Well it had been quite a while since I blogged last.

Computer
I finally got my New computer! ^_^ I love it so much. Here is the geek stuff. -

Manufacturer:
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC

Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz

Memory:
3198MB RAM

Hard Drive:
500 GB

Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Monitor:
SyncMaster 226BW(Digital)

Sound Card:
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)

Speakers/Headphones:
Steelseries Siberia Headset HI-FI Headphones 18-28000HZ 40OHM 9FT Cable W/ Microphone Black

Keyboard:
Logitech G15 (older one)

Mouse:
Logitech Mx518

Operating System:
Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071009-1548)

Case: Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Black Aluminum ATX Tower Case 5X5.25 2X3.5 5X3.5INT No PS W/ Window

It cost me $2,200 CAD. Which was awesome, I thought it was gonna cost $2,500. ^_^

School
I started a new semester at school and I took Math 11, English 11, Physics 11, and a spare. I'm in the same teachers class for everything but English. My Tenant is a Student Teacher and she is teaching me English.

Gamemaker
In Gamemaker I Have been Slacking, (No way) But I have been trying to learn some new functions. I have made a Ball Bounce in a room, which works ok I just need to tweak it a lil, and I made something strafe around an object.
The only problem now is my friend got me Norton 360 and it says my Version of Gm7 is a Virus. I'm not quite sure how to get around that yet.

Christmas
For Christmas I got a new room and a car.
The room is now brown, I have a new bed, and a new dresser. The room used to be Blue before. The car is a 1988 New Yorker.

Other
- I got my L on Feb 1st.
- I made some friends lately

Thats about it.

Well I've been meaning to write this for quite a while. My life has been good lately. I finally caught up in a few of my classes, gotten farther in my knowledge of GM, and gotten Halo 3.

Just some Gamemaker Stuff:

I have been working on my game entitled ??? lately, I haven't gotten much done but I fixed most of the bugs in the menu system and I'm working on the Items right now. I really wish I was more of an artist though as all my games don't have the best spriteing. I will try to improve my graphics either near the end of the game, or (if i do) before I release a demo.

Just some Gaming Stuff:

Well as I said I bought Halo 3, I don't like That they changed the reload buttons but I supposed it could help lots if you got used to it. I like the ability to pick up turrets. I got to the 3rd mission in the campaign. I definitely do not like that you have to keep going back and forth through the levels.

I have also been playing An Untitled Story. The Demo can be found at http://helixgamesinc.com/. It is shareware though. You have to donate at least $1 CAD. It will not be released for free for quite some time I'm afraid. It is a very fun game I highly recommend it.

Just some Movie Stuff:

I have been watching some great movies lately. I have now seen 12/21 James Bond movies. They are excellent! ^_^

Just some Internet Stuff:

I have been trying to think of a good name for a website for my games, any ideas? No use yet though, cause it'll be a while before I'm finished a game.

I should also get around to customizing my blog page...

Just some Stuff in Closing:

Well that just about sums it up, be sure to check out helixgamesinc though, many of YoMamasMama's games are excellent.

Well long time since the last blog huh?

Well I haven't been working on my games too much lately, save for mye game currently titled ???. The main problem is I formatted my Hard drive and I lost all my files . But i had some older versions of my games in my email inbox, so no worries ^_^. Also i Have not been working on then because after reformatting my friends version of widnows xp didnt work so he put vista on. I dont want to work on too many games just in case game maker 7 dosent work on my new computer. At my job i almost have enough for it though i don't think i will be able to get it till christmas break... My new computer will include 4GB of ram, dual core processer, clear acrilic case, led fans, windows xp Media center edidion, and other stuff.

At school I started taking Math, CISCO,socials, and electronics.

In CISCO right now we are doing Hex-binary,and Hex-decimal, Binary-Hex, and Decimal-Hex. I better get back to those right now.

Recently I have been looking into making my own music for Gamel. Unfortunately my computer sucks and it wont play the sounds when I do anything in the program. I'm sure its not the program, It's my sound card.

I haven't been inspired to do any work on Gamel lately but as I am writing this I am starting to feel like working on it.

A few days ago I saw The Simpsons movie. Wow that was hilarious. Spider Pig lol.

Well I have recently got a job. It is at Superstore. For those who do not know what superstore is, it is like Safeway. It is my first job.

I recently got the seventh Harry Potter Book, and I am reading the sixth to catch up so I have a lot of reading ahead of me. Then it occurred to me exactly how many books I'm reading. Ten in all, but half are just sequels of the first five. They are Harry Potter 6 and 7, The Chronicles of Narnia, A Series of Unfortunate Events 13, Lotr The Fellowship of the Ring, Lotr The Two Towers, Lotr The Return of the King, and The official Halo Books-The Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike. Wow the stack is almost 2 feet high.

In gm terms i have been trying to work out a randomness controller for Gamel. Its not working for some reason can anybody figure out whats wrong? I am basically trying to make an instance appear at a random edge in the room (the xx yy part) or I am just creating it in the room. There is more than one object depending on how often i want that object to appear.


Sprite: <no sprite>
Solid: false
Visible: true
Depth: 0
Persistent: false
Parent: <no parent>
Mask: <same as sprite>

Create Event:
execute code:

var wall,xx,yy;
wall=choose("top","bottom","left","right")
if wall="top" {xx=random(room_width) yy=0}
if wall="bottom" {xx=random(room_width) yy=room_height}
if wall="left" {xx=0 yy=random(room_height)}
if wall="right" {xx=room_width yy=random(room_height)}

spaceran[0]="instance_create(32,32,obj_1)"
spaceran[1]="instance_create(32,32,obj_1)"
spaceran[2]="instance_create(32,32,obj_1)"
spaceran[3]="instance_create(32,32,obj_1)"
spaceran[4]="instance_create(32,32,obj_1)"
spaceran[5]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_1)"
spaceran[6]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_1)"
spaceran[7]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_1)"
spaceran[8]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_1)"
spaceran[9]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_1)"
spaceran[10]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_2)"
spaceran[11]="instance_create(random(room_width),random(room_height),obj_2)"
spaceran[12]="instance_create(random(room_width),random(room_height),obj_3)"
spaceran[13]="instance_create(random(room_width),random(room_height),obj_4)"
spaceran[14]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_5)"
spaceran[15]="instance_create(32,32,obj_5)"
spaceran[16]="instance_create(xx,yy,obj_5)"
spaceran[17]="instance_create(32,32,obj_6)"
spaceran[18]="instance_create(32,32,obj_7)"
spaceran[19]="instance_create(32,32,obj_7)"
spaceran[20]="instance_create(32,32,obj_7)"

Other Event: Room Start:
execute code:

ran=ceil(19)
execute_string(spaceran[ran])

Thanks for the hit!

Well I decided to sign up. It is a great site. I like the layout, uploading system, and the idea of badges.

Upon joining i beat the LOLOMGWTFBBQ series. They are good games, a nice and simple engine. I have a tendency to go beyond my game making abilities so I should try to build a simple game like this.

I am currently working on a game called Gamel. It is an adventure/Platformer. It is about a guy who uses his spaceship and goes to other planets. There different weapons that the ship can use, the guy can get out of the ship, and many other features. I have three planets so far, a fire planet, a water planet and earth. I am hoping to have at least two more. I have no storyline ideas yet.

These screenshots are not actually from the game, due to the fact that I don't want to do level design until I have my room transfering system completed. I am thinking about making the ship smaller and changing the sprite altogether. Also I don't really like the particles from the thrusters so I think I will redo them. also my sprites screwed up with that purple stuff on the edges so i need to take that out. This game is still in the early stages of development. But I think It will Be fun.

Screenshots:





If anyone could help me with the room transfering system that would be great. :)