Oh, let me tell ya; nothing's improving. I actually just got 4 vaccines (none of them covid) and the arms are quite sore. I'm actually still a bit loopy.
Let's talk about unity. It takes too long to load (upwards of 20 minutes) and it performs so slowly that I can't even do anything in a timely manner. Want to go into play mode? Go get a drink, maybe take a walk as well. Seeing an issue? Have fun staring at the red text while trying to edit it for at the very least 5 minutes! But the worst part... the absolute worst part is the fact that half the time the errors aren't told and you have to try and find it yourself with no reference... even when looking up solutions or using the tutorials I can't fix a lot of the issues on my own and have to ask my peers, who also seem to have the same issues. I don't think I'd be mentally able to work on this infernal punishment of a project during Spring Break. In conclusion:
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I forget the word for it. I'm doing worse and worse. This year has been awful, and school's not doing any favors or making it easier. Meeting twice a week sounds less stressful, but that just means there's less time to ask questions, to learn, and to get used to information.
It's impossible. But, of course, it's always the students' faults. The school board has done everything they possibly can (not) and we just aren't working hard enough. Even this class is more challenging, but at least Mr. B. tries to make it interesting. I love learning about this stuff, and he actually gave us freedom to make our work ours. I can't say that for any other class. The work for the beginning of third quarter was amazing. I loved making the video on 2020. And sure, it was a cringe-worthy mess, but I made every single graphic, edited every single bit, completely made that entire video. (Although I used mario sounds) I was allowed to make it my own. And now we get to make our own video games. I get to make my concept art and my level design into an actual video game. I think that's pretty cool. Really, that's about it. This might be the one positive thing I can say about this awful, awful virtual learning experience. In conclusion
Hoo boy, has this year started out with a bang. I wonder if this will just be more 2020, like how people were talking about some big bad Groundhog Day situation where we all wake up and it's 2020 again. My theory is that if we had all went to bed before midnight, and I mean everyone in the world, that that could have happened. But, thanks to the all-nighters, myself included, we avoided repeating one of the worst years yet.
Anyway, let's talk about what I've done for GAD since the last update. I made a lackluster GDD, a disappointing prototype, and I'm not even done with level design yet. Oh, and I have a sketch due tomorrow. Let's go... What can I expect for the rest of the year? I expect from myself that I am going to continue to not thrive in this awful situation, and I also expect that the work will continue to add up and that I will be no closer to success than I am now. Which is pretty far from it. To summarize:
Thanks for reading, I don't have a safety tip this time. I kept it up for two and a half years, what do you want from me. |
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