National Novel Writing month hasn't been going so well. I don't have that much. I suppose it was rather stupid to try to write something this month, much less a novel. Oh well. 
I do have an idea for an arcade game, however. It seems that quite a few arcade shoothers are out there. Because of the uproar about video game violence, many of these games have a horror theme where you fight monsters in surprisingly bright lit ruins and sewers.
Wait a minute, Pomfelo, you say. These games have to be lit, otherwise you couldn't see what you are shooting at. This is where my idea comes in.
Along with the gun periphreal, you would get a flashlight. With instructions to hold it in police fashion, you fight monsters through progressively darker levels. At first, the flashlight isn't needed as much, as there are working lights. I think this can be balanced out by making shots "more accurate (ie-bigger) if you use the light. The longer you play, the darker the levels get.
To mix up the action, there can be a power meter you have to fight the mosters/another player over. Also, using the light spawns more monsters than would appear if you hadn't. Now all I need is an "in" with Konami.
I finished one of my big tests and the presentation I was worried about. I'm still not sure about the test. I'm getting my ass kicked in that class, and I don't have a lot of time to turn it around. I need to work my ass off, but it's possible.
The presentation went okay. It was about the consulting project we've been working on. Considering our client didn't give us any numbers besides her phone number (that's especially shocking if you're a finance student) we did okay. The people we presented for were retired business people, and the average age in the room was rigor mortis.
Now I'm doing a 25 page paper for Monday. My group hasn't turned anything in, I'm writing most of their pages, and they're probably having sex with their significant other right now. Yipee. If I don't get any papers soon, I'm dropping people's names from the paper.
Off to work. Be good.
I do have an idea for an arcade game, however. It seems that quite a few arcade shoothers are out there. Because of the uproar about video game violence, many of these games have a horror theme where you fight monsters in surprisingly bright lit ruins and sewers.
Wait a minute, Pomfelo, you say. These games have to be lit, otherwise you couldn't see what you are shooting at. This is where my idea comes in.
Along with the gun periphreal, you would get a flashlight. With instructions to hold it in police fashion, you fight monsters through progressively darker levels. At first, the flashlight isn't needed as much, as there are working lights. I think this can be balanced out by making shots "more accurate (ie-bigger) if you use the light. The longer you play, the darker the levels get.
To mix up the action, there can be a power meter you have to fight the mosters/another player over. Also, using the light spawns more monsters than would appear if you hadn't. Now all I need is an "in" with Konami.
I finished one of my big tests and the presentation I was worried about. I'm still not sure about the test. I'm getting my ass kicked in that class, and I don't have a lot of time to turn it around. I need to work my ass off, but it's possible.
The presentation went okay. It was about the consulting project we've been working on. Considering our client didn't give us any numbers besides her phone number (that's especially shocking if you're a finance student) we did okay. The people we presented for were retired business people, and the average age in the room was rigor mortis.
Now I'm doing a 25 page paper for Monday. My group hasn't turned anything in, I'm writing most of their pages, and they're probably having sex with their significant other right now. Yipee. If I don't get any papers soon, I'm dropping people's names from the paper.
Off to work. Be good.
Good luck with all the course work.