July 30th 2008

World Destruction (David got me in the mood to look for lots of videos about it)

Recap

• Forgot to blog yesterday, so I'll be talking about that here.
• Basically, started debugging the code. There were quite a few errors, such as the fact that it wasn't drawing constantly. I managed to figure it out. (yay! running real time!). But now we have other errors, such as dragging errors. Our program likes to crash, and I like crashing it.
• Finished the paper!!!! (^_^) Sent it off to Lora Leigh, Pam, Stephen, Prasad and my university research professor. I haven't actually talked to him this whole summer. Johnny reminds me from time to time, but I completely forget afterward.
• Paper is up in the main page of the Wiki and in the team blog (both word and pdf versions)

Morning

• The demo and poster practice was alright. I'm really tired for some reason and almost fell asleep while standing up. Might skip lunch so I can sleep.
• Satya is helping out with debugging. Prasad's not here today (the gods can be cruel sometimes). I really hope we can get this thing running even better byhe end of the day. Cole is working on the baseplate, which is good 'cuz you can't really see it that much right now and Tom is working along with Cole on something, probaby the interface overlay.
• No good. I didn't sleep. I always lose to my brain.

Afternoon

• Wait a sec... Prasad did come in today!
• Ugh, debugging is killing people here. Right now, it's not taking inputs correctly because it's not reading the pixels right (so says Cole). Cole is clocking out and hoping tha Vijay will be here early tomorrow. I just hope that the blocks will draw on to the baseplate. (Oh-uh, we're losing Cole!)

Random news of the day (about World Destruction XD)

• Starting off with this trailer (subbed) of the anime that gives us a little bit of background on the setting:
  
• This one is one of the DS trailers (not subbed) that talks a bit about the story of the world before the start of the game:
  (It starts with the voice actor of the main character talking then goes on to explain the history of the world in the game. I tried doing a bit of translation, might have missed a few words) A thousand years ago, this world was reset, covering it with seas of sand. It this world where humans are ruled by beastmen, lives a young boy named Kylie. The girl Morte who wished to end this world seeks the power to destroy it taking along for the trip, her fellow members of the World Destruction Committee (WDC).(It goes on about Kylie going to find out about his origins as well, or something, then says the title)
  
• This one just says some random things at the start about the beastmen attacking the humans and Morte explaining about what the WDC is. It ends with Kylie saying that he'll bring about (or create) a new world. This is good for you to see bits of the anime and the game as well as recognize the characters.
  
• This one is just randomly here so you can hear the voice actors for the game:
  
• This one is so that you can enjoy the CG of the game:
  
• And the opening of the anime, 'cuz it's a cool song:
  
• The title for the game and spin-off are as follows:
  • (NDS) World Destruction: Michibikareshi Ishi (The Will That Leads)
  • (Anime) World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin (The Six People Who Destroy The World)
  • (Manga) World Destruction: Futari no Tenshi (Two Angels)
  • link to Wiki
  • link to official site (japanese, sorry, It hasn't come out in Japan and there's no current news of it coming here just yet)

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