Journal #3329

Well the ICT went very well...All my friends who also did it agree that it was extremely easy...Why you ask? Because for some weird reason we received a book in our exam papers that contained all the revision notes so in other words we just copied off of the book...So I wonder what has happened to exams? They seem to be degrading...It was more like a memory test than a knowledge test.

In other good news:

My mod...I haven't said too much about it because I want to keep it a secret till I know it can be done...That way I won't look the fool if it fails...But I know it wont! I will not rest till it is done.

Dedication_2 will be finished...I just have to take a break for now?I have exams for the next 3 weeks and once that is through I can do whatever.

I do want to share some details about my mod plans because I feel it may inspire you...Below is a picture of a giant 'thing' called a 'Colossus'. The picture was taken from a PS2 game titled 'Shadow of the Colossus'...

Now when I asked people if they had heard of it they said no and I was so shocked to hear this...Never have I seen such a beautiful and clever game until this moment in time. The only downfall is they released it on PS2 only...The sheer size of the world is insane and I realise now they are my idols...Sorry Rabid

So I started with ideas because as you know I want to work in the gaming industry...I have it all planned out hopefully.

Now I have hired a concept artist like I wrote below and he has given me one piece of work so far...Only a sketch like I said before...Perhaps I'll show you in the future. I have the soundtrack sorted and right now as I write this I am typing out a director?s script.

My mod will be based in the same World as SoC however the game play will be slightly different because to make such a game for HL2 with my skills is impossible. So picture this:

The mod is 3rd person, you go around in search of the 'Colossi' to kill them with your only weapon...a sword. But it isn't that simple...These giants have weak spots and to reach them you must figure out how to get them to fall...Some will be easy like climbing the legs and stabbing it so it falls...Others will require you to shoot arrows under the feet...

Once they fall they are open for you to climb so you leap onto any ledges or fur you can grab onto and you simply climb as it tries to shake you off...There is a climb meter so time is of the essence.

The 'Colossi' have different themes like a giant human form or an animal...The soundtrack is brilliant I might add and I hope you think the same when the time comes.

For now may I interest you in a game play video from SoC??

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1491403135535396731&q=shadow+of+the+colossus&pl=true

It gives you the idea of how big they are, what you can do and how the game play works...Of course I won't have a horse and the world will be split into different maps...To make a huge World in HL2 is almost impossible.

Oh screw it: Here are more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kki8LhtnRw&search=Shadow%20of%20the%20Colossus%20

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-620813857637119811&q=shadow+of+the+colossus&pl=true

They are my favourite!

Feel free to PM me if your curious...Or just wanna call me crazy.

Just so you know I'm doing this to join the gaming industry, to allow people who don't own a PS2 to play such a beautiful game and because it differs from the usual 'shoot' 'shoot' mods...

Edit

What the hell...On Coding4fun.com they have links to some websites like Snarkpit etc and look at this description:

"We're not entirely sure what a Snark is. But they sure do have a lot of modding content. Mostly lots of great maps to explore."