Well as of April 30th I am officially graduated. Just waiting for the diploma to come in the mail. I also finished my internship for Primeval Games and I've been working on improving myself while job hunting and working an hourly position at a gas station near my house.
So current news, I'm starting to teach myself Lua through World of Warcraft. I plan to create a couple simple addons for the game and then move onto a broader study of the scripting language. I figured since I'm familiar with WoW this will be a good way for me to introduce myself to the language.
I also have a simple game concept in mind (in the vein of Tetris and Bejeweled) that I am planning to make in Lua, DarkBasic, and possibly Torque 2D if I develop it enough to create a standalone game. Maybe I'll even make a Flash version who knows. Mainly I want to just work on learning some new skills with it, and try and get some demonstratable scripting under my belt.
I'm also going to be fleshing out a level I created for a design test recently. In case the company would be concerned I'll be editing the material so it is separate from the original information they sent me, but I'm going to expand and detail the level layout I created in Unreal and see if I can't make it a sort of culmination piece for everything I've studied.
On the general gaming front I'm following the violent game issue with as much vigor as ever. I've noticed that social issues such as violence, sexuality, racism, and the like seem to be getting a lot more attention in the media lately so I am excited to see where the stories go. Also I am applying to companies now looking for entry level Level Design and QA positions so if anyone knows someone looking for my skill set give me a holler.
I called this post Interim because that is where my life seems to be right now. I'm in between school and my first step into my work career. I am currently in the middle of figuring out where I will be for the next 3-12 months (depending on my success applying I may be in Phoenix for another year or out of here sooner rather than later) so that leaves everything feeling a bit up in the air. I guess it's normal though, it's hard to imagine how far I've come in the last four years. I started college without even a full idea of the amount of work and different types of work that go into Game Development. Now I am fully educated, skilled and somewhat practiced in it and not only am I interested in pursuing it as an entertainment media, but as an artistic and socially conversational media as well.
That being said I have a very open mind when it comes to what kinds of games I would like to work on, and I would be happy to hear from anyone who might like to work with me.
Current Games:
World of Warcraft
Ar Telenico 2
Chrono Trigger
