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Hey! It's been forever! I just thought I'd update on what I've been doing the past few years with a Demo Reel.

[[There appears to be no youtube embedder....bummer]]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txpkXEBhReQ

I'll be finishing college in about 6 more weeks then it's off to find a job (most likely California, since that's where all the jobs are now, or I can risk it by joining one of several of my classmates' independent game studios or be lucky and find one in the midwest)


So I've been gone for so long and I've got my whole life ahead of me now, so it might be safe to say that I may not be coming back here for a long time. I just wanted to say thanks for all the friendships and advice for all of these years. It's been a blast and I think I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for any of you.

- Joel Green AKA SmartBoy16 Wow that name is old!

PS: If you still want to stalk follow me online:

YouTube - SmartBoy16
Twitter - @B0b_2012
Tumblr - b0b2012.tumblr.com
Steam B0b_2012 (Contact me via twitter first before adding me, I don't accept random requests because of a certain hat)

I know I said some things in the past about how I would start up on this project but then just leave it behind. Well, I made a blog at http://2wentydungeons.tumblr.com that shows the current process of this game. I think for sure I can finish this, but I can't do it without any support. All I need is something that assures me that somebody out of the 3,000,000+ who use the internet every day who will take the time to listen to what I have to say. A simple follow on the blog would help, please.

But anyways, I'm finally starting this up again. At this current time, I'm planning on using XNA (maybe flash) as an engine, but if I find something better, I'll use that instead. I'm making it a goal that I complete a playable demo of this game by the time I graduate from college (Spring 2012).

If there is anybody who still visits here left, please let me know if you support this game. This has been my lifelong dream and I can't do this alone and I'll need any help that I can get.

[EDIT 10/18/2011 1:27PM] Please follow my blog at http://2wentydungeon.tumblr.com or RSS Feed: http://2wentydungeons.tumblr.com/rss

With love, hatred and respect,
Joel Green
AKA SmartBoy16

PS: For those who don't think I've started on this yet, here is some concept art.

With the announcement of the Wii U and it going to HD, this made me think about the fact that all 8th generation systems will be in HD which will be more expensive to produce leaving smaller companies little chance of getting noticed in the home console department. One idea that I have is there should be a least 1 SD console in the market that game companies and consumers can afford. In the 7th generation, the PS2 was still popular enough to do this as well as the Wii wasn't in HD. What do you guys think?

Hey, it's been a while! Just wanted to stop by and show some recent college :educated: projects I've been working on. So....here it is.......I'm still trying to think of something worth while to say.....lemons?

The playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=82440A8757A79A97


But anyways, I've discovered Unity and I thought that one of my games that I made up before I started using SGDK might be perfect for that engine, so I just might start developing that game (eventually) once I learn how to use it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV-AFnCkRLY

This guy shows how he made an entire game using JAVA.

Tip: view in Original Quality (in full screen) and you can see the actual coding (provided that your monitor is not 640x480) :educated:

As many of you know, E3 2010 started today. What are you guys anxious about this year?

Personally, I'm most anxious for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the Nintendo3DS. For Zelda, I have been a huge Zelda fan for a while now, and this new one supports the use of the Wii Motion Plus for not only combat, but also quickly switching from one item to the next. The graphics are also cell shaded a lot like Wind Waker. For the 3DS, I'm not anxious about how the 3D graphics help perfect gameplay, but also some of it's other features such as the motion sensor which can be useful for FPS games and the analog pad to perfect 360 movement. Also, they are planning to remake Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the 3DS with all new graphics. To be honest, I'm veeery excited for E3 this year!!!  :canadian: :canadian: :surprise: :ugly: :yes: :yes: :yes:

If you guys are ever bored today, visit http://google.com to sure it, guaranteed!

Hey you all. I just want to let you know of what my plans are for the future.

After a whole year's hiatus I'll start working on RANAT again starting in June. I have yet to decide whether it will be on SGDK 1 or 2. (most likely 1, since it is already 1/2 way done there). I am expecting a lot of college homework, so I'll try my best to work on it weekends and update once every month. I'm going to take my time on this one and finish it when it gets done. Expect this (or not) to be released Q1 2012.

I have started a YouTube channel exclusively for uploading my gaming videos. Here I will upload some of my updates as well as some college projects like Unreal Levels. It is http://youtube.com/MidnightMascott

My other projects, 2wenty Dungeons and Codename: Midnight, are projects I want to work on once I finish College. I have not decided if they will be on SGDK or not.

But other than that, I probably won't be visiting very much (although nothing much is happening right now).

So until my next update,
SmartBoy16