The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Gaming

I was AMID EVIL this evening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YAwQgEVOrI

This wasn’t one of my best streams. AMID EVIL runs nicely, but I can’t seem to both record and stream it at the same time. So in the future I’ll have to remember to use the laptop as a streaming medium while recording locally. But regardless I did have a smooth stream (although playback looks a bit grainier than I’d like it to be, probably a CPU setting under OBS). I’ve been playing a bit of this over the weekend and I really like it! People were always trying to copy DOOM and Quake but never really paid as much attention to games like Heretic which were essentially the same thing but one uses magical weapons and the other guns. Playing it gave me old school vibes that you would get from playing Quake, Unreal or Heretic/Hexen.

It seems like the further I go in the trippier it gets; I enjoy every moment of it.

All in an Overlord's day / Gaming

Aaaaaaand I’m back!

I’m on day two of my four day weekend, and if you were around last night you would have noticed I kicked it off quite nicely:

 

I know of at least three scenes I’ll be able to pull out of that adventure. Other than that I’ve still been continuing onward with my video project. I can honestly say that I have one more scene in SFM to render and I’ll be headed back into Linux to edit it all back together into one disasterpiece.

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Work 5 Days Get 4 Off. That works

I found out that I’ll be going back to my regular job next week, and after working 5 days I’ll get 4 off! I’m glad, after last week two days doesn’t feel too great after nine days. That’ll give my muscles a chance to breathe, and maybe I can accomplish a few things… possibly stream a few things. Give me time and I’ll fill it up.

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A Thread to chill

I’ve made it through my long ass work week, my god what a mental roller coaster I’ve been forced to ride. I’m not going to go into too big of detail, but I haven’t been feeling quite right since taking it. On a more positive note it was nice to wake up and relax tonight with some Broforce, and plans to continue making YouTube stuffs. I tried my birthday tea (sweet watermelon) and I think this is going to become a mandatory elixir. Everything from the flavor to the color is exceptional.

I’ll probably be staying up late to keep my body on the current sleep schedule, shouldn’t be too difficult to stay awake. I have quite a bit that I could do.

All in an Overlord's day / Hobbies / Work

Mouthwords Cometh

Sorry for not writing for these last few days. I’ve been fighting allergies, muscle pain and trying to understand this new job I’m being forced to do. So far I’m not really liking it, and I’m not sure if it’s because of my lack of knowledge or the person that I’ve been working with. She’s been guiding me through what I need to take care of, but I have quite a few n00bish questions and I often feel like I’m annoying her; I seem to hear it more and more in her voice as things continue on, and then sometimes she just switches back to being a happy person. I’m thinking it might just be me, though others have been taking notice that she is rather bitchy, and I’m just a fool. I thought working at night with paperwork wouldn’t be a bad gig, but in some ways I’m not sure if this or my daily bustle with the public is more nerve wracking; All I can do is try my best and learn from the inevitable mistakes I’ve been making. I go from moments where I actually figured something out, to not knowing my own ass from a hole in the ground. :assy: :zorak:

I’ve still been crashing not long after getting home, and waking up in the afternoon. So far this is my only favorite aspect of the whole ordeal, waking up and enjoying a breakfast, a shower, whatever I have time for. I haven’t had time to really play any games lately, other than a little bit of AMID EVIL the other day. That one I’ll have to make more time for. It’s like a blend of the original Quake and Heretic (you’re even labeled as a heretic in the game). It runs on Unreal Engine 4, and it’s well optimized to run on even the most fabulous toaster. It runs quite decently under Proton, haven’t played it under Windows yet…. which is funny because I’ve mainly been living under Windows again due to Source Filmmaker on that really ambitious project I’ve been working on.

For almost a month now I’ve been working on this particular video, and I still have a ways to go on it due to the amount of animation I’ve been pouring into it among help from friends in other fields, such as script writing and additional voice work and modelling… Yutram is very talented, we even came up with an idea for one of the worst television shows in history that may someday see actual video form… if I can call it animation. :trollface:

I’m thinking when I pick back up on this again (possibly tomorrow) I’ll still be working on this particular scene. The video is short enough that I want to try and making my own Kojima inspired cutscene, but make it even more ridiculous. I can only describe this as if Kojima worked together with a flamboyant Daedric Prince on drugs provided by Suda51 and the Bleu Cheese olives in my refrigerator.

That is a delightful note to take a nap on. :rick:

All in an Overlord's day / Open Threads

Evening Open Thread

Nothing to report. Had a good rest, a good breakfast and a nice shower. Processed some audio recordings from last night’s recording session with Yutram. Will probably begin animating again tomorrow. My current sleep schedule seems to be holding together, now if I could just figure out what the hell I’m doing at work that would be peachy.

Work

Night 1 of 9 complete

Made it through my first night ok. I still don’t entirely know what I’m doing, but apparently we did ok. I only threw up once, still not entirely sure why. I did make up for it when I woke by having a nice omelet. It isn’t everyday that I make myself a super nice breakfast on a workday. I’ve been sleeping not long after getting home, and waking in the afternoon to enjoy some daylight and other things I wouldn’t enjoy during a workday. I really need to come up with a better lunch plan than PB&J for lunch. We haven’t had time to really cook anything since we got back from our little trip. Perhaps after work I’ll buy some items to make something a little more impressive than a sandwich.

All in an Overlord's day / Open Threads

Late Night Open Thread

Here’s hoping that I don’t become completely insane by the end of my nine day work week. I’m planning to crash out not long after getting back home in the morning. I’ve been doing random things all afternoon since I’ve woken. Prepared an actual lunchbox, worked on a couple scripts for tomorrow and began work on another scene. We’re doing a slight rewrite, but managing to keep the main story in tact. I don’t think I’ll have it out on time, but I will be working on it whenever I can.

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Vans and Spaghetti

We had quite the adventure up to Portland yesterday. One of our objectives was to score a new vehicle on our trip while visiting family, and we were disheartened to find that the first person we were going to meet with had to cancel, and even called our home number not long after we left on our trip. We had a second contact planned but they already sold their vehicle. It was a huge letdown, we would retire at a cousin’s house and do a quick search on craigslist before heading off to dinner, and it’s a good thing that we did because someone was wanting to sell their Toyota Sienna at a really discounted price, and we got there just in time. Someone else wanted to buy the van, but fortunately we had cash on us. 😀 We now have a golden Toyota Sienna, and it was a really nice ride back home today… despite a bee sneaking into the car and me having to shoo the fucker out my window armed only with a camera bag. I bet it looks about as stupid as it does in my head. We had dinner at The Spaghetti Factory and some cocktails, it was all good fun. Finished up in the morning at ihop then had a nice relaxing trip home.

I’m looking forward to a good summer vacation this year. :melon: And to driving it more of course. 😛