tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317201892009-06-06T11:28:33.178-05:00Thoughts on D&D, RPGs, Videogames, and entertainment.Arcandiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00010759669550825854arcandio@gmail.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31720189.post-16016420866222079492009-06-06T11:25:00.001-05:002009-06-06T11:26:10.647-05:00

Hello again. This is more or less a test post to try out using Blogger Labels as a method to build a gallery on my site.

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So for the past four days or so, I've been working from 9am to 1am on a new theme for the site. It's pretty slick looking and I'm very proud. I'll be renovating the site over the next few weeks or months (depending on what changes I decide to make to the archives and how much time I have to work on it over the module). Soon, I'll have a better handle on this personal brand thing. I've got a

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[this is mirrored from DA]Mkay. Crazy, Crazy day. I'm writing this journal in word, because I'm SURE it'll take some time. I'm also sure it'll get pretty stream-of-consciousness, so bear with me.I'm writing this, primarily to thank all the people who made my Daily Deviation Possible.THANKS EVERYONE!!Alright, now on to what my Monday was like. Put your helmet on, because this will blow your mind,

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The game I'm currently working on is called Devour. It's genre-bending side-scrolling color-matching piece of awesome that I've been honored to be the Lead Designer and Artist for. My team is comprised of  Tyler Buser (Level Design), Ryan Medeiros (Software Development), and Blake Yates (Level Design). These guys are fantastic. By the time we began actual development back in March, we already had

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ESC.xlsxempathica.skp (http://sketchup.google.com/)Empathica%20Space%20Center%20Background.docxSilhouette%20CORE%20Roleplaying.docx

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Silhouette%20CORE%20Roleplaying.docxThat file should be just about all you need to know to begin playing. I will of course explain all of this at our first meeting, which I still think may go down Friday Night after class.

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Well, I've been thinking more about the game, and I've decided to take things in a slightly different direction.Players are stuck on a decaying space station in deep space. The space station is a derelic science facility, and is known for housing some of the most dangerous and illegal experiments in human space. It is called the Empathica Science Center.The characters will be diffuse, ranging

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As I stated previously, I'm going to be running a game here at school. This will give me some much needed stress relief time, as well as drawing possibilities for outside of class.So the theme thus far is this: Players will be somewhat similar to the Colonial Marines of Aliens Fame, just with mecha. The Mecha will be modular to some extent, allowing the players to upgrade their gear as we go (Not

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I've made it. On the board friday, someone wrote "Congratulations on [surviving] your first week." While things have indeed picked up, I rather doubt that we're in full swing yet.Game DesignVery interesting course on how games function in the meta senseWe began the class with "what is a game" which sparked a HUGE debate and it was VERY informative and highly entertaningNot allowed to do art

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Swank. It is Swank. I, like, knew it'd be a step up. But we have a hot tub in the apt complex. The weather is fantastic. We have a garage. Real live mexican food BLOCKS away. I may have died and gone to heaven. But at least they have internet up here. And even heaven will not stop my graduate schooling. Which starts in a couple of DAYS??!! AAAAHWish me all the luck you can afford. Hopefully I

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I am now officially engaged to a smart, witty, delightful and lovely young lady. I find my self grinning like an idiot whenever I think about how lucky I am. In short, to use terminology apropos to my career choice, it pwns.Posted some stuff on DA recently, working on a new Army Hunter, getting my twitter all over my sites, and generally gearing up for the big haul.PS the ring is beautiful. I'm

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Alright, I've been working out the kinks in this major life decision today. I've gotten mostly enrolled in my classes, a web error aside, and I'm trying to get hooked up with my class, but the forums have klined me for some reason. I'll grapple with that later.Trying to figure out moving, visiting folks, and getting apartments rented and subleased. Scheduling is crazy for the next month or so.

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I have, at this point, been accepted into the Masters of Interactive Technology at the Guildhall at Southern Methodist University. I've had a crazy past few days. I'll explain that later. I will say this, Arcandio.com will live on, and from now on it will provide me with a base of operations for sharing my experience at the Guildhall. If I can post demos, vids, or art, I'll do it here, though

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CastleOubliette.com is up and running, but still in process. Currently, the forums and wiki are both functioning, and we are looking for more people to help out. If you're interested, please contact the webmaster.Here is an excerpt from the site: What Is Oubliette? Oubliette is a dark, dangerous role-playing game from Arcandio.com. It features a gritty,

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For the record, the Spore Creature Builder is amazing. Some of my critters can be found on Youtube and Sporepedia. I've spent some hours on it already, and I think it was a very effective marketing ploy for EA to release this part of the game to build a fanbase. As of today, there are 566,934 users on Spore, and the game is still 65 days from launch! I've done some very simple and probably

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In about 11 weeks (since April 15th) I finished the rough of the Manuscript for a new Role-playing game called Oubliette. It's a gothic/horror/fantasy style game that I've affectionately termed "Nightwish the RPG." Designed around a single, gargantuan castle, the game world is a dumping ground for everything and anything forgotten.There was once a magnificent castle in medieval Francia. It was

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The Game System License and the System Reference Document are out finally. I spent a lot of time considering my options since it first appeared, hence the delay on my response. I've had a pretty chaotic opinion of the whole thing thus far, so I'll try to consolidate and present my thoughts.First of all, I think the rules are pretty solid. The mechanics for how things work are nice, and the

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It comes next weekend.I for one, am excited. It doesn't seem like many of my friends are. Most people that I've talked to aside from Volk and Kitty have pretty... drab expectations. I'm not so skeptical, but then again, I've noticed that I'm a little more positive than a lot of people about a lot of things (except socio-political issues, but thats another blog).I just bought Keep on the

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This is my current Artists Statement.An artist’s statement is supposed to be about what makes the artist tick. I can’t honestly remember how many of these I’ve done so far, and I’m no where near done yet. Drifting from one statement to the next, I’m never quite satisfied with any of them. In a way, the process of my writing these is, itself, the statement. It’s like a self portrait. I’m seeing me

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I know it's going to be hard, but I really want to become an illustrator. I've been interested in concept art for a couple of years, and I've been painting digitally and analogue for more than that. I feel like I'm a little behind still, but I'm definitely going to work my ass off at it. Think of this as a belated new years resolution.

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Introducing Lulu.com artwork! I'll be posting things there to sell here, though because the site there doesn't allow very much customization, I'll probably use this page for my primary retail.

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SilCORE is copyright Dream Pod Nine, www.dp9.com.This calculation sheet is designed to be about as accurate as possible to the SilCORE system and vehicle design rules.Features:Character databaseCharacter sheet output from databaseVehicle databaseVehicle output from databaseVehicle Weapon databasePersonal Weapon databaseAuto-calculation of formulasCombination "robotics" sheet that allows you to

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Well, I'm sorry I've been on such an extended leave. I've been very busy lately, but I'll stop for a moment to give an update on the different projects we're working on.EON/EXR: Still on hold until 4th Ed, Still working through the geography sectionSilversun: Indefinitely delayedContemplator Character sheet: Complete, added feature of output to 3.5 text block, working on sheet protectionLegends

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Well, Volk and I went to GenCon. We've come back with plenty of information, (some of which is classified stuff about new releases) and we're looking at several changes to projects and some new ideas around here.EON will be delayed until next year. We're going to have to to a MASSIVE rules rewrite once Fourth comes out. Which means that we'll have to just keep working on the Wiki in the mean time

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