In making the vie game, I am so excited about the kinds of stories I can share, the artwork of the locations and the characters that a player will come across. It is so different to make up things and share them. Creating a video game requires so much creativity and technical know how. It can really tie together so many mediums. You don’t need a lot of space, expensive gear or materials....
In building the video game, and it getting released, it really feels like a railroad getting built. Large up front cost, and hopefully making money on it. In building future routes, I hope I can travel and do research. Eventually heading up to Scotland and doing a route up there. ScotRail names these routes, as Great Scenic Lines, but I kinda like Great Scot Lines.
I have a lot of different seed packets, and I need to start using them. I thought I would do this over the summer and have plants on the deck. But I got really busy and did not start them. So its looking more and more likely that I will do them indoors over Fall and Winter. Not sure if this is a good idea. But I have all the equipment and soil....
Listening to Shonan Beach FM, late night Jazz, which made me think of the Jazz in Cowboy Bebop as I have been thinking about Cowboys lately with the research for the Colorado Rail Game. While I haven’t learned about ranching, cattle or individual Cowboys or the likes of Buffalo Bill, I am surrounded by books, stories and myths that drew people west. The public library has my old railroad books next to the history of Colorado as I go though all the books looking for railroad information....
Where does one start. Rome is so old, that you literally have to go down layers of dirt and dust in order to find it. There are many things that makes me interested in Rome, but what really surprises me is that I just was there. I never thought I would visit again. Some things that make me interested in Rome. I really like ancient Roman houses with a center courtyard with water....