Well, everyone, this is the end for this short little movie. I have finished all I’m going to do with it.
The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden: Production 07
[June - 24 - 2008]The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden: Production 06
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The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden: Production 05
[June - 20 - 2008]The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden: Production 04
[June - 19 - 2008]Work continues on the movie!
I have filmed the final live action scene to appear in the movie. The acting is so bad that it should be funny to see. I would do takes over and over to try and get the acting better but keep in mind that this movie is not meant to be taken all that seriously. It’s supposed to be cheesy. And besides, most gamers aren’t actors to begin with.
The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden: Production 03
[June - 17 - 2008]I ran into another snag earlier today. It seems that FRAPS, the software I use to capture the screen, has stopped working. I have yet to figure out WHY it randomly decided to stop. I can’t seem to fix it though.
The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden: Production 02
[June - 16 - 2008]It took awhile but I finally beat Vundo and got my machine back to normal. Production has resumed.
I went ahead and filmed the first live action scene.
Unfortunately, as you can see from the picture, it’s rather dark. I hope the rest of the live action footage will not turn out so dark.
The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden: Production 01
[June - 13 - 2008]I’m already having technical difficulties on the first day! Can you believe this?
While getting all the software installed I somehow contracted the trojan Vundo. It has proved incredibly difficult to remove completely from my machine.
To make matters worse, a cleaner I got to remove Vundo has more or less wiped out Windows. I’m in the process of restoring my computer and getting everything back up and running.
Production cannot continue until I get everything back up and running.
The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden – Introduction
[June - 12 - 2008]Time for something a little different. Instead of a computer program I’ve decided to try my fate at creating a short little movie dealing with Ninja Gaiden. I’m calling it “The Five Gamer Stages of Ninja Gaiden” and it involves what “stages” a gamer goes through while playing one of the most difficult NES games ever created.
Please stay tuned to this exciting new project!
Attn: Sears Employees
[June - 6 - 2008]This post is very disturbing and I would recommend everyone read it. I bring it up now because we’re entering what Sears is calling “Operation Fresh Start” (or, alternatively, “Operation Spring Cleaning”). As those who work there know, this operation involves everyone cleaning the store from top to bottom. Everything from dusting to repainting fixtures. I post this as a caution and as a “please take care” while you’re doing this stuff.
This post below was taken by an ex-Sears employee from 2004 during a topic about cleaning the stores.
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Escape from Zearz – Version 1.0.2
[June - 5 - 2008]Another update!
I have completely recoded the game from scratch yet again because I have found a better method of drawing the graphics to the screen and for storing rooms. The end result is that I can go back to my original idea for directions. The compass is going to disappear, though right now the graphic for it is still present on the GUI. I haven’t figure out what I’m going to replace that area with.
No snapshot for this version but if you download it and run it you will see the progress I’ve made. You can now interact with an NPC (“Ed”) and talk to him a few times. He has a few different lines to say.
As of right now I’m borrowing a few sprites and backgrounds from other games. I’m still not completely pleased with it, but it was just meant to test the other stuff anyway. I’ll be going back and revamping all of that in a future version.
This will probably be my last post about the game for awhile as the next version will take awhile.
