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[Putnam]

I need something to write.

[TheBiggerFish]

Uh...
30-second 'political ad' for Bernie Sanders?
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[hops]

I need something to write.

What kind of writing are we talking about?

[Putnam]

fiction

preferably a game script, actually, i'm like a thousand times better at programming than writing

[Orange Wizard]

The story of an angsty teen who goes through everyday life and gradually realises that anime isn't real.

[chaotic skies]

Try looking through the FG&R board. While I doubt anyone there would mind you stealing their ideas if you're turning it into a legit game, ask about it and you should be fine. If all else fails just use the storyline from some random book.

ON-TOPIC EDIT: Just realized how annoying having a summer birthday is

[hops]

fiction

preferably a game script, actually, i'm like a thousand times better at programming than writing

What kind of game then?

[Putnam]

The story of an angsty teen who goes through everyday life and gradually realises that anime isn't real.

believe it or not that is a really goddamn good idea for a dating sim or similar

my reasoning: anime is probably the single worst thing to get ideas about other human beings from, especially as a teenager. Learning anime isn't real relates to the struggle to get a social identity that doesn't completely put people off, which becomes much harder when your ideas of how women act involve the word "onii-chan"

fiction

preferably a game script, actually, i'm like a thousand times better at programming than writing

What kind of game then?

probably not a dating sim or similar, since those are more write-heavy than gameplay-heavy and i'm waaay more confident in my ability to program game systems than my ability to write stuff

[chaotic skies]

Here's what I'd do: Come up with a gameplay system (or multiple, whatever you want to do) that is interesting to you. Then build a game around that, add characters to make it interesting, that kind of thing. Then do the story to make everything connect. Or you could make a game and add the story & lore and stuff as a side thing that isn't really required.

[Yoink]

You don't own an umbrella?

Someone get this man an umbrella.

I'm sure I'm too late, but do you have any large garbage bags? Cut a hole in the bottom, then wear it as a poncho.

Ummm... thanks for the suggestions you guys, but I kind of value my remaining shreds of dignity a bit more than a mildly-enjoyable early-morning-pizza-roll-experience.
I disavowed umbrellas years ago. And I haven't used a raincoat in a long time, either. I used to have a cool jacket that was mostly waterproof and perfect for such situations, but I lost it. Also it kinda smelled like cat pee and was badly in need of a dryclean, that was a bit unpleasant. I still miss it, though.

Normally I wouldn't mind going for a walk in the rain, but the weather's been miserable lately (Winter starting and all that) and I've been battling a cold. I ended up just lying down and sleeping- I actually thought "wait, let's not go to sleep, I should go to the shop anyway," but by then I was comfy and it was too late.

[hops]

The story of an angsty teen who goes through everyday life and gradually realises that anime isn't real.

believe it or not that is a really goddamn good idea for a dating sim or similar

my reasoning: anime is probably the single worst thing to get ideas about other human beings from, especially as a teenager. Learning anime isn't real relates to the struggle to get a social identity that doesn't completely put people off, which becomes much harder when your ideas of how women act involve the word "onii-chan"

fiction

preferably a game script, actually, i'm like a thousand times better at programming than writing

What kind of game then?

probably not a dating sim or similar, since those are more write-heavy than gameplay-heavy and i'm waaay more confident in my ability to program game systems than my ability to write stuff

"Not a dating sim" isn't exactly specific

[chaotic skies]

Do an RPG or just do a platformer if you really want to. Most RPGs and platformers have little to no plot that is incredibly necessary to enjoy the game, and they're both heavily based on gameplay.

[hops]

I think wanting to write a gamescript means plot.

But platformers and RPGs are as Hero Journey as they go.

[itisnotlogical]

I hate the stupid arbitrary restrictions that professors place on what counts as "research". Statements by Brian Kernigan, author of The C Programming Language and creator of two other languages? Nope, it doesn't count as research, because it was on YouTube and not on a stupid archaic paper medium, or even better, behind a paywall on a university database.

Some day I want to construct a paper or speech with citations from Mein Kampf, The Dilbert Future, Fanny Hill, and my high school yearbook. They're all books, right? Ink on paper. Fair game for research!

[Solifuge]

Got my OSVR Dev Kit in the mail. Set the VR Headset up, was really excited to mess with it, etc.

Unfortunately, it makes me pretty nauseous, doesn't fit my big head, the adjustable diopter doesn't cover my prescription, the only lense position that fits my glasses is also the strongest vision correction setting (it and my glasses have a combined total vision correction of +9 which is really bad for my eyes) and by and large I can't use it.

Thinking about returning it, and just saving up for the HTC Vive. Worst comes to worst, I can just use OSVR software for developing. I just really wanted to support the project; I love what Sensics are doing creating a common standard for VR Hardware and Software, before everyone makes a bunch of proprietary connectors and software markets and crap.

Ah, well.

I hate the stupid arbitrary restrictions that professors place on what counts as "research". Statements by Brian Kernigan, author of The C Programming Language and creator of two other languages? Nope, it doesn't count as research, because it was on YouTube and not on a stupid archaic paper medium, or even better, behind a paywall on a university database.

Yeah. It's a kind of irony that Universities are still stuck in the past in so many ways. Gender and racial disparity in instructors, and outright departmental misogyny are still huge in technical fields, depending on where you go. There's the archaic methodology for assessing which data can be accepted as fact, and which data aren't trusted. The cutthroat way researchers fight to publish first on a new body of research, causing whoever is slower to waste years of work and funding on redundant research. Even the bullying of the peer-review processes that gets would-be Doctors admitted into a the Inner Circle of Academics. Sometimes, the whole Academia thing reminds me of a historic secret society or cult; they've certainly got rituals and ceremonial garbs and oaths enough. I could go on about the absurd spending on College Sports, the unsustainable rising costs despite the modern habit of replacing all the well-paid and knowledgeable tenured professors with poorly-paid adjuncts, and all sorts of other things that just kill me... but this isn't the angry thread, and I need to calm down.

Yeah, I love the science that comes out of it, but I can't help but think some time spent in institutional reforms would help speed things along. And make the bad bits a bit less awful.

Or, you know, we could just put more guns in schools I guess? 9_9