Bits And Bobs

Okay, so this morning I spent some more quality time with several pages of code and updated my "Epic Dragon" flash game. it took a while to figure some things out, but I now have a map and enemies (skeletons) which have health, attack, move, die and spawn. I also have a use for the wings of the Dragon (explore a wider area of the map by holding space) and improved moment for the dragon. The dragon now has functioning health and so on. The skeletons currently have a newly discovered disease which means they die after a short period of time; don't worry, it isn't contagious and it also helps dwindle their numbers.

Here is the game so far:

Move with the mouse
Click to shoot (not functional yet)
Hold space to fly around the map
(I think the old link in the posts below has been overwritten)

on top of this I have also improved on my 3D model of the Space needle. It now has a considerably complex and detailed incomplete tower structure beneath. I'm dreading adding to this more because I have considerably less pictures and angles of the tower platforms and the building on the ground. also the remaining parts of the tower are a rather odd shape...

Anyway, here it is:

View of the real thing

I'm also deciding whether or not to make the lift cars too; I've added the lift rails to the tower though.

In other news - I have seen the first sign of sun this week, you almost forget what sun is like during the winter... So I went out on my bike and took some pictures!

A photo taken at the viewing point in Felixstowe... Directly into the sun.

I had a couple of people that liked these photos (there is more than one, but they are very similar). They also told me that telling them I simply placed my mirrored sunglasses over the top of my phone camera and shot into the sun ruined the mental illusion for them. (You notice you can see the reflection outline of the phone camera lens to the right of the sun)

Furthermore... After a long time of searching and various other things, i got my hands on a decent guitar for a reasonable price:

And now I have to learn how to play the thing!

To be honest, so far it hasn't gone so bad, and after spending years trying to get my head around how to play a keyboard reasonably, I'm hoping it's not going to be such a drain. My fingers need to man-up though, the strings feel like cheese-wire and still hurt!

Coming soon, Possibly - Our trip to London!