Simply Pat

Hi all!! Turns out that we still have the problems on the game (ouch..). The sprite character that we used is in the form of an octopus. Originally, the octopus is surrounded by a bubble and then a larger white box frame on the outer part. We have edited it using Photo Shop so that the box and the bubble became transparent. So, when we play the game, the sprite should be merely the octopus without its' bubble and frame. But when we try to run it on the phone, suddenly the bubble and the box appeared!! So, I guess we will still have to "fight" with Photo Shop tomorrow :) There is also some problems concerning the format of the documentation. Some of my classmates made it in the form of a tutorial. Some said that it should be in the form of (nearly) a thesis, and I really certainly absolutely hope that this is not right :p I really think it's better if we ask directly to the lecturer to get a clear and true answer, right? I personally hope that the documentation will ta...

Olla ^^ I have to say that the past 4 days were not my best days :p There's so much going on. Some old problems added up with some new troubles, so I couldn't take it anymore, at least my body protested first, forcing me to take some really good rest without any disturbance. I shouldn't tell you ALL my problems 'coz that will make this blog seems pathetic, right ^^ I just can say: dealing with emotions WELL is not one of my characteristics. I'd say it sucks! That's exactly why I prefer dealing with animals rather than people, coz animals, esp dogs, never lie. They're straightforward; everytime they make mistakes, they apologize and try to make it up to us. Needless to say, only a few people do the same thing in the exact same situation. Living on our own in peace is much better than living with other people full of arguments, suspicions and anger. But, hey, that's only my personal opinion :) Now, since I've been absent from blogging for about 4 days,...

Hi all!! Straight to the point: game progress? It didn’t work as I’d expected yesterday. My partner and I planned to meet today to work on 2 more images. But thanx to the very hactic schedule we have today, we felt so exhausted when we finished our last classes at around 6 p.m. So, we decided to delay our meeting today, for the sake of our health :p Besides, we still have to make a power point presentation for tomorrow’s class (which we haven’t made of course > Tomorrow will be Friday. I love Friday! The end of Friday, to be specific. ‘coz it means I’ll be able to rest for the whole day (if not interrupted by anything) on Saturday. Go Friday!!  I’ve been planning to watch some movies, play some games and relax at home. Please God, don’t let anything ruin my “perfect plan”  I feel very tired right now. Maybe it’s because I’ve just finished reading the materials for our presentation tomorrow. There aren’t too many pages to read, but still I find difficulty (as always) to understand ...

Dear all, Do you know that I just wake up from my "accidental" sleep after I got home at 7?? Wow, I feel dizzy everytime I sleep accidentaly (except in class :p) My eyes are still blurry, but I've got a blog to write as a part of my college assignments, so.....here I am.....trying so hard to focus on the computer screen > Well, what can I report for today? Let's see... Game, right? Hmm.. Today my partner and I listed all the images that we still needed for the game. There were about 7 to 8 pictures, but for today we only managed to make 2 because of the tight schedule from teaching-going to the chapel for the mass-studying. But, I guess that's better than nothing, right ^^ So, we'll meet again tomorrow to make another 2 pictures (or more, hopefully), and discuss our presentation this Friday. Amusing things happened to me today. As I've told you, today is the Ash Wednesday. All Catholic people around the world have to attend the Ash Wednesday mass where ...

Olla everyone!!! It's been quite a peaceful day today ^^ I had no class yet to teach, so my agenda for today was solely the Second Language Acquisition class that I had to attend. I was a bit late to come to class, because I'd been working on the game project with my partner since noon. I don't really like being late, mostly because I hate if everybody sees me when I enter the entrance door as if I'm a villain :p Anyway, in today's class we only listened to the lecturer talking about some general issues on SLA that I'd heard before (in my previous study). To be honest, I wasn't really paying attention to what he said because I had a project that had to be submitted by tomorrow. I intend to finish it tonight so that tomorrow I won't be in a rush and I can focus more to prepare my teaching materials for Thursday classes better :) So, I was working on that project, but I also listened to the lecturer, although not entirely :D I tried to be multitask (in a n...

Hi all, I'm skyping while writing on my blog now ^^ It's fun!! Today I only had one class to teach, so.. I used the rest of my time to browse for the teaching materials that I'm gonna need tomorrow. Then, after I finished teaching, I coordinated with my partner to meet tomorrow. We're gonna discuss the game project. Hopefully tomorrow will be the last day we talk about and work on our game project. (meaning: Please God, let us finish our mid-term project tomorrow. Once again, FINISH!!) :) IF we do, we can focus on our next project :p There's nothing interesting happened to me today. Just an ordinary day. But I thank God that I can get to the campus before it rains :p I replaced one of my colleagues to teach Pronunciation class today. Gosh, what a class! It was exciting, I've always liked Pronunciation subject. But to teach it, that's a whole lot different. It was very tiring :p The students and I were extremely thirsty after we finished a couple of lines ...

Hello all!! ^^ Still in the mode of resting my brain and body here :p Today I only went to the church and gave a private lesson 'coz my student will have an English exam tomorrow. Other than that, I just stayed at home the whole day, watching movies and playing some games online. Game project? Not too much progress 'coz my sister has to work double shift today, so.. I couldn't do much by myself with the coding :p But at least I did what I could do, which was to make some additional images and to search some audio files to serve as the background music for the game project. As I've informed in earlier posts, we've got so....... many projects. Besides this game, we also have to make another project in MJENI class. Not only project, but also a written report in the form like a thesis (ouch!!). The original plan was: tonight we're gonna meet via Skype with the lecturer and she'd enlighten us. It was set at 7-8 p.m. When I got home from my church, there's nob...

It's Saturday!! Yaaay!!! I don't have to teach and I don't have to study in class! I can do what I want to :p I spent my morning by jusy lying on the bed, watching several movies that I rented yesterday. Soe of them are good, some aren't. This week has been like hell. Guess I deserve something to cool off my mind before boiling it again next Monday. Game progress? Since I don't meet up with my partner today, so.. the group game is just the same like yesterday. I focus on the individual game. I ask my sister (who is far more sophisticated in technology than me) to teach me. I'm getting better, from zero to zero point five :p We're working on the code (the main menu interface). I've just got home from accompanying my mother to a wedding reception. I never like attending a wedding reception. I'm more interested in attending the ceremony, not the reception 'coz the point of it is just showing off what you can show off and it's full of lip service...

Hello.... ^^ I started my morning by meeting my partner to prepare the power point presentation for PMD class. I am very fortunate to have such a very cooperative and helpful partner. She is all you ever want in a partner :) eventhough we only had a little time to prepare, we did our homework, so when we met, we already knew what we wanted to include in our presentation. So, thank U partner! I think we were the most prepared team and we did it well today ^^ Let's keep it like that for the rest of the semester! As for the game, we also have made a significant progress. We can now play the game, although there are still errors here and there that cause the arrows not to function correctly :p we're still working on it. We already have the "help" and "about" screen, and also the "you win" and "you lose" part. So, to summarize, I guess we have no problem for the main menu interface, 'coz it has run smoothly. Problems are in the game play, ...

Dear all, The game progress: it's progressing ^^ Most of the elements are done, it only needs some finishing here and there. More good news: the deadline to submit the game projects (both group and individual) is officially postponed for a week. It doesn't mean that we can relax, but at least we can do better (amen). So, let's think about the individual game :p Like what I've told you, I've got the concept, and today I've collected some images that I can probably use in my game. That leaves the coding part > I try to do all the assignments one by one, not because I'm lazy, but I want to do the best for each assignment. But I can't deny that even just thinking about how hectic my schedule will be starting from this week makes me sick. Well, I still thank God I can still live and breathe today. In fact, I've got some cute souvenirs from my colleagues who just got back from Singapore and Cambodian. I'm happy ^^ I hope someday I can go abroad and ...

Do you know The Moffatts? It's a famous band back then when I was still in my junior high school era :p One of their songs is Bang Bang Boom. I pick that song title to be the title of my article today because it really describes what I feel today. I actually OWN an agenda, but I don't know why I always forget to bring it with me :p As a result, I never write down the assignments from the lecturer. Instead, I memorize them in my mind. Consequently, I can't remember all the details of those assignments. My best friends in the class always write any assignments we have on their agendas. So, when I looked at one of their agendas, I was completely shocked. It felt like somebody shot me and dropped a bomb on me. So.. yeah, it felt like: Bang..Bang..and Boom!!! Wow, no wonder some of us are very stressed. We have sooooo.....many assignments in the forms of projects, presentations and papers! Most of them have to be submitted or done within a week!! For the game project itself, I w...

Wow!! Today we learned more about making a mobile teaching materials. The same like yesterday, surprisingly, I could follow all the instructions quite well. It felt so exciting when we feel that we can do it. There was a lunch break, and the class continued at 2 p.m. That's when the lightning news stroke us. In two weeks time, we will have to teach RPG game maker, which will be recorded at UGM and then broadcasted all over Jogja. Wow... we were speechless, well, at least I was speechless > About the game project, this morning one of my classmates has taught me more about the coding, and I felt that I have better understanding now, but frankly I'm still not sure whether I can make it on time or not (hopefully I can :p). The progress today (for the game) is that we are able to initiate the prime background along with the score and timer as well as the instructions. The problem is that we haven't been able to place the sprite character in the middle of the screen and surrou...