Tech News

In tech news today, Google announces that it will be eliminating Google + from it's web services platform. They claim, to paraphrase, that the low number of adopters (ahem) make it pointless to keep maintaining Google +. I should've known something was wrong when my Google + page had 3 million views and I didn't even do anything.

Short Programming Work

package {

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.event.Events*;

public class BombGame extends MovieClip {

public var plaName:String; = "Bomber"
public var pla1:Player = new Player(100, 6, plaName);
public var bomb1:Bomb = new Bomb();

public function BombGame():void {

pla1.x = pla.y = 200;
addChild(pla1);

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyPreHandler);
stage.addEventListener(KeyBoardEvent.KEY_UP, keyUpHandler);

}

public function keyPreHandler(e:event):void {

switch (e.keyFromCharCode) {

"Up":
pla1.y-=speed;
break;

"Down":
pla1.y+=speed;
break;

"Left":
pla1.x-=speed;
break;

"Right";
pla1.x+=speed;
break;

"B";
pla1.dropBomb(bombsleft);
break;
}

New Work Ideas

Right now I'm thinking that I should come up with some game ideas. I should probably just make games for the rest of my life. Small games, of course. It will be difficult, but I think that I can achieve what I'm setting out to do.

One game idea that I had was a variation of Bomberman. Right now, I think I might want to "modernize" the idea a bit, because it won't work just by itself.

I also had an idea for an open world game, but I'm not quite sure as to how to make that one work yet. I don't know how to break into the world of game design yet. I was able to create all of the game design elements, but that won't be enough for the future. I really need to figure out how to make it work. I want to make games.

Sort

private var dentists:Array = ["Denys", "Flauben", "Doctore"];

dentists.sort(Array.ASCENDING); // Flauben, Doctore, Denys;

dentists.sort(Array.DESCENDING); //Denys, Doctore, Flauben;

dentists.sort(Array.CASE_SENSITIVE); //Denys, Doctore, Flauben;

Upper and Lower

"This is it".toUpper() //THIS IS IT
"This is it".toLower() //this is it
"This is it".title() //This Is It



tupa:Int = parseInt('5');
lupe:String = "Lupe Fiasco is coming";
tada:Date - date.DateTime(); //Not too sure about this line.

vendere:Array = [tupa,lupe,tada];
vendere.shuffle();

What Do I Need

To start a game design company, I need:

1. Computers.
2. Burners.
3. Game Design software.
4. Graphic Design software.
5. Incorporation.
6. Legal advice.
7. Tax help.
8. Books.
9. Internet access.
10. Work space.
11. Vehicles.
12. Logo.
13. Tagline.
14. Trademark.
15. Servicemark.
16. Business bank account.
17. Business Tax ID number.
18. Branding.
19. Colors.
20. Letterhead.
21. Cintique.
22. External hard drive.

I Don't Know What To Do, But I'll Get There

I want to start Battleganz, my game design company. I need to:

Write my business plan.
Make a logo.
Make a budget.
Come up with some game ideas.
Study employment.
Hire lawyers.
Hire designers.

Everything has to come in its own time. The list goes on and on. I should start building now, start making things the way that I want them. It will only make things better if I do what it takes to make it work now.