About meI'm Imosa, or MaestroAlvis (or some variation there of). I am 21 years old and been here since about June of last year. I am interested in a lot of aspects of game design, including programing and art, but find myself especially attracted to creative ideas in any part of the process. Most of the work I do is under the motivation of trying something new and interesting, so if it looks like I won't be encountering any more interesting problems, I usually stop working.
What I'm doingMy first project was the one I came onto the forum to make, a
Tension Bar Tool to be used for Touhou Sky Arena, which was completed successfully. I have also tried to make 2 games,
Defined Sense of Atmosphere, a danmaku 3D shooter with a unique full sphere of vision, and Project Hex (never made a thread about it), a tile based Rouge-like with some RTS elements and some real trippy geometry. Both have pretty much been put on indefinite hold due to entering uninteresting stages of development. If anyone is interested in trying a similar project, I'd be more then happy to share what I know.
Currently, I'm working on Reddit, including the
Touhou Reddit. I do CSS to format the pages, a little pixel art in making our flairs, and a little python programming to write some bots. I'm also working with another artist to make the whole place look nice. The wide variety of things that need to be done are giving me a lot of experience.
I currently don't spend a lot of time around here but I hope to spend more in the future. I've had an idea for a few bullet patterns which I may try to make. However, my primary focus is an idea for a kind of Danmaku game engine, with some very unique features which I'll try not to discuss until the project is further along. Incidentally, if anyone has experience in JavaScript and wants to work with me on a cool project, PM me and we can talk.
The WorkstationThe main (smaller) screen is for my current work. Right now I've got Grafx2 and a Hatate flair I'm working on.
The secondary (larger) screen is for persistent programs and references. IRC and Teamspeak are on all day. On the left I've got a browser. Right now I've got my CSS reference, w3schools, up. Otherwise I've got reddit, gmail, facebook, reference art, a python reference or, of course, MotK.
On the right, there's water to stay hydrated, peanuts for protein.
The Rubik's cube is less about compulsively solving it and more about just holding something to mess with.
Not shown are the complete mess on the rest of the desk and my trusty white board with random curiosities written on it.