then, by clicking on it, it automatically downloads this software called “Home Antivirus 2010” which is NOT antivirus software. It’s, in fact, a virus itself. Exiting out will only make it pop-up again in 2 more seconds and the only way to get rid of it is to hide it.
Spyware Doctor (one of the many anti-virus programs that only tell me what viruses I have but refuses to remove any of them until I pay) has shown that I have over 100 infections. One of the infections is this file called braviax.exe that I’ve deleted manually many times but it still comes back. I'm hoping my computer will just fix itself at this point.
I think this is as good a place as any to stop. I really have nothing else to include... END.
Apparently, my computer picked some viruses up from the video-sharing-websites-that-weren’t-actually-video-sharing-websites (I never should have removed Norton! I’m also blaming Firefox because the one time I decide to use it I happen to pick up a shit load of viruses can’t be a coincidence). I think this was sometime after I decided to start watching Heroes so this was during the period when everyone decided to stop talking to me at once so this was pretty much kicking me while I was down.
Known Problems:
Computer randomly locks up
Ghost music
Google Glitches
Search Engine result links redirect me to other (probably harmful) websites
Strange search results in Google toolbar
Annoying taskbar icon
Computer randomly locks up
This has been the most frustrating for me. For apparently no reason, my computer will completely freeze and I’ll be forced to manually shut my computer down. Sometimes it won’t happen for several hours (I think the record is one or two days) and sometimes it will happen right after my computer starts up again (and at least once it didn’t even finish starting up!). Though I have noticed some strange things: Skype will continue to work after my computer locks up provided I had it open and online beforehand, and Java games will still run but I won’t be able to interact with the game. Leaving Skype offline and not playing games seems help, the latter being more difficult as playing games is the best way I can subvert the disappointment of leaving Skype online.
And it locked up in the middle of me writing this and then again when I started it up, making it twice that this has happed!
Ghost music
This was the most annoying problem with my computer. At random times, my computer would start playing music and all I could do is turn my volume down and wait for it to end. This was so aggravating as it often happened in the middle of watching a video or listening to music or something. I started thinking that the music could actually be from videos as sometimes it wasn’t just music, clips of 60 Minutes and this horrible horrible crap about some New Yorker teaching Asians street-English would play. So I checked my Internet history and noticed some unusual websites. Turns out my computer has a hidden window that opens random web pages without leaving any trace on my computer except on my history so I can’t shut it down. However, I could block the websites and prevent the Ghost Music, and I haven’t had a problem with Ghost Music since.
However, I can no longer watch videos or play games in full-screen as my computer still tries to access those websites and it exists me out of full-screen. I’ve only recently learned about an hour ago that this happens every 10 minutes (10 minutes and 31 seconds to be exact).
Google Glitches
Mostly minor, for example, search results appear in a larger font. There have been times when Google doesn’t even load which was inconvenient.
Search Engine result links redirect me to other (probably harmful) websites
Also pretty minor. I managed to circumvent this by opening the links in a new tab. However, in Firefox, opening it in a different tab still doesn’t take me to the page I want. Interestingly, only administrator accounts have Google problems while limited accounts are completely unaffected.
Strange search results in Google toolbar
Minor, unless someone gets curious as to what I search for on Google. Some memorable results include: Oompa-Loompa, Genital piercings, and carpark sex. Luckily, this seems to have been fixed several months ago.
Annoying taskbar icon
There’s this little red icon on my taskbar (that appears along with the skype icon and date) that tells me “You’re computer is infected! Click here to download anti-virus software to rid your computer of malware!” Then, by clicking on it, it automatically downloads this software called “Home Antivirus 2010” which is NOT antivirus software. It’s, in fact, a virus itself. Exiting out will only make it pop-up again in 2 more seconds and the only way to get rid of it is to hide it.
Spyware Doctor (one of the many anti-virus programs that only tell me what viruses I have but refuses to remove any of them until I pay) has shown that I have over 100 infections. One of the infections is this file called braviax.exe that I’ve deleted manually many times but it still comes back. I'm hoping my computer will just fix itself at this point.
I think this is as good a place as any to stop. I really have nothing else to include... END.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Walk
I just took a walk up to my old High School. It was pretty much the same as it use to be except it was darker, I wasn't carrying a book bag that weighed more than me, it wasn't because my parents forgot to pick me up, and I didn't have a wedgie.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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