Projects and Purpose

A few days ago, a close friend and roommate of mine finally put our plans into motion. Under the name of Novabox Studios we have started work on a large scale software project, a video game we have named Gunslingers.

As this is a freetime non-profit effort, it has not progressed very far, but we haved launched a blog, novaboxproductions.blogspot.com, and a facebook group to post updates on the games progress. Currently we are waiting to have some cool things to show before we start posting, but it is an exciting time. My current tasks are Networking, and menu design. I have completed the functionality parts of both, but need to polish and pretty them up in order to be pleasing to the eye and efficient.

If you are interested in learning more please follow us on our blog and on facebook. We are planning on a new post every week to talk about aspects of the project, and show clips and screenshots of the game in progress.\

Hope to hear from you soon.

Writing...

You may or may not know this, but I like to write. In fact I try to write often. however it seems one thing or another always stops me and I end up getting nothing down on paper. Then I ran across this quote the other day.

"A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper." - E.B. White (1899 - 1965) American writer.

Pretty harrowing quote for me,apparently I need to put forth a little more effort into my work! My dream is to publish several of my stories. I have always fancied the art of storytelling and love reading great stories. I suppose that is why I love being a GameMaster when roleplaying. I get the opportunity to make the world, and influence how the story is told.

Apparently though I need to do a little more work to get something done. Shouldn't have been such a shocker I suppose, but I have been at it for a long time.

For those that are interested here is a portion of my projects.

• Science Fiction book series.
• Fantasy Book about Summoners in a never ending war between three nations
• Cyberpunk set in the years 2021 and 2051 with a world of magic clashing with the world of technology.
• Finished a script for an Real-Time-Strategy remake of a game set in a future where Antimatter weapons have destroyed 80% of the landmass on earth.
• Finished a script for a current Videogame project named Gunslingers (c) NovaBox studios 2010
• Multiple song lyrics
• a few short stories

Only those labeled finished and the song lyrics are complete, sadly. Perhaps I can get my self in gear and keep writing. Cya I have some writing to do!

Loco Logo

The new logo is up! however I cannot seem to get my transparency working. Blast!

Oh Well. Comments indicated a like for the rough sketch style, so I tried to keep the roughness but make it look a little more professional.

Thanks for your comments. Real posts to follow soon.

New Logo Idea...

So the transformation of my blog is well underway. Thanks to one suggestion, the colors are more cheery, and hopefully easier to read. I also have a sketch of the idea for my new logo.

 For those who find this rough sketch messy, the items on the left are a notebook, some paper, and a couple pens. The items on the far right are a couple cds. The laptop is my newest tech gadget, and I love using it at school. Finally the text will be computer placed in the final version and won't look so sloppy.

I would love some comments, to know if you like, dislike, think I should stick with the original picture, etc...

Hope to hear from you soon!

Updating...

So I am considering updating some of the pictures and things on my blog. It just doesn't seem to feel like home yet. I was wondering if any of the few people who read this had any ideas.

A couple I have been thinking about:
-Actually putting my face on the blog... (maybe some people like it better without it)
-Changing the header picture to better reflect my hobbies and passions.
(I shall have to post the concept idea tomorrow.)
-Changing the colors to be a little more inviting.
-Adding more pictures to the sidebar.

Well thats about it for my creativity right now. Finals are starting up again. Please post some comments and help me get this place a little more interesting. G'night!