A Personal Game Diagram

So this is a short diagram I've developed based on experience. When creating a game, these are the three keys that you have to consider: Knowledge, logic, and the most important is the creativity. When you make a game, what comes to mind? A shooter platform with zombies, an 2D fighting game with sweet graphics, or a simple game that gives off strategy.

That's where creativity comes in. Creativity is a where people usually start. The problem is that creativity doesn't come to people much. There is a certain time where creativity just kicks in and if someone disturbs them, they just forget. I'll give you an example:

"I'm thinking something good. I think this would make a great story. I finally got the urge to write a story!!!"

"Ricardo, wash the dishes!!!!"

"... sweet mother of pearl, I forgot!!!. Oh wait, no one is around... SON OF A -"

Get my point? Even so, with creativity, they think what game they want to do, visualize it, and imagine more eventually craving it to be a game.

With craving cames logic. This is the stage when after you have done the story (or what others call the storyboarding) you will be building how to achieve such goals. This is the tricky part, because if one logic is unorthodox then the whole mechanism(mechanics) falls down. I'll get you an example: You are trying to make a call through the phone, what do you do FIRST?

a.) Tap the call button

b.) Find or input the phone number

c.) Turn the phone on.

And the correct answer is d.) charge your phone. The D is always the answer. This applies not only on that situation but also through your editing softwares like which sound to make first, which image to edit first, which levels to design first?

Which one should you start first? That would be based on your knowledge. Knowledge are the lessons, studies that you obtained that would help create your game and limit on the resources that you would use. This is the time when you are done with the creativity, done with the logic, and now figuring out how to perform those specific mechanics, getting the flow of the story, and also where the coding starts. What, you think I'm going to give an example? Hahaha yeah. I will: You need to learn java to make a calculator in which a calculator has the logic inside already. DONE

The diagram is not always like that though. It is still a matter of perspective. Because for one, I seldomly start of with logic. Times like these, when no one is helping you, no one seems to care and time goes really fast, you just had to do it yourself. Seldomly? I'll show you why I start off with the other keys first.

Logic: (The How to play the game)

- What you think in logic, you will have to do it in knowledge.

- What you think in logic, may or may not make the story good.

Creativity: (The What is the game)

- A not too complex story will make a lot of logic and the knowledge done will be fewer.

- A too complex story will make the logic harder but not that much. still, the amount of logic will make the knowledge harder.

Knowledge: (The How to do the game)

- Limits logic

- Limits creativity

- Good for making fast games

- Bad for people not wanting to have fun games based on your limits.

Sometimes you go by Creativity>Knowledge>Creativity>Logic>Knowledge>etc.

This is like a Domino. You changed one of the keys and the whole thing falls down and then you've got to put them all back together again to get the right algorithm. But life is like that. It doesn't matter where you start or how many times you change part of your lives. What you do with your life is your game now.

P.S. I did this because some people just disturb me on the wrong time -_-

15 - ???

Aloha! It’s so good to be back here again. I’ve been doing a lot of stuff lately because… college… you know… I have to play and watch Anime. So I will be making another blog post for you. Speaking of which in case you don’t know, the word “Aloha” both means hello and goodbye at Hawaii. And when I say Aloha it means… goodbye. I’m sorry guys (are there any people even reading this?) But I guess this will be the very last blog entry that I will make.  This is just part for my course and the required entries are fifteen blogs or more but it’s just time consuming. I’m not much of a blog person but I did enjoyed writing blogs. Don’t cry, I know that you guys will miss me (No one reads this blog so who am I talking to?!?! O_o) but sometime in the future, maybe I’ll write a blog entry?

           Anyways, when I also said “Aloha”, I also mean hello. Just in case you don’t know, I hate goodbyes. Saying goodbye like in a conversation is acceptable but in times when you will see them later for a long time or never see them again, I don’t really like saying goodbye. I don’t want a “the end” for me but I want to keep the adventure going with the friends who hurt me at the same time the friends who care (Just kidding, I will rekt them if they hurt me XD). If ever, I never want the adventure to end. Though in school may be a little different. We study to get grades, to get good jobs, to get rich and that’s why we want to end studying fast. That’s different for me. I don’t really care about good grades, good jobs, or good money (Who am I kidding, I need money to live). I care much about the learning. It may not be good to learn but not even doing it right but at least you entertain yourself to do it anyways. It’s like living the experience rather than studying the facts that would lead you to nowhere.

           I will try not to say goodbye to people because those people are the ones I want to share the experiences with. You have to share all the memories while you are still living. I don’t want to keep all the glory with myself.  I think there are some times when you spent too much time with someone that you don’t want them to leave. Eventually all adventures have to end… but that doesn’t mean that you will never see them again. Someday, one day, you may see them again. Sometimes 1% can be as big as 99%.

           I’m sorry for making this blog entry  a little unsatisfactory. I had to hurry to finish this post. The deadline is tomorrow and I have to do some other stuff. I’m just trying to say that you have a choice whether or not to say goodbye. Goodbyes can be as strong as that you may never speak with them again. If ever, find an alternative way to say it. “See you later” or “Aloha” might do it because it makes us committed to interact with them again.

I’m going to post a little something here. Like all my topics, I will put the last question… When will you see them again?

Thank you for reading this blog. ^_^

14 - Who is me? (I am your father, NNOOOOO!!!! Yes son, it’s time that we had, the talk. It all started when I met your mother at the park [20 minutes later] and well, that’s how you were created. NOOOOO!!! Yeah, get rekt noob! NOOOOHOOHOOOHOOOOOOUUUU!!!) Luke cries and Darth Vader wore sun glasses.

That was a weird, yet awesome title. In case you don’t know, that’s reference from “Star Wars” though I added a little mix. Anyways, time to be selfish for this post. I’ve just realized that most posts here do not really define me. I think that last blog post said that. Though the title may be a question, this will really be just about me and what I like.

First off, who am I? Oh, you’ll never know.  My name is invisible!!! I’m being sarcastic here. The clues are already scattered here to know what my name is. Might not be the full name but part of my name. I will not be talking much about my personality or maybe not going to talk about it and I will also not talk about my negativity. As for what I do, I don’t really stay in just once place. I want to try different things and challenges but here are just some of the things that I do often.

I don’t read books much instead I watch Anime. I love watching Anime. The very first Anime I watched is Dragon Ball. It’s still good to watch the fights again especially the movies made in this years. It doesn’t really matter what genre I watch but I have one rule, I don’t watch long episode Animes. If I started something, I tend to watch it ‘till the end. So when I found out about Boku no Pico, that’s when I died (Just kidding, I haven’t watched it, though I am tempted). I don’t think I will be starting to watch Detective Conan. Oh yeah, usually, I cry watching some other episodes of Anime. You can really see the tears going down my face. take a look on Anohana if you'd like.

Of course when there’s Anime, some of them are connected to games. I’ve been playing video games since I was five. The very first digital game I played was “Command and Conquer: Generals” where I loved playing strategic games. Any games are okay for me to play even Barbie games (kidding) since this time; I don’t tend to finish games. I easily get bored. I don’t play LOL or DOTA instead I play my favorite game Dragon Nest. If I hadn’t played Dragon Nest, I wouldn’t have been able to be the way I am now. I usually play as the supporter role so in this game, I am using the class called "Saint".

I love listening to music.  It kind of annoys me if they asked me to lower the volume or just use one part  of the headphone because I wouldn’t really feel the music. Entertained by music helps be do work. I enjoy Anime music better or rock song. I’m not much on the mainstream music much more on something that will get my heart beat stronger or better. If I enjoyed music, then I enjoyed music games. My favorite music game would either be Cytus (if it does not lag) or an arcade game, Maimai. With these music, I usually make AMVs (Anime Music Videos). I love sequencing the scenes in music since I enjoy the music and at the same time i enjoy the movements. Here's an AMV that I made.

I did say that I don’t read books but I write novels. I started writing when I was eleven and somehow, I enjoyed making stories. I have this weird brain where I think a lot of possibilities from other shows and suddenly make my own story. I took up the course of Game Development not because I want to play games but because I want to tell them my stories through games. You can check my friend’s and my Wattpad account here.

What kind of people do I like? I don’t really care. As long as they are nice to me, I am nice to them. “But what kind of girls do you like?” I don’t really care, as long as they are nice to me, I am nice to them. “BUT WHAT KIND OF GIRLS YOU YOU LIKE-LIKE????” You know what, how about we just talk in the comments below. Besides, it’s like anyone is interested in what girls I like XD.

But any who, these are just some of the things that I like. If you want to know more, just comment below and ask a question (Like anyone reads this). Wait a minute, who is you? (I also like to say wrong grammars because it makes people annoyed :3)

13 - A very unrelated topic…

Hey! Would you look at that? That’s the only title that is not a question. I should be proud of myself for making my first title that is not a question. My trademark here is that all my topics are all questions because these are not much intended for me but intended for you. I want to help you guys up there for the people who have the same problems in this blogs. Maybe your perspectives would change, become wiser or change into something better. Any who, what’s the unrelated topic then? From the picture below, you’d guess what it is all about.

            Sorry for this but I’ll try to be religious at the moment. I am not that religious but somehow I feel like I need to write this. People became somehow content that they can live without the aid of Him but that is one reason why some of their personalities become worse. You can see in the news about drugs, theft, rape, violence, and even the conspiracies of other religions yet we still call that they are living? What does it mean to live? From the bible, Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” He lives in us therefore if we follow his commandments, we are to live and dying is the way to gain everlasting life. Other people just survive to do unholy things; they just stopped having faith that He will help them and that they can overcome the challenge in time. With such impatience, they stopped praying.

             Scientifically, He does not exist but logically, even science may not exist. If their perspective is that if something or someone has not been seen or proven, it means that they don’t exist. But ask them this, “If you jumped from the 20^th floor to the 1^st floor, will you survive? How would you know if you haven’t SEEN yourself do it? Someone did that and died but they are not you so how would you know if you can survive if you haven’t seen it yourself?”

           I think I was being sarcastic there but at least you know the logic. If your philosophy professor asked you if He exists, then just say what is above (But you might get punished later on). I’m sorry for being this religious but I just really feel like everybody needs to remember their faith and continue praying for forgiveness and blessings. Pray even though that problems encounter your way, pray even though that death has come to your family, pray if everyone turns against you, pray… because He, at the end, will save you and give you the best blessing that anyone could have, His everlasting Love.

           This is the very first and the only verse that I memorized that I want to share with you guys. John 3:16 “For He who loves the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

12 - You mad brah?

When we saw someone crying, we must always laugh at them. We all know that crying is funny and it’s not for men. We should call them crybabies for crying as adults. Crying is for babies only and adults who crying are funny and babies. Haha! (:3)

           I love crying. That’s right, you can know call me a crybaby because of what I’ve said up there… But hey, crying is good. Of course I don’t want to cry publicly because I don’t want to be laugh at. You know what I mean. It’s like the concept of politeness. Being polite are so rare these days that it is mistaken as flirting (9gag). It’s like crying. Seeing people cry makes them think that they are weak or they will just be laugh upon (TV shows does not apply because we know it’s acting). It’s just that as time goes by, people change their perspectives practically in everything even making the bad as good. You can see in games or Anime that the “dark” element are okay to use but some people have believe that the element is bad because it represents the devil. Though people taking it lightly as a cool element because they changed how they looked at it and somehow, that element became good. That goes the same for crying.

           Guys, it’s okay to cry. I cry every week and you can see how manly I am right now XD. But seriously, crying does not define weakness but it defines your way of showing your feelings. If you didn’t cry, then die. I mean literally cry. Everyone cries at some point of their lives. Crying is a sign to show ones feelings so I don’t see the problem with that. Here are some ways why crying is good:

1.)    Crying find relief.

-          Everyone is aware of this. Obviously, you don’t want to be angry at people and punch their faces, or hit their groins, or do the tombstone, or curse them. You might just find yourself in your own room crying than holding it all in. Sometimes, letting go is the best solution because it will just hurt you by taking everything in you. Sooner, you will realized that your mood will be better after crying and there you will be able to move on (wait what?).

2.)    Crying makes you healthy.

-          It’s like sweating you see (wait what?!). We know that a good sweat helps release bacteria and everything. Crying can also help you lubricate your eyes to keep your eyes from getting cry. When I didn’t cried for a whole month, I tried crying it suddenly it burns my eyes. That’s what I get for being in the computer for so long. When I started it much more regularly (weekly), it didn’t hurt. My eyes are less dry now and healthier.

3.)    Crying is a sign of happiness (WHAT WHAT!?!?!?!?).

-          Okay, this is something I didn’t get myself back then. But when I started shows, I later on realized. I cry because I’m happy how people grow up and finally moved on with their lives like accepting the fact about themselves. You’ll find it out soon that crying makes people happy if you watched “Anohana”. That’s the anime that I always watch to make me cry. This will be great. I’m sure. You will thank me. Trust me. This is going to be great (:3). I even made an AMV (Anime Music Video) out of it.

 Don’t take this the wrong way guys. Crying is very natural and great. If they say that crying is for babies then just tell them that you guys are babies too, you know because you want to feel younger? Pfft. Could you guys give me some anime that will make me cry?

11 - Smoke weeds everyday? Ft. Snoop Dawg (Dog)

I’ll just spread awareness that smoking is bad and stuff. Smoking kills people. I am doing an anti-smoking thing here. Let’s stop smoking now because smoking is harmful. *Yawn* Honestly, everybody here knows that smoking is bad even smokers themselves. If they already know that this is harmful for them, then we should just stop this anti-smoking awareness and just add some places where smoking is prohibited. How about we just let them smoke to places where smoking is available and vice versa then everyone stays happy, right? Besides, we’re missing the good point here. Let’s do the math here…

Human + Smoking = Disease = Paying = Poor = No cure = Death = Less population to feed

In terms, it means that “If a human smokes, they will have some diseases that they will have to pay in order to be cured. By paying, they will be poorer which if they continued to smoke, no cure will be found and they will eventually die. If people die, then the government would have to feed less people. So it’s a good thing so we can have more resources. Even the people in here praising the “No Smoking” sign agrees here (Now I am being dark here and that was just a picture from the Frosh Night by Rampage)

                That’s not the point here. The question is… why do people smoke even though they know it’s bad for their health? If you are in my place, then you would understand. I don’t smoke but I have something in common from them. We are both looking for satisfaction. Do you know that feeling when you got pissed and you want to either bang yourself to the wall or find satisfaction by playing games, watching Anime, listen to music, and other stuff that will not involve fighting with the human

or the nature? I guess that goes the same for people who smoke as they find their satisfaction and probably smoke their problems away.

Let’s change the perspective. Why did they start to smoke? One main problem is that they are pissed with the people around them. Of course if you are offered to smoke, you will get pissed over and over again that you will be smoking later on. What if we were the villains before and now the heroes by telling them to stop smoking? Let’s try reverse engineering. Before we start making a “Stop to smoke campaign”, let’s make a “Is my behavior okay?” campaign. After all, we might be the cause of why they started smoking or in other cases, why they trap themselves into something else. For people who do not to be disturbed, don’t disturb them regardless of the consequences. You might be the cause of the problems they have and they needed time to fix it by themselves or with the helps of others. From my last blog post, I believe that the number one enemy that todays heroes are not humans but the immaturity.

Let’s fix ourselves first, okay?

10 - Be a hero or not?

Yesterday specifically last August 14, 2015, we attended an event called "Heroes for Millennial." We listened to the speakers who talked about heroes from the past and modern heroes. Though I did not listen much at the first part because I was too sleepy (don't ask what I was doing), I did know and understand what we were talking about. Basically it was just some fact about our heroes Jose Rizal, Juan Luna, Gregorio del Pilar, Andres Bonifacio, and the one they pin pointed, Antonio Luna. There is a movie to be released at September 9, 2015 and they showed us a twelve minute preview of the show. The preview seems cool and so as the trailer. Generally we just talked about heroes being forgotten, the misinterpretations in our heroes, what a hero is and other sorts. Like I said I would put more pictures here to make it more attractive and the trailer of the movie so here you guys go.

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Though that is not really what I am concerned of. A question was asked and probably the theme of their event. "Bayan o Sarili?" In English it means country or self. That question is about being a hero or not to be a hero. Seems like an easy question but in my perspective, the question is rather "Why do people choose self rather than country?" Though I heard they answered Bayan, do they really mean it? The answer might have been Bayan but in their hearts it might have been Sarili. One reason that I can think of is immaturity. Let’s take note that helping others even though you don’t have any powers makes you a hero. 

Why do I think that immaturity is the main problem? I think this image would explain the whole thing in fact this might already explain the whole thing. Let’s take a sample. When you see a girl carrying a large sum of weight like books and then you helped, that would be a good thing. But if your friends saw you they’ll be shrieking. On the other hand if you do not help them, they will think how much of a gentleman you are (Sarcasm, but you get my point). Some people just stopped caring because they don’t want to get hurt that’s why some of them get ignorant and turn into support liking the posts rather than doing something towards the main problem. Actually, that also goes the same for me. How about you, will you be the same? You know there are other ways you can do to become a hero and it’s this one. Like what was said in number 4, I am inviting you to watch “Heneral Luna” this September 09, 2015 and by this way, you can consider yourself be called a hero. Let’s help contribute by spreading awareness about heroism and immaturity and that way, we might be heroes in ourselves.

One of the main villains to fight is immaturity, will you be the hero?