Action 18You awake motivated - you have decided that today, yes, TODAY, you will program a "video game" on your computer. For science! And it will become immensely popular, and everyone will see your genius!
You think about contacting someone experienced with game design, someone with a great idea, but then discard the idea. You, wasting your time making someone
elses ideas into reality, when you have so many of your own? Preposterous!
You decide you'll just make a small game at first, to get the hang of it, and then head over to the internet cafe to do some comparison shopping online.
You start brainstorming concepts for the game, working it out on several pieces of scrap paper and on your computer. Suddenly, one idea is leading into another as you get hit by wave after wave of INSPIRATION! Yes! Yes! You'll combine the best aspects of both Poker and Chess, and then wrap it into a gripping narrative with a strong advancement system! To make it even better, you'll include a strong puzzle solving element, and to that end you come up with some rather devious puzzles that people should be able to thoroughly enjoy working over.
You spend a couple hours laying out a detailed plan for the game progression, and how everything will work and interact. You manage to include some killbots in the later levels, as well. You spend another hour just working on the puzzles, and then another hour insuring balance for the multiplayer you just decided you
needed to include.
You then begin putting the game together, thoroughly enjoying yourself as you spend several hours plowing through the code and getting a solid framework for the game. As you go, you keep thinking of new, awesome things that you simply MUST include in the game. After thats in place, you spend several hours putting together the many levels, fine tuning them as you go, and implementing the various puzzles. One of the puzzles requires you to include a fairly in depth physics system - it will only be used for that puzzle, but its a good puzzle and thus totally worth it. Then, you begin working on the core of what will make the game great - the vicious AI. It doesn't cheat - it's just amazingly, beautifully good at what it does. Finally, a game with real CHALLENGE!
Then you begin testing the game, insuring everything worked as you planned. You have to do a bit of tweaking, but you can easily tell that the game is simply incredible! A masterpiece!
Finally, you spend a number of hours sketching up with some high quality artwork to go with it. The game wouldn't exactly be called eye candy, but it is the mechanics that
really matter in a game anyway.
Satisfied, you sit back as the rush fades, leaving you to realize that you are awfully tired, and awfully hungry.
Whatever, you aren't quite done yet. You still need to release your masterpiece upon the world. You quickly hurry and arrive at the coffee shop, which has just finished opening. You head inside, get a coffee and a bagel with the remains of your pocket change, and go online. You quickly work something out on a major game site, and an hour later your game is published. Now all you have to do is sit back and wait for your adoring fans to sing your praises, skyrocket you to the front page, and shower you with fame and money.
While your waiting, no reason not to be productive. You head online and begin to investigate food and part prices. Not too shabby, not at all. There's a discount grocery nearby, about half an hour on foot, and a thrift store that specializes in appliances a bit over an hour away. You also make a post on craigslist about your robot - you're not entirely sure you want to sell it, but it would be nice to see how much it would go for. Its adorable, which your post really does fail to capture without pictures, but your lack of a camera is an obvious sign that you need money badly. Selling it to a worthy buyer should be fine - anyone else might hurt your pride a bit, but its not like its the first robot you've made. And you suppose being sold is a better fate than blowing up like all the others did.
You notice a cute young man sitting at the table next to you, looking at you. As you make eye contact he says
"Hey there, I haven't seen you around before. You new to town, or did you just find this place? Also," he says, gesturing to your lab coat and gloves. "very interesting outfit. I'm sure its got an interesting story behind it to."
Unsure what to say, you wait to see if he says anything else.
"Uhm... uh, also, you've got some pretty kickin' hair if I do say so myself."
Time Passed : About 24 hours.
Knowledge Gained : Programming +.5
Time Constraints:
1.5 Months (44 days) - Science competition
3 Months (83 days) - Return of Cousin
Known Locations:
Cousin Caroline's Basement
Coffee Shop
Scrapyard
Scrapyard Warehouses
Wearing:
Casual Clothing of NORMALCY!
White Lab Coat of SCIENCE!
Glasses to correct your POOR VISION!
Yellow Dishwashing gloves of SCIENCE!
Comfortable Shoes of SCIENCE!
Regular Clothes (under Lab Coat)
Inventory:
2 Reference Books
--Chemistry
--Physics
Letter addressed to one Dr. Donlan
Devices:
Design and Machining device
Tools:
Cheap Netbook
Metal Saw, Wood Saw
Drill with an assortment of bits
Hammer
Dwemel
Sledgehammer
Soldering Gun
Fire Extinguisher
Assorted wrenches/screwdrivers/pliers/wirecutters
Some other tools you forgot about in the back of your drawers
Smoke Detector
Large Table
Workbench
Remote Control
Parts:
Small Sheet Metal (x1)
2x4 (x2)
Large Plywood Sheet (x1.5)
Screws and Nails (Many)
Solder (x7)
Circuit Board (x2)
Magnetron
High Voltage Power Transformer
Small Motor
Small Wheels (x4)
Large Plastic Tarp (x1)
Various Wires (x13)
Duck Tape (x29)
Rope, 25ft (x2)
Circuitry (x1)
Spigot (x1)
Small Pipe section (x1)
Small Plastic Tubing (x3)
Chemicals:None
Minions: None
Knowledge:
Primary Passion: Programming! Level 3.7
Secondary Passion: Engineering! Level 2.2
Specialty: KillBotics (+1 effective level)
Other Disciplines: None
Gained Knowledge: None
Negligible Fame
Mild Megalomania
Medium Frame
Small Metal Sheet [x2] OR Plywood Sheet
Screws or Nails
2x4 [x2] or Small Pipe Section [x4]
Medium RC Roller
Medium Frame [Chassis]
RC Motor [x2] [Engine]
Small Pipe Section [x2] [Axles]
Small Wheels [x4] [Wheels]
Nails and Screws
Wires [x2]
Duct Tape [x1]
Platform Modification
Plywood Sheet [1/2] or Small Metal Sheet
Nails and Screws
Primitive Touch Sensor
Metal Scraps
Various Wires [x2]
Solder[x1]
Plastic Tubing[x1]
Circuitry[x1]
Laptop Hookup
Various Wires [x2]
Solder[x1]
Circuitry[x1]
How do you respond? (If you even do)
You are Very Tired (extremely tired + coffee).You are Hungry.TIME:
7:20am
Author
Topic: Woman of SCIENCE! (Read 63174 times)