Exams are upon me again. As of today, it’s 2 weeks to Exams. But we’ve still got assignments and projects to finish. The future looks dark this time round.

Amidst all this exam/assignment crap, I’m surrounded by people who have finished their exams, and probably their school lives. Argh! The agony. Every single plan turned down, every single outing sat out, every single chill session left out… Damn. *insert vulgarities*. Damn.

Can’t wait to get this semester over and done with, it being the last semester with exams and all. Next sem: FYP! More viral marketing to come. Meanwhile these two weeks are gonna be shitty.

To lift moods, here’s a pic of legendary Jorge Lorenzo scooter replica of his 48 Yamaha Fiat.

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I came across a feed which claims that Windows Vista has released its source code. When I came to the page, I found this to be a pretty funny joke.

Meanwhile, Wordpress has released version 2.5, which is an awesome revolution in terms of design and functionality. I’ve installed it on one of my current projects, and it’s really nice. I’m gonna upgrade Suadref Studios to the latest version soon… probably next holidays.

School’s started again. The subjects this semester looks grim. But it’s the last examinable semester… Must… trudge… through….

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RIFT is complete. The demo, that is. And everything went well. This is actually a very long overdue post.

The presentation was pretty good. And I guess we’re all pretty darn proud of ourselves for pulling through on such a short time.

We can’t make the game playable for all, coz the game engine we’re using is a bloody trial version, which doesn’t allow us to compile the game into an executable. So, to play it, you’ve gotta install the damn engine and run it from there.

But no worries, I’m thinking of putting up an in-game video montage. When? I don’t know. Probably after my exams.. which is coming in 4 days time!

Speaking of the exams, I really have no mood to study. This semester had been extremely fun, challenging and taxing. With all the heavy duty assignments completed, I really can’t find the motivation to ’study’ the very logical/common-sensical subjects of game development and 3d modelling. Well, not 3d modelling, but how the hell are they gonna test that kinda subject on paper?

Today, I went for a wedding, a friend from JC’s. The other day, I went to my NS friend’s wedding. Tomorrow, another JC friend’s wedding. A lot of people getting married around me. Everyone’s moving on with further chapters of their lives. Cool.

Right then, some more RIFT stuff.

Looking forward to the holidays, hope to get some paying assignments.

Oh ya, forgot to talk about my poor scooter. Hmm.. lazy. Maybe next time.

The main character, Azeriel, looking smug.

The animated Main Menu

What the final game looks like.

Post presentation THANK YOU image.

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remodelled characters, for Animatics.

Things To Do:

1. Cinematics or rather, Animatics
2. Cutscenes (victory and loss)
3. Rift Design n Animation
4. Monster Animation
5. People Animation
6. Sprites:
   Fire
   First Person View arm
   Portal
7. Poster Design
8. Art Documentation Cleanup

All that, to be done in Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Submission by Wednesday. More sleepless nights lies ahead…

Meanwhile, more screenshots!

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Eirana, Riftwalker

I’m still compiling my level. It’s been a whole freakin’ day. It’s been compiling from 10 pm YESTERDAY till 7 pm TODAY. What the bloody hell.

I’m gonna stop with the level design. This will be final.

On to more models, documentations, and there’s still the other subject to worry about.

But hey, look at Eirana… Pretty hot eh? I should’ve used the method of modelling hair with the main hero. Saved so much time. Why didn’t I think of that.

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The whole week. The whole bloody week of chinese new year holidays. I did nothing but sit in front of my PC working on this piece of project.

It’s actually bloody irritating, troublesome, meddlesome and I felt like crushing the PC so many times.

Edit one small thing, compile for 15 minutes. What a joke of an engine.

It’s the small motivations from seeing stuff work, and seeing newer versions come online, and getting some ‘pro’ help on 3D modelling, that kept my drive going.

Anyways, I was hoping to make constant updates on the development of the game, but probably couldn’t find the time to do it. So here’s a massive chunk of stuff.

The Riftwalker. Designed in Lightwave, ported to MAX, animated in Game Studio MED.

Preliminary City Screenshot.

Posing and animating in 3DGS Model Editor. The beam is fake. I photoshopped it! Haha.

click for a 1024X768 wallpaper.

I hope we can make it by the deadline. It’s getting intense. I’m very worried.

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They keep making us do kitchens! What’s up with that?! From the first time we touched computer graphics, with OpenGL coding nightmares, to the POV ray coding nightmares, to the currently fun Lightwave modelling… We keep making kitchens!

Here it is. My Kitchen Evolution.

OpenGL.

POV Ray.

Magic of Lightwave.

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Hi everyone. I loved how movies like Batman and Cloverfield use viral marketing to spread their publicity. Well, here’s a shot in the dark from me.

No details as yet. Just this.

This is seriously one of the greatest undertakings I’ve ever umm… undertook. Err… yeah.

So stay tuned. This will either be very big, or it’ll blow up right in our faces.

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edited: 4.45 pm, Wednesday

Ok, I’m done with my kitchen. Added a few more stuff which took me another half a day. Hmm… I guess it’s pretty decent now, it’s got a microwave, switchable lights, a bar, stools, and an awesome rotating fan!

Nuff with this shit.

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It’s what I tell myself everytime this period comes. The exams are upon me… again! While everyone else already had their exams, mine looms closer. It’s just two weeks till the papers.

But I wouldn’t complain if it’s two weeks and I got all the time to study. No, instead… I’ve got major assignments deadlines to meet. Assignments which are like 1/4 of the exams’ weight.

But one assignment I DID manage to complete by today is the very ‘fun’ and ‘interesting’ subject of computer graphics. Behold! My kitchen!

Ain’t she pretty? And all this… the whole kitchen, with the chairs, table, stove, refrigerator, fruits, cups, lighting… they’re all hand coded! It’s freakin’ crazy I tells ya! Coding takes all the FUN outta 3D modelling.

Well, whatever. It seems like they always teach us the screwed up way before the cool, short-cut way. Just like the other subject, System-Administrations. I only found out that the redhat linux has a built in GUI all along. They only revealed it to us in the final lab. If I had known earlier, I’d have used it to ease my sufferings working with Unix. We had to code… and type commands… the WHOLE TIME!

So, with this assignment sort of done, I’ll have umm… 3 major assignments, 1 homework assignment and 2 more lab tasks to complete in this two weeks. So… where’s the bloody time to study?

They really know how to make a killer schedule don’t they?

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