Great Life Decisions
Mar. 21st, 2011 12:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crankyoldmanInstead of going anywhere this weekend or doing anything other than some laundry and taking my trash out (ok and I cleaned my fridge), I spent most of the weekend playing video games. I know, I have two aprons left to sew, and my sister is in town so I can finish her dress finally, but between my clearing Momo's Tower and starting the Contest of Champions in Breath of Fire III and getting 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors from ladyfriend in the mail on Saturday, I just could not get myself to do anything else.
Especially because of 999.
Omg.
That game (though it's more like a choose your own adventure novel with math puzzles) is kind of dangerous. I have gotten probably six hours of sleep in two days. Don't start it unless you can afford to get sucked in for a good couple days. No really.
I really like visual novels a lot, and I think there could be so many more of them, and really, visual/interactive novels is kind of a direction I'd like to go in my free time. I like writing, I really do, but I also like challenges and experimentation. Playing this game/novel has really gotten me wanting to get back to a couple of my interactive fiction ideas (I only start there because I'm still not sure how to do my own visuals yet... that may change). I should probably start with fanfic, because that's always been a good training device.
I know, I mentioned wanting to make an IF before, and it kind of got forgotten admidst sewing and videogames, but I still reeeally think it would be fun. Maybe I'll do babysteps and just do a choose your own adventure in html.
Anyway, my mind is blown, and it's taking all of my discipline right now to focus on work and not just pick up my DS and get through one more ending. I have half of them. I want more, because I know they go into the motivations of different characters.
Oh and one word of caution; 999 gets pretty gory with some descriptions, so heed that M warning if you're not into that.
Especially because of 999.
Omg.
That game (though it's more like a choose your own adventure novel with math puzzles) is kind of dangerous. I have gotten probably six hours of sleep in two days. Don't start it unless you can afford to get sucked in for a good couple days. No really.
I really like visual novels a lot, and I think there could be so many more of them, and really, visual/interactive novels is kind of a direction I'd like to go in my free time. I like writing, I really do, but I also like challenges and experimentation. Playing this game/novel has really gotten me wanting to get back to a couple of my interactive fiction ideas (I only start there because I'm still not sure how to do my own visuals yet... that may change). I should probably start with fanfic, because that's always been a good training device.
I know, I mentioned wanting to make an IF before, and it kind of got forgotten admidst sewing and videogames, but I still reeeally think it would be fun. Maybe I'll do babysteps and just do a choose your own adventure in html.
Anyway, my mind is blown, and it's taking all of my discipline right now to focus on work and not just pick up my DS and get through one more ending. I have half of them. I want more, because I know they go into the motivations of different characters.
Oh and one word of caution; 999 gets pretty gory with some descriptions, so heed that M warning if you're not into that.