Wei Man v.s. CSS
Voiceover: "Fight-to!"
Round 1
Setting: SOC lvl 2.
Time: 24 Jan 4pm
Wei Man powers up with *teh tarik*!
CSS deals *unintelligible gibberish*!
flashing graphic: Wei Man K.O.
Round 2
Setting: SOC lvl 2.
Time: 25 Jan 2am
Wei Man summons *Chris Henry* with all Mana!
CSS *defenceless* against attack!
flashing graphic: CSS K.O.
Round 3
Setting: SOC lvl 2.
Time: 25 Jan 9am
Wei Man mana=0, hp low
CSS deals "unintelligible gibberish"x10!
flashing graphic: Wei Man K.O.
Game...Over....
*defeat music plays*
Wei Man's stats
List of attacks that deal 0 damage to CSS
Summon: Group members Yuhan/Justin/Kian Boon
Note: Just don't bother
List of attacks that deal minimal damage to CSS
Equip: w3schools website. Attack skill: Decode
Note: Usually takes too long to charge up before attack can be executed. Use only when feeling lucky.
List of attacks that deal maximum damage to CSS
Summon: Chris Henry - deals 9999 damage.
Note: Requires cheat code: *Chris Henry's number* Once again, luck-based attack, no sure kill.
Note:
Wei Man is a weak character against CSS with only minimal strength against HTML. When faced with any enemy from the "Programming Languages Gang" do not use her as an aggressive character. Keep her at the back of the party to heal your other members with *supper* and *laughter*. Put her in front of your party only when with faced with "Design Gang" members. Particularly effective against enemy Photoshop if equipped with Tablet Laptop.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Lect 2 - XNA, Silverlight, Imagine Cup, (090119)
Rant first - Obama is President!
Obama has been officially inaugurated as America's President today! His speech was as usual, inspiring, though less rousing than I would've expected. It felt good to have the opportunity to watch a historic event in my lifetime, an event that is inspirational and gives the world hope for a better future, after the slew of tragic historic events that has struck the globe so far. 9/11, tsunamis, SARS, the melamine scare, Lehman brothers collapse, the disastrous Bush administration...all historic, but all horrendous.
Change, is in the air.
It is unthinkable that someone who has a drug history in college, born of a teen mother and from a broken family, made to relocate in different countries during his childhood, not to mention African American(!), can ever become the President of the United States. But Obama has proven that sucess is only a matter of hard work and being prepared for it when the opportunity arises.
I just feel that the inauguration of Obama is a defining sign that the world has changed in fundamental ways. Only a world (and an America) that has changed can ever concieve of trusting and voting for a black president. Somehow, boundaries have been re-drawn, in racial politics, in communication media, and in global awareness. And these are a positive changes, changes that I believe everyone has to embrace in order to survive in this new world.
Perhaps we are one step closer to utopia, where people are judged by their abilities and not the color of their skin, or their accent, where one person can reach and convince many with the touch of a mouse, and where diversity is tolerated and inter-cultural exchanges encouraged and celebrated.
Forgive me, I am emotional about his inaugration, it is a defining moment in world history. This is the moment where the world changes. The hinge on which we turn towards a new era. This is the moment, like Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, that proves to the world that anything is possible.
Yes We Can.
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CS3216 - XNA
Yeah, I realized I inverted the order of things on this post, but I had to - it was fantastically exciting and inspiring to watch the whole thing live on CNA and AP online, while exchanging comments with a friend on MSN.
CS3216 lecture, however, was rather interesting. I'd known of XNA and Xbox live prior to the presentation, because I know the team that worked on Carneyvale Showtime, and everytime they achieve something great I feel really happy for them, because I really like the game and the art. Its a beautiful game, and its fun. I hope they win something in IGF 09! Oh, and if anyone out there has a Xbox 360, pls try Braid! My friend demo-ed the ending for me to see, and its a fantastic game, trust me. After seeing Zero Punctuation's review of Psychonauts , I damn gian to play tt too.. Too bad I don't have an Xbox.. ^_^ Oh, and try Portal!!!!
Well, there's one question I wanted to ask Yan about Xbox live arcade, but I couldn't think of how to express my question before he left:
As developers, we have an interest in getting people to play our game, if we put it up on Xbox live. Players must be able to find our game if they are looking for it, or chance upon it. So I wanted to ask how games are rated and categorized in xbox live arcade, and how Xbox live presents new games to players who are surfing the arcade.
This is important. Because if you are a developer and your game's good but isn't presented as the first few games avaliable, it might get passed over and not played just because it is not given equal "shelf space" as other games. Is there a way that xbox live is preventing that from happening? Like providing the 10 best in each category (puzzle, dating sims, etc), for example. Do they even have categories?
As the presentation showed, bad games can be displayed prominently as they are new arrivals. (uh, I thought the dating sim looked like a pretty bad game..i.e. a game I wldn't touch) So...is there a failsafe? Is there a reviews website? A search function?
I like the way deviantart.com manages user generated content. All new art is displayed on the homepage, and it is being constantly refreshed, like the xbox live "new arrivals" page. ( As an artist with a profile on deviantart, I'm sure I got some comments and favorites from my 2 seconds of worldwide fame on the "new arrivals" page.)
However, artists are also allowed to tag their artwork with names, e.g. red riding hood, and so on, so that users can search either the most popular art with that tag or the new arrivals for that tag. All art is also categorized, so users who are looking for anthro digital comics can go straight to their queries.
Anyways, I'm working on designing a 3d game w XNA in another module NM/CS4343, so I hope that works out well and we can post it up on XNA live arcade.. ^_^
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CS3216 - Silverlight
Ah...silverlight. After all that talk, I'm still not too sure about what its all about. All I remember is the deep zoom thingy that sounds dubious and that Yuhan mentioned is pretty much crapping on their part. I still really have no idea what WPF is all about.
And of course the Microsoft Surface - who can forget that! That's exciting. I'd seen similar demostrations during the Design and Technology exhibit at the Science Centre about half a year ago, and at ISEA 2008, and got the chance to play with them. Very exciting, and very fun! At the DAT exhibit I played with manipulation of images projected on the table surface (by a projecter on the ceiling) by manipulating physical objects such as cups and strings on the table. At ISEA I think I tried the ripples thing that MS surface showed. The ripples really wasn't fun tho. It got boring pretty fast. And what's the sense of the keyboard app? Two finger piano just isn't fun... >_<
I remember seeing a news clip on TV mobile on a shop in Taiwan..Hong Kong? which is already using the technology I saw in DAT to attract customers though. That was a few months back. I guess Microsoft surface is just upping the ante with the whole transferring files and pictures thing. That is pretty dangerous though, isn't it...allowing your pictures to spill all over the table.. very interactive though, and so much easier to transfer files.
Have I mentioned I hate handphones because I hate pressing those buttons? At least I'll have some easier interface to look forward too in the future. ^_^
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CS3216 - Imagine Cup
Ah.. possibilities. I really like the speaker for this one, I just wish she had more time to give her speech and to mingle around. She's such a proactive and positive person. The Imagine Cup looked amazing... Justin was like - aiyah, don't study liao la, let's just go for it.. ^_^
Hmm.. given the pace of the module, however, it seems like we can't really "enjoy" our speakers. After each lecture there's the rush to meet up for project meetings, and we can't really spend time with the speakers. Perhaps schedule it such that speakers end 15 mins early and we can all go out and mingle? The lecture room is so not conducive for mingling. ^_^
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CS3216 - Project 1
AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH....Our whole group spent Monday night after lect all the way till Tuesday morning 8am rushing out content for the facebook project.. Tired pictures on Facebook. It was impromptu.
Obama has been officially inaugurated as America's President today! His speech was as usual, inspiring, though less rousing than I would've expected. It felt good to have the opportunity to watch a historic event in my lifetime, an event that is inspirational and gives the world hope for a better future, after the slew of tragic historic events that has struck the globe so far. 9/11, tsunamis, SARS, the melamine scare, Lehman brothers collapse, the disastrous Bush administration...all historic, but all horrendous.
Change, is in the air.
It is unthinkable that someone who has a drug history in college, born of a teen mother and from a broken family, made to relocate in different countries during his childhood, not to mention African American(!), can ever become the President of the United States. But Obama has proven that sucess is only a matter of hard work and being prepared for it when the opportunity arises.
I just feel that the inauguration of Obama is a defining sign that the world has changed in fundamental ways. Only a world (and an America) that has changed can ever concieve of trusting and voting for a black president. Somehow, boundaries have been re-drawn, in racial politics, in communication media, and in global awareness. And these are a positive changes, changes that I believe everyone has to embrace in order to survive in this new world.
Perhaps we are one step closer to utopia, where people are judged by their abilities and not the color of their skin, or their accent, where one person can reach and convince many with the touch of a mouse, and where diversity is tolerated and inter-cultural exchanges encouraged and celebrated.
Forgive me, I am emotional about his inaugration, it is a defining moment in world history. This is the moment where the world changes. The hinge on which we turn towards a new era. This is the moment, like Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, that proves to the world that anything is possible.
Yes We Can.
______________________________________________________________
CS3216 - XNA
Yeah, I realized I inverted the order of things on this post, but I had to - it was fantastically exciting and inspiring to watch the whole thing live on CNA and AP online, while exchanging comments with a friend on MSN.
CS3216 lecture, however, was rather interesting. I'd known of XNA and Xbox live prior to the presentation, because I know the team that worked on Carneyvale Showtime, and everytime they achieve something great I feel really happy for them, because I really like the game and the art. Its a beautiful game, and its fun. I hope they win something in IGF 09! Oh, and if anyone out there has a Xbox 360, pls try Braid! My friend demo-ed the ending for me to see, and its a fantastic game, trust me. After seeing Zero Punctuation's review of Psychonauts , I damn gian to play tt too.. Too bad I don't have an Xbox.. ^_^ Oh, and try Portal!!!!
Well, there's one question I wanted to ask Yan about Xbox live arcade, but I couldn't think of how to express my question before he left:
As developers, we have an interest in getting people to play our game, if we put it up on Xbox live. Players must be able to find our game if they are looking for it, or chance upon it. So I wanted to ask how games are rated and categorized in xbox live arcade, and how Xbox live presents new games to players who are surfing the arcade.
This is important. Because if you are a developer and your game's good but isn't presented as the first few games avaliable, it might get passed over and not played just because it is not given equal "shelf space" as other games. Is there a way that xbox live is preventing that from happening? Like providing the 10 best in each category (puzzle, dating sims, etc), for example. Do they even have categories?
As the presentation showed, bad games can be displayed prominently as they are new arrivals. (uh, I thought the dating sim looked like a pretty bad game..i.e. a game I wldn't touch) So...is there a failsafe? Is there a reviews website? A search function?
I like the way deviantart.com manages user generated content. All new art is displayed on the homepage, and it is being constantly refreshed, like the xbox live "new arrivals" page. ( As an artist with a profile on deviantart, I'm sure I got some comments and favorites from my 2 seconds of worldwide fame on the "new arrivals" page.)
However, artists are also allowed to tag their artwork with names, e.g. red riding hood, and so on, so that users can search either the most popular art with that tag or the new arrivals for that tag. All art is also categorized, so users who are looking for anthro digital comics can go straight to their queries.
Anyways, I'm working on designing a 3d game w XNA in another module NM/CS4343, so I hope that works out well and we can post it up on XNA live arcade.. ^_^
______________________________________________________________
CS3216 - Silverlight
Ah...silverlight. After all that talk, I'm still not too sure about what its all about. All I remember is the deep zoom thingy that sounds dubious and that Yuhan mentioned is pretty much crapping on their part. I still really have no idea what WPF is all about.
And of course the Microsoft Surface - who can forget that! That's exciting. I'd seen similar demostrations during the Design and Technology exhibit at the Science Centre about half a year ago, and at ISEA 2008, and got the chance to play with them. Very exciting, and very fun! At the DAT exhibit I played with manipulation of images projected on the table surface (by a projecter on the ceiling) by manipulating physical objects such as cups and strings on the table. At ISEA I think I tried the ripples thing that MS surface showed. The ripples really wasn't fun tho. It got boring pretty fast. And what's the sense of the keyboard app? Two finger piano just isn't fun... >_<
I remember seeing a news clip on TV mobile on a shop in Taiwan..Hong Kong? which is already using the technology I saw in DAT to attract customers though. That was a few months back. I guess Microsoft surface is just upping the ante with the whole transferring files and pictures thing. That is pretty dangerous though, isn't it...allowing your pictures to spill all over the table.. very interactive though, and so much easier to transfer files.
Have I mentioned I hate handphones because I hate pressing those buttons? At least I'll have some easier interface to look forward too in the future. ^_^
______________________________________________________________
CS3216 - Imagine Cup
Ah.. possibilities. I really like the speaker for this one, I just wish she had more time to give her speech and to mingle around. She's such a proactive and positive person. The Imagine Cup looked amazing... Justin was like - aiyah, don't study liao la, let's just go for it.. ^_^
Hmm.. given the pace of the module, however, it seems like we can't really "enjoy" our speakers. After each lecture there's the rush to meet up for project meetings, and we can't really spend time with the speakers. Perhaps schedule it such that speakers end 15 mins early and we can all go out and mingle? The lecture room is so not conducive for mingling. ^_^
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CS3216 - Project 1
AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH....Our whole group spent Monday night after lect all the way till Tuesday morning 8am rushing out content for the facebook project.. Tired pictures on Facebook. It was impromptu.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Lect 1 - CS3216 Intro (090112)
Preamble:Well, this is my first experience blogging consistently for a module, and what can I say? Its going to be a challenge to keep my comments only to the lectures.
Ramble: I love to write, and I love to ramble and go on to different tangents, but for this blog I shall try to rein in my excesses and segregate the pesky irrelevent subjects that pop up now and then to the bottom end of the post. With a clear and definite line.
1st lect comments: The first class of CS3216 was definitely an experience...its the first module where I can get to try out laser guns, eat homemade candy and meatballs, and yell "Hello! I'm hungry, do you all want to go eat?" to classmates I've just known for 2 hours and end up talking in Fong Seng till 10+pm. Got take picture s'more. Ahem who has the picture ah? Can upload?
Why I joined this module: I joined the module because I thought it would be fun, and different. I'm very sick of modules where everyone's quiet when the teacher asks a question, I'm sick of modules where people just don't speak up because they are too afraid of their opinion being heard, and I'm sick of modules where you know perfectly well the people are intelligent but they are just not opening their mouths. Okay, yeah, sorry for the repetition, but you get my point.
So far, I haven't been disappointed. The module's got really interesting students, students who want to make a difference to the world, with a whole repetoire of skills and passions. I really enjoyed the show and tell session and my favorite part of the module so far it to meet and talk to all these great people who are classmates of mine. I Which brings me to my next point -
What I want to do with my life: Honestly, I have no idea. Some glimmers here and there, but no concrete single all-consuming passion. It sort of sucks to listen to everyone's dreams and then have none to share, you feel sort of lousy inside.
But come to think of it, I think I don't have dreams because my dreams seem so unrealistic that I don't think they are possible.
Dream 1: For example, I want to steer clear from 9-5 jobs and just spend all my time on creative work, like drawing comics, making gifts, and cooking. I just love creating things like with my secondary school bag that I brought for show and tell... I just have no idea how to live off that.
Dream 2: When I was in secondary school I wanted to come up with my own brand of clothes/bags and stuff, because I like drawing characters..You know, that kind of brand that's centered around a cartoon character one.. But it just seemed so impossible.. >_<
Dream 3: I always had this dream of making an RPG. Probably coz FF7 made such a huge impact on my life - it started me drawing fanart and writing fanfiction. It'll be so cool to create a character that excites people, that people can identify with, and the people will love to cosplay... It'll be so cool to write a story that people will remember for life, that is important to people. To touch people with words and brand their minds forever with the memory of my sentences...That's why I like literature so much too...literature talks about the important stuff in life....^_^
Dream 4: Break new ground in comics. Or more like make my own lasting statement in the comic industry. Not sure what I can do to reach that goal yet, but I'm experimenting with interactive comics after being inspired by NM3222 interactive storytelling...
Well, I hope by the end of this module, I'll learn to be more confident in my skills and in achieving my dreams!
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Side note and rant, not relevant to module:
I'd initially set up this blog at Wordpress, but due to severe technical difficulties I decided to return to blogger instead.
This is my first post at mannie3216.wordpress.com (a.k.a. wordpress complaints):
I'm flabbergasted at how frustrating the wordpress user interface is NOW. I used wordpress a year or so back, and as far as I remember, had no difficulties in using it whatsover.
Encountering wordpress again to start up this blog, I'd thought it'll be easy. The utter frustration at finding the delete button for the first post that Wordpress forced upon my new blog took me more than 15 minutes, and lots of searching on google.
The interface is horrible. Common sense should have made wordpress include a link to the support site, or at least give a brief how-to on that first post. Unfortunately, the link to the support page blended in nicely with the background on the bottom of the user admin site, a search for delete post on the support forum came up with unrelated results, and after much stress I found the correct link that taught me how to click on the edit button under the category of posts, check the check box next to the post, and then scroll down a scroll bar to find the delete link.
Not to mention I just saw a perfectly fine delete button right on this page without going to all that trouble, staring right at me in very small red letters just to the right of this text box. I am honestly ready to scream - I chose wordpress because I've heard how good it can be, and now it is proving itself otherwise.
If by tonight I'm unable to post a picture and a video on this site, just to test it, I will change a new blogging site.
Picture Test - (This did not appear on the Wordpress site)
This is a picture of me dancing during Chingay 2008. I'd designed the costume so I was rather proud to wear it..hurhur... Its a long story, ask me if you want to know...or search Kronos+rag in google ^_^
Video Test (This did not appear on Wordpress site either..)
A friend showed me this video recently, and I found it hilarious, so I thought I'll share it. Its a parody of Final Fantasy 7, a really old RPG game, and the first proper game that I played...(discounting five stones, tic tac toe, zi go ba, and the national education game they made everyone play in primary school..)
It reminds me of this course - something cool, fun, and innovative done by students with a passion. ^_^
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