What has Sylverstone been up to?

Hey!

I know it's been a little while since I've posted but I am still posting, right?

Anyways, I've had two weeks of school at Bronx Leadership Academy II HS so far and I'd say it's okay. There are many things I could rant about this school because there were so many problems within that I as a student witnessed. For me, the objective isn't really being much more outspoken, but rather sitting on the sidelines, operating as a silent hero.

The big news for today is that I joined the school's newspaper club. They meet on Mondays and Thursdays, and from what they outlined in the overview, it sounds good. No, I don't want to report on news within school, but in fact, I would pitch for a gaming/technology review column to make for all the flashy kids out there and since I'm ahead on what's coming, this would be a big opportunity.

I can see it happen but not so readily. I'd have to work my way to that. I'd project by the time January rolls around. Hopefully.

On the state of my YouTube channels, I'm thinking about retiring SylverstoneSpeaks or actually merging both the main channel and Speaks into one since I've slowly began to stop with the weekly DSi Shop Update videos since most of my views are from people who expect me to buy the games. Also, I'm thinking about taking down my reviews to do them over, but I'll probably let it be.

Moving on to the game designer's side of things, the concepts have just been rolling in, especially for Dances with Wolves. I'm thinking of making it a story where someone actually finds the protagonist and teaches him to be more human or that I would changed the format by renaming the original Wolves concept to something different to make it a mystical romance story.

Take it like the story of Pinocchio, wanting to be a real boy. In my concept, actually the protagonist finds an animal who was actually a human a decade before her freak transformation. He helps her find a spiritual oasis which could help her return to human form. The premise would be that they would grow attached to each other even though she is still in animal form. How did this cross with Dances With Wolves? She is a wolf, actually.

I thought of the concept while walking to school around last week. I was just making it up as I went along and it sounded interesting. It's surprising how I favor to watch more anime/read more manga in the romantic comedy genre than a regular action concept. So far, the only action concept I have is 上がり、戦いなさい (Rise Up and Fight!) ~ The Legend of Mizuna!

The only things that are on hold as of now are Project Gaza and the rewrite for Omega Factor. Not that I haven't thought of anything new, it's just that I can't juggle all of these tasks at once.

On the college side of things, my mother looks like she's trying to get me more engaged in computer engineering. I decided not to go up against this just yet because my sights are set on DigiPen. Not that I want to be far away from NYC, but I see it as the best place to learn all about the industry. My plan is to come back to NYC and get a job at a company or if I'm willing, begin my own gaming studio and the name of it is? Sylver's Edge of course. :P

Only time will tell, but I'm working my ass off to get where I want to be. It's just that at my last high school, I was too caught in the social aspect of school that my academics struggled. That and personal problems that will be kept personal. I'd only tell it to people who I think would understand me, my best friend and personal advisor being an example. He's still working on YuMaKoMaSHi with The Organization, his team of individuals (including myself) that he formed a couple weeks ago.

Well, I guess that's all I could post for now. I'll take the time to plug my Twitter and YouTube channel: http://www.twitter.com/Sylverstone14 / http://www.youtube.com/user/Sylverstone14 and also, a friend of mine that I met from There.com who has been a constant supporter of my game design dream. Check out her blog at http://www.supersuzy.com and follow her on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/SuperSuzyM! So many guys I could plug right now, but so little time. Until next time, keep hanging around on Sylver's Edge!


UPDATE: I just registered the blog and also the Mizuna concept under a Creative Commons License!

What a week!

Well, I've been away from the blog for as long as I can remember, but I can recap on what's been for most of the time I was away.

I've been in deep thought about whether I should leave SylverstoneSpeaks dormant and migrate the idea to the main channel since I haven't much to it since, maybe it will work out, but I'll still ponder it. I've already closed one channel before and I had good reason why I should have done it.

Next on the table is Mizuna development. I have not done much lately due to a new school but things are coming along okay. I do have some kinks in the prologue to iron out so in the meantime, I did imagine up a few weapons etc. I created this sweet grappling hook for Mizuna, and I already have an idea of what it may look like.

Finally, a new school. My sister used to attend it so you think it would be easy getting bye? Wrong. The only person I knew who knew my sister was the guidance counselor. Anyways, I wasn't so intent on coasting onto my sister's on-being at the new school but as time drifted by, I felt to build my identity, and the building is coming along quite well.

Made a few friends, standard lunch, socializing a bit, stuff I never usually did so much at my old school. Now I would go on and on with a comparison of both schools: they are both different and yeah, rules are rules. It tends to be much looser here in the NYC with sporadic spouts of curse words and slang, also surprisingly, a little Jamaican influence here and there.

Anyways, one week down, who knows how much more I can endure! 1 thing I can count on, is not being alone.

An unboxing + unpacking + update entry.....

Well, I finally made a video to show off what I got in my DigiPen info packet, but also I unboxed a package from Popchips courtesy of Real Life Plus. Check out the video through the link: Click here for the video.

Now for updates! (I'm looking to build a body for that head, maybe for Project Gaza......)

Nothing much is new, but I have been able to do some research to fit in some non-fictional info bits into the Mizuna story concept. Also, I am beginning developments on the first alternate ending.

Dances with Wolves is still being tinkered with, I'm developing a prologue that discusses how the protagonist comes to be with the wolves that he calls family. I'm pulling out a page from a few shows where the parent's faces aren't shown but it is all about the protagonist.

Project Gaza is still untouched as of now, but I have been gathering ideas for a central plot.

So yeah, that's about it for now.