Funeral and Smoke

Hello my friends,

I hope you all had a great week. My week was very interesting. For the most part I spent my week working on my side projects, job hunting, and D&D world. However, over the weekend my week got stranger. I had two major events that happened. On Saturday was the funeral for my Uncle Chris. The funeral was very touching. I was happy to see the family members I haven’t seen in years. There were also many stories that were told about his adventures across the nation. We also had tons of good food at the funeral. The other interesting thing that happened was I got exposed to a lot of smoke.

So to clarify the smoke was not from a fire and nothing was damaged. So, Saturday morning I awoke to my dads house being filled with smoke. My bed is in the loft area of the house over the living room and kitchen. The house was filled with smoke because of what my dad was cooking for the funeral. What he had been cooking in the oven overnight overflowed into the oven and began to burn. I have no concept of how long I was in the smoke, but it has made me sick for the past few days. I went to the doctors office today and they told me I should be fine I just need to rest. Hopefully, I heal quickly and don’t catch anything else.

Well till next week you guys! I hope you guys have an awesome week and I hope to have more news for you all.

Rejection and Growth

Hello Everybody!

I hope you all have had a good week. My week has been a little interesting. I have had various ups and downs throughout the week. I continued to spend time as the Dungeon Master for my family. This means I’ve been able to further expand the story bible for my campaign. I’m hoping to finish at least the bulk of it soon enough so that I can share it with you all. It’s been very exciting for me to be working on this and I’m hoping to make a well informed and written story bible. The week also contained some sad moments.

I received two emails from companies I applied to, both were the companies saying no. Both were for jobs I was excited about. I was sad to see the emails. However, I’m not about to give up on getting one of my dream jobs. I’m going to keep pushing forward and trying to get a job. I’ve reached out to the other Conference Associates of GDC for extra guidance. After reading the feedback I’ve received I’m going to try making these changes. I’m also going to try focusing on more ways to improve my portfolio. I’m also going to try getting back into writing reviews and other short stories. I just need to better distribute my time.

Till next week my friends. I hope to deliver good news and I hope you all have a very good week.

Thanksgiving

Hello my friends!

I hope you guys had an awesome week. I had a relatively easy week spending most of it with my family. The first few days of the week were spent doing my typical routine of job hunt and work on side projects. I’m still waiting to hear from some of the companies I’ve applied to, I’m excited and hopeful though. We also went Christmas tree shopping. I always loved Christmas tree shopping and trying to find the perfect tree. This year I think we found a beautiful tree. The last portion of the week I went to see Fantastic Beasts and the Crimes of Grindelwald. I enjoyed the movie, but I feel like it was probably the worst of the Harry Potter movies. It was a necessary film, but I felt like nothing was really accomplished. I’m sure it’ll fit in well once the next movie is released. My Thanksgiving was very unique this year.

This was the first Thanksgiving I’ve had with my family in three years. It was nice to have that again. While in Florida I had participate in Friendsgivings and Thanksgiving that was hosted by my friends families. It’s always so much fun to be at a Thanksgiving celebration. Just being surrounded by people you love and amazing food. This Thanksgiving, however, had a moment of sadness. I was informed that my Uncle Chris had died. He had been my babysitter growing up. I will say, this was a call we had been expecting. He had issues with drugs and various other things. However, we all loved him and he had been a great Uncle. He was growing and moving forward as a person, he will be missed. The rest of Thanksgiving had gone well and it was a reminder of how important it is to always be thankful.

Well till next week you guys. I hope you have an awesome week and I hope to bring you good news.

Graduated and Back Home

Hello my friends!

           I'm sorry for the late post I was very busy yesterday with family. This past week has been pretty exciting. I got to hangout with family and go to Disney and Universal. I packed up all of my stuff to ship to Seattle. I also got to graduate from my degree. It was an awesome and fun week. I'm now back in Seattle and spending the week with my family again. My roommate also came up to Seattle with me. It's his first time up here so we're going to do all of the classic tourist things before he returns to Florida.

            As for my graduation it was bittersweet. I'm excited to have walked and am now free to go into the world. However, I'm sad to have left my family in Florida. I'm looking forward to pushing myself hard in the industry. I want to return to the Florida, and Full Sail, to see my Florida family and help students. It is time to move forward with my next set of goals. First is to get a job of course. The second is to then return to the school and help the students. Then third would be to become a Hall of Famer for my school. I want to be someone my school and people can rely on to help and work as hard as possible to push them forward. It's exciting and new, so the future is bright.

            Well til next time you guys! I look forward to keeping you informed of everything. I hope you have a fun week and an exciting future.

The End of my Masters

Hello my buddies!

           I'm sorry for not posting last week. I've been super busy. Last week I had my final BTS. It was very bittersweet. It was so much fun. I was a stage manager again, but this month had a special twist. We had a guest for the months career development panel. Our guest was Tionne "Tboz" Watkins, the head singer of TLC. She was really cool and fun to hang out with. It was also pretty funny when Garry Jones, Full Sail's President, found out it was my last one. He started joking about foreseeing a course failure in my future. He also would call me out during the panels for graduating soon and other stuff. Then it was really cool because I got to hear how many people were interested in helping me after graduation. The experience was really heartwarming and it was an honor to work with these different people. I look forward to returning for BTS in the future, but next time as a speaker.

           This was the end of my Masters program. Now I move forward into the world. I have graduation this upcoming Friday and the next day I fly home to Seattle. The entire program was without a doubt amazing. The ups and downs, the new experiences and a great way for me to grow my portfolio and network. The program led to me going to GDC and being able to expand my skill set. I'm so happy with my experience in my program. I may have faced all sorts of issues or problems in my experience, but they were all worth it. I learned so much via all of these problems. I'm excited but scared about my next steps. Who knows what will happen next, but without a doubt it'll be exciting.

           My studio also released the game I've been working on. It's currently in early access on steam for $4.99. The game is named Tales of Mahabharata. It takes an ancient Indian epic and gamifies it. I had a lot of fun working on it so check it out and tell me what you think.

           Well till next time you guys! I hope you have a great week and are ready for the future.

Nearing the End of an Era

Hello my friends!

           I apologize for the late post, yesterday was BTS and it kept me super busy. This past week has been really good. We were able to make a lot of progress on Tales of the Mahabharata, the game I'm producing. Our art is going to be finished next week. The rest is just implementation and polish. I'm super excited for the game to be finished. We got feedback from various industry professionals. They gave us valuable feedback and we already are working towards fixing the issues they may have seen. It was great to be able to hear their critiques and insight. I'm excited for when the game is released and you guys can play it.

           BTS was a lot of fun. I was a stage manager for the Career Dev panel. It's weird to think that this BTS was my second to last one. It was also one of my bosses final BTS, his name is Jim. I have been working BTS for so long I have gone through seven bosses. Out of my original BTS crew the only constants now are me and my other boss Andy. It's weird to see Jim leave the team and move to a different department. He was a great boss and someone I had a lot of fun working towards. This is just one step closer to the end, and I'm getting more and more anxious each day. However ,I'm also excited.

           Well till next my friends. I wish you an awesome week and I hope you have a lot of fun. 

Crazy Week

Hello my friends!

            I hope all of you had a good week. I've had quite the week. I was able to see Infinity War and had a lot of fun with that. I also went bowling with a bunch of people from my studio. Bowling was great and I had a lot of fun. Sadly, I got a tinge of food poisoning I think from food at the bowling place. The rest of my week was nuts.

            The week started off well enough with studio work and class. However, when the Lead Producer came in on Wednesday apparently there were all sorts of issues. This past week has been us attempting to pick up pieces and figure out our battle plan. This upcoming week will be us continuing to move forward with our plan and trying to fix the issues that happened. The issues that happened were caused by such a minuscule thing any one of the leads, including myself, could have stopped it. I was very disappointed in myself for missing the problem. Now I have been lifted into the spotlight and am on watch to ensure I'm doing the best I can as Lead Designer. I thought I was doing a good job, but apparently I wasn't doing good enough. All in all this has been a huge learning experience and I hope to be able to stop any future thing.

            Well I'll chat with you guys next week. I hope your week goes well and you have a great time. I'm going to try and make it through this next week, without having to fight someone.