AG Showdown Results! Moving Out! on 06.27.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Other
Yaaay! The World's Hardest Game WON "Most Addicting Game" in the Addicting Games Showdown! It was on TV on Nickolodeon at 8pm today (June 27) I think, I couldn't watch it because I live in Canada and don't get Nickolodeon. So did anybody see it? Wanna email me the details?
Stiiiilllll got it.
Also, I finally found an apartment to live in, and I'm moving out in 3 days! Isaiah and I (Stevie) will be working on developing content and running Snubby Land full time! Isaiah is still kind of in the trial phase of becoming like a full partner with me on SL, and we'll see when we move and work if he can do it. But I'm not going anywhere, I'll be working full time right here on SnubbyLand.com for the next year at least, and I'm paying all the bills with money I make from the site (and I have to pay for Isaiah until he starts making money).
So yeah, good stuff. I'll get some photos of the new place (or Snubby Land Office) once we get settled in.
By Stevie
Posted in Other
Yaaay! The World's Hardest Game WON "Most Addicting Game" in the Addicting Games Showdown! It was on TV on Nickolodeon at 8pm today (June 27) I think, I couldn't watch it because I live in Canada and don't get Nickolodeon. So did anybody see it? Wanna email me the details?
Stiiiilllll got it.
Also, I finally found an apartment to live in, and I'm moving out in 3 days! Isaiah and I (Stevie) will be working on developing content and running Snubby Land full time! Isaiah is still kind of in the trial phase of becoming like a full partner with me on SL, and we'll see when we move and work if he can do it. But I'm not going anywhere, I'll be working full time right here on SnubbyLand.com for the next year at least, and I'm paying all the bills with money I make from the site (and I have to pay for Isaiah until he starts making money).
So yeah, good stuff. I'll get some photos of the new place (or Snubby Land Office) once we get settled in.
AG Showdown, Affiliates, Pro on 06.10.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Other
The World's Hardest Game has been nominated for the Most Addicting Game in the Addicting Games Showdown! Supertank has also been nominated for Best Transforming Character, but I think they might have ditched that category, or it's not up yet. Please vote for TWHG if you want to support us! Here is info about the Showdown.
Real quick, if you own a website and would like to exchange Affiliate images with us, please email me! I can put your image at the bottom of every page of my website, which right now gets ~30,000 impressions a day (I have no idea how many people scroll down to the bottom though, but still), and then you put one of our images on your site.
Okay, so on July 1st I am moving out of the apartment that I am living in with my dad, and Isaiah is moving out of the house he's living in with his parents, and we're moving into a 1 bedroom apartment somewhere not too far from here (Toronto, Ontario). I've already checked out a few places, and there's 20 days to go before we move out. We've both decided to take a year off of school to do Flash developement (and web design for me) professionally.
The thing is, I am the only one who actually makes money doing Flash, Isaiah is just learning. So basically, on top of the money Isaiah owes me for buying him a laptop and Flash, he's going to owe me for rent and food as well. I don't want to go like 6 months and have him owe me like 10k or something, so it's going to be in the first few months that we see if he's actually going to develope his skills enough from doing Flash all day that he's able to help me on stuff that I'm actually getting paid for (by sponsors like Addicting Games). So this is going to be kind of tricky.
Hopefully if we can work enough hours, things will work out and we can continue working on the site full-time. Right now, I'm continuing work on Straight Bullyism, and Isaiah is working on a music video for Hey Jude (which we'll get a preview of soon), and also he's making a game. Ansel and I should have a different game coming out too, before SB but still not so soon. But if I'm working like 7 hours a day or something, there should definitely be a lot more content and updates (and some by Isaiah hopefully as well).
So yeah, once again, I'm doing Flash professionally now! Dream come true! Any comments, email us.
By Stevie
Posted in Other
The World's Hardest Game has been nominated for the Most Addicting Game in the Addicting Games Showdown! Supertank has also been nominated for Best Transforming Character, but I think they might have ditched that category, or it's not up yet. Please vote for TWHG if you want to support us! Here is info about the Showdown.
Real quick, if you own a website and would like to exchange Affiliate images with us, please email me! I can put your image at the bottom of every page of my website, which right now gets ~30,000 impressions a day (I have no idea how many people scroll down to the bottom though, but still), and then you put one of our images on your site.
Okay, so on July 1st I am moving out of the apartment that I am living in with my dad, and Isaiah is moving out of the house he's living in with his parents, and we're moving into a 1 bedroom apartment somewhere not too far from here (Toronto, Ontario). I've already checked out a few places, and there's 20 days to go before we move out. We've both decided to take a year off of school to do Flash developement (and web design for me) professionally.
The thing is, I am the only one who actually makes money doing Flash, Isaiah is just learning. So basically, on top of the money Isaiah owes me for buying him a laptop and Flash, he's going to owe me for rent and food as well. I don't want to go like 6 months and have him owe me like 10k or something, so it's going to be in the first few months that we see if he's actually going to develope his skills enough from doing Flash all day that he's able to help me on stuff that I'm actually getting paid for (by sponsors like Addicting Games). So this is going to be kind of tricky.
Hopefully if we can work enough hours, things will work out and we can continue working on the site full-time. Right now, I'm continuing work on Straight Bullyism, and Isaiah is working on a music video for Hey Jude (which we'll get a preview of soon), and also he's making a game. Ansel and I should have a different game coming out too, before SB but still not so soon. But if I'm working like 7 hours a day or something, there should definitely be a lot more content and updates (and some by Isaiah hopefully as well).
So yeah, once again, I'm doing Flash professionally now! Dream come true! Any comments, email us.
Today was a Good Day on 03.18.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Other
Some good news and bad news, so I'm going to start with the bad news. In the past like 2 weeks, I haven't really done any work. After finishing Little Wing, I've had a lot of trouble getting motivated to work on Flash. I usually go through phases of working a lot and then not working at all, but this time it's a bit different.
Basically, I've been smoking WAY too much weed. By way too much, I mean I'm literally bunning like 2-4 grams a day, not including what I'm sharing with other people. That might sound like an exaggeration, but since I used to have a ton of dank (ran out), I was just smoking it like crazy. And I started smoking weed a little over a year ago, and lately it was at the point where I was just out of control with it, mostly because I had so much, I have a super high tolerance, and I just really enjoy it. Anyway, after a year of being super stoned, I've decided that it's finally time that I take a break. So, I'm on day 7 of not smoking weed (or cigarettes) for 30 days.
When you get so used to being high all the time, when you just suddenly stop, the days seem a LOT longer. So these first 7 days have been a total drag, but it could have been worse because I've managed to keep busy hanging out with my girlfriend almost every day, which is pretty nice... if I was just at home this would be a nightmare. Since I'm on March break right now (a week without school), I'd basically die of boredum. I also usually work while stoned, so that's basically why I haven't been able to work for the last 7 days... without cigarettes or weed I just can't get the motivation.
Now the good news... Today has been different though! I got up early and jogged (I've started jogging every morning since I stopped smoking), showered, brewed up some of the best coffee of my life, and then I recorded a (crappy) song with my guitar on my new microphone - I've only been learning guitar for a few months so I'm not exactly Hendrix yet - but if you want to hear the song that's got me in a good mood today, here it is below (on the crappy new player I threw together just now - EDIT: Better audio quality), it's a cover of "Thirty-Three" by the Smashing Pumpkins. I put up the song on my iPod and biked around the block a few times in the warm weather (which is nice since it's been freezing cold here in Toronto for so long), and I don't know why but I just started feeling really, really good.
At the risk of sounding emo, the only way I can describe my feeling right now is that I'm high on life for the first time since I started binging on Marijuana. For the first time in so long, I'm actually high without drugs!
Anyway, with this newly acquired happiness I think today is going to be the day I start getting my work hours up again, for the time being at least. I don't think the remainder of this 30 day break is going to be as bad as the first week was, but I'm definitely planning on completing the whole 30 days without enhaling any smoke. I'd feel like a total loser if I fucked this up, because it wouldn't be the first time I've tried to take a break and didn't make it all the way through.
My buddy Patricio (who made Hotel Affair) introduced me to a rap song that I acutally liked, so here it is below. "Today was a Good Day" by Ice Cube is the kind of song where even if you don't like the whole gangsta flavor of it, you can still appreciate the lyricism and rhythm of the song. Definitely one of the best rap songs out there.
While I'm posting songs that I like, here's another good one. "Stand Inside Your Love" by the Smashing Pumpkins is one of those songs that just really makes me feel good inside. It's also got a pretty trippy video, so if you've got some dank handly, I suggest you burn one down before viewing.
Anything you want to say to me, definitely drop me an email. Peace, I'm going to enjoy the rest of my day.
By Stevie
Posted in Other
Some good news and bad news, so I'm going to start with the bad news. In the past like 2 weeks, I haven't really done any work. After finishing Little Wing, I've had a lot of trouble getting motivated to work on Flash. I usually go through phases of working a lot and then not working at all, but this time it's a bit different.
Basically, I've been smoking WAY too much weed. By way too much, I mean I'm literally bunning like 2-4 grams a day, not including what I'm sharing with other people. That might sound like an exaggeration, but since I used to have a ton of dank (ran out), I was just smoking it like crazy. And I started smoking weed a little over a year ago, and lately it was at the point where I was just out of control with it, mostly because I had so much, I have a super high tolerance, and I just really enjoy it. Anyway, after a year of being super stoned, I've decided that it's finally time that I take a break. So, I'm on day 7 of not smoking weed (or cigarettes) for 30 days.
When you get so used to being high all the time, when you just suddenly stop, the days seem a LOT longer. So these first 7 days have been a total drag, but it could have been worse because I've managed to keep busy hanging out with my girlfriend almost every day, which is pretty nice... if I was just at home this would be a nightmare. Since I'm on March break right now (a week without school), I'd basically die of boredum. I also usually work while stoned, so that's basically why I haven't been able to work for the last 7 days... without cigarettes or weed I just can't get the motivation.
Now the good news... Today has been different though! I got up early and jogged (I've started jogging every morning since I stopped smoking), showered, brewed up some of the best coffee of my life, and then I recorded a (crappy) song with my guitar on my new microphone - I've only been learning guitar for a few months so I'm not exactly Hendrix yet - but if you want to hear the song that's got me in a good mood today, here it is below (on the crappy new player I threw together just now - EDIT: Better audio quality), it's a cover of "Thirty-Three" by the Smashing Pumpkins. I put up the song on my iPod and biked around the block a few times in the warm weather (which is nice since it's been freezing cold here in Toronto for so long), and I don't know why but I just started feeling really, really good.
At the risk of sounding emo, the only way I can describe my feeling right now is that I'm high on life for the first time since I started binging on Marijuana. For the first time in so long, I'm actually high without drugs!
Anyway, with this newly acquired happiness I think today is going to be the day I start getting my work hours up again, for the time being at least. I don't think the remainder of this 30 day break is going to be as bad as the first week was, but I'm definitely planning on completing the whole 30 days without enhaling any smoke. I'd feel like a total loser if I fucked this up, because it wouldn't be the first time I've tried to take a break and didn't make it all the way through.
My buddy Patricio (who made Hotel Affair) introduced me to a rap song that I acutally liked, so here it is below. "Today was a Good Day" by Ice Cube is the kind of song where even if you don't like the whole gangsta flavor of it, you can still appreciate the lyricism and rhythm of the song. Definitely one of the best rap songs out there.
While I'm posting songs that I like, here's another good one. "Stand Inside Your Love" by the Smashing Pumpkins is one of those songs that just really makes me feel good inside. It's also got a pretty trippy video, so if you've got some dank handly, I suggest you burn one down before viewing.
Anything you want to say to me, definitely drop me an email. Peace, I'm going to enjoy the rest of my day.
New Audio Equipment! on 01.29.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Other
I finally got around to buying some new audio equipment. I got a 2-microphone audio interface, a microphone and a stand. It's all really high quality stuff, and I've got it working and it sounds amazing. So finally we can do some decent voices for once. We're also going to be having a lot of cut-scenes with dialogue in our (several) new games.
The microphone has some awesome features. I can set the radius of what it picks up to just infront of the mic (one person) or all the way around (for two people at once). There's some more things I haven't figured out yet but what matters is that the voices are crisp and clear.
Here's the audio interface. I can fiddle with the knobs to adjust things. It's all pretty complicated but I've got it working for what I need to do, and over time I'll learn how to do things right.
Here's a full view of the microphone on the stand. I can adjust it in a lot of different ways which is really useful.
By Stevie
Posted in Other
I finally got around to buying some new audio equipment. I got a 2-microphone audio interface, a microphone and a stand. It's all really high quality stuff, and I've got it working and it sounds amazing. So finally we can do some decent voices for once. We're also going to be having a lot of cut-scenes with dialogue in our (several) new games.
The microphone has some awesome features. I can set the radius of what it picks up to just infront of the mic (one person) or all the way around (for two people at once). There's some more things I haven't figured out yet but what matters is that the voices are crisp and clear.
Here's the audio interface. I can fiddle with the knobs to adjust things. It's all pretty complicated but I've got it working for what I need to do, and over time I'll learn how to do things right.
Here's a full view of the microphone on the stand. I can adjust it in a lot of different ways which is really useful.
Uh Oh, Mono! on 01.15.2009
By Stevie
Posted in Other
From the first day I went to the doctor they said there's a chance that I had Mononucleosis (AKA Mono), but I never really believed it. But I found out today, I do have Mono! The doctor said that I actually have particularly severe Mono, and basically when he shined a light down my throat, you can see it's riddled with layers of infectious soars. And I don't know about you, but in an average day I'll be swallowing like 1000 times, and every time I swallow it irritates them and makes it worse. I also have swollen lymphnodes, so I've got these painful bumps all over my neck as well. Not to mention throwing up, diarrhea, not being able to sleep, feeling shitty all the time, etc. He said that in his opinion - although I could somehow recover faster - I'm looking at 2 months of being sick, and a month or two after that of feeling really tired and weak, and not really being able to do shit.
I'm in grade 12, and normally I wouldn't mind missing a bit of school, but at my school we're doing our summatives (large projects worth 15%-30% of our marks) half way through the year; right now when I'm too sick to be in school or even to do it from home. Not to mention plenty of other assignments. I'm too sick to be doing Flash too, but for reasons further down in this post I'll explain why I'm forcing myself to work. But like, I currently have 26 credits (I passed 3 years with 8 credits each), and I'm taking 6 courses this year (and 2 spares). So, you need 32 credits to graduate from highschool, and I need to pass all 6 of my courses in order to do that. Going to be kind of hard considering I'm looking at missing months of school and all my summatives, and check into reality if you think I can do them from home; no fucking way, way too sick and way too much of a pain in the ass.
If you're a fan you'll know I've been wanting to work on Snubby Land professionally with Isaiah (who's probably going to have to step up a bit now) for a long time, and I've been ready to do it for a year since the site has been doing so well. I'm pretty much guaranteed to fail this school year (even though I have a 80% average), and I'm not a tool; I'm not going to be doing work for the remainder of the year, wasting my time, when I know I'm going to fail anyway. So in other words, in a couple months when I'm not sick anymore and I turn 18, I'm dropping out of highschool. Sounds pretty stupid but if you knew me and knew all the shit I deal with at school (and not just average teenager shit, you have no idea) you'd probably understand my reasoning. That and I'm making plenty of money doing Flash, which has been my dream to do professionally since I started.
Yeah so hopefully I didn't overlap my last post too much, but that's the story. Like I said, I want my work hours to be really good since I'm going pro soon, but at the same time, most of the time I'm too sick to even force myself. I'll see what I can do, but hopefully I can maintain an average of 3 hours a day, ideally though I want like 10. I've set up my laptop with internet so that I can use it while lying in bed, so basically when I'm not sleeping or too sick, I'm going to try to force myself to work on Flash. We'll see how it goes.
If you want to give me advice or support, DROP US AN EMAIL!
By Stevie
Posted in Other
From the first day I went to the doctor they said there's a chance that I had Mononucleosis (AKA Mono), but I never really believed it. But I found out today, I do have Mono! The doctor said that I actually have particularly severe Mono, and basically when he shined a light down my throat, you can see it's riddled with layers of infectious soars. And I don't know about you, but in an average day I'll be swallowing like 1000 times, and every time I swallow it irritates them and makes it worse. I also have swollen lymphnodes, so I've got these painful bumps all over my neck as well. Not to mention throwing up, diarrhea, not being able to sleep, feeling shitty all the time, etc. He said that in his opinion - although I could somehow recover faster - I'm looking at 2 months of being sick, and a month or two after that of feeling really tired and weak, and not really being able to do shit.
I'm in grade 12, and normally I wouldn't mind missing a bit of school, but at my school we're doing our summatives (large projects worth 15%-30% of our marks) half way through the year; right now when I'm too sick to be in school or even to do it from home. Not to mention plenty of other assignments. I'm too sick to be doing Flash too, but for reasons further down in this post I'll explain why I'm forcing myself to work. But like, I currently have 26 credits (I passed 3 years with 8 credits each), and I'm taking 6 courses this year (and 2 spares). So, you need 32 credits to graduate from highschool, and I need to pass all 6 of my courses in order to do that. Going to be kind of hard considering I'm looking at missing months of school and all my summatives, and check into reality if you think I can do them from home; no fucking way, way too sick and way too much of a pain in the ass.
If you're a fan you'll know I've been wanting to work on Snubby Land professionally with Isaiah (who's probably going to have to step up a bit now) for a long time, and I've been ready to do it for a year since the site has been doing so well. I'm pretty much guaranteed to fail this school year (even though I have a 80% average), and I'm not a tool; I'm not going to be doing work for the remainder of the year, wasting my time, when I know I'm going to fail anyway. So in other words, in a couple months when I'm not sick anymore and I turn 18, I'm dropping out of highschool. Sounds pretty stupid but if you knew me and knew all the shit I deal with at school (and not just average teenager shit, you have no idea) you'd probably understand my reasoning. That and I'm making plenty of money doing Flash, which has been my dream to do professionally since I started.
Yeah so hopefully I didn't overlap my last post too much, but that's the story. Like I said, I want my work hours to be really good since I'm going pro soon, but at the same time, most of the time I'm too sick to even force myself. I'll see what I can do, but hopefully I can maintain an average of 3 hours a day, ideally though I want like 10. I've set up my laptop with internet so that I can use it while lying in bed, so basically when I'm not sleeping or too sick, I'm going to try to force myself to work on Flash. We'll see how it goes.
If you want to give me advice or support, DROP US AN EMAIL!
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