I’ve been doing lots of cool stuff for the sequel game Something’s In The Air (SITA), but I don’t want to show it all because that would spoil the game. But a few teaser renders wouldn’t hurt. Back in October 2010, I was showing off sets I built for downtown locations. Those sets will show up in SITA as well,
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It has been about 6 months since I actively started working on the “sequel”, so you are due for an update. The biggest news is that I have settled on a title, which is quite an accomplishment considering that the original Date Ariane Simulator never really had an official title. After toying with “Second Date” (which is the project folder
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I have spent the last 15 years employed in the internet industry. Not with one particular company, but with multiple companies, supporting pretty much every aspect of the web. I did modem support, wireless support, search engine support, DNS support, domain name support, web server configuration, and I have run half a dozen websites, including forum administration, design practices, and
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Time for an update on whats going on with “the sequel” which still does not have a title yet. Actually, I have not been working on it much the last month. I knew this would happen though, because I know how I work. I start by doing something creative which is rewarding but also a lot of work, and after
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After struggling with the intricacies of slider bars, trying to balance between matching the proportions of “classic” Ariane, and what actually looks good, I ultimately decided to just keep it simple. I found a pre-designed V4 head that is close, made a grand total of 8 minor adjustments to get closer, and deemed it “close enough”. The new Ariane is
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A lot of people have the wrong idea about “the sequel”, and it is probably my fault for calling it “the sequel”, so maybe I should take a post to clarify my master plan and set the record straight. I suspect that, like the character update, there will be those that will say “That sounds awesome!”, and others that will
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One of the changes I made to the 7.1 version was to replace the hostess at the strip club with a new model, because the old hostess just can’t cut it anymore. Now after working with a bunch of new models and creating the sequel, it is becoming more and more obvious that Ariane herself needs to be updated. I
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I have not written anything in a couple of weeks because I have been busy working on the sequel. Meanwhile… There are many little things going on in metaverse land worth bringing up. First, is the fast decline of Worlds of Warcraft. They are losing net subscribers at a rate of about 100,000 a month. Currently they sit at 11.1
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So I mentioned last time that I had a challenge in creating a crowded movie theater. Challenge Met!! I have no idea if or when I will finish this sequel, but I am having a lot of fun giving myself challenges and meeting them. It is like a really different video game, with daily new mission and quests to get
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So after a bunch of prep work (that I still have not finished), I decided to start the long but fun task of making pictures for the sequel, and thought I’d share the first two. One of the pictures I changed in the 7.1 date was the picture of driving up to the restaurant downtown. There is now a bar
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