~Cellidor

Alright, I think 2 years is -plenty- long enough for me to finally get around to writing a new journal on here. So what's been going on all this time? What wild adventures have I had? Grand exploits to speak of?

Well, as anyone can tell, said exploits were not of the artistic variety (given I only wrote one story in all that time). In truth, I've been spending all of my time delved deep into my studies, getting things sorted out, and figuring out my next steps. I'm now entering a period of relative calm, as I've successfully completed my Bachelor of Game Design, and have begun working for a larger company working on game development.

The last year of the schooling program was actually a pretty interesting one, I really got to flex my coding skills. I was part of a team of 6 students all working on a Capstone game. We had a sound designer, a 2-D artist, 3-D character modeller, 3-D asset designer, production lead, and a coder (myself). We went rather ballsy with our design and made something for the VIVE, stepping into the realms of VR. The result was something I really feel proud of. We submitted our game at the 2017 LevelUp in Toronto, a competition including students from 12 different universities and colleges, and over 80 other teams, and of the 12 possible awards, our game won -two- of them, second best for technical innovation, and 3rd best overall game. I'll be patting myself on the back for at least a year or so for my part on -that- particular endeavor!

Once things fall more into a routine, I've got a number of plans underway. Things like getting my own private place to stay and keep my belongings, setting up work stations when I'm at home so I can properly get into story writing/art/music composition on my down time, and generally just relaxing after far-too-many years of school. Oh, and paying off student loans...yeah, that's going to be a long-running goal, no doubts there.

Hard to think it's been over 7 years since I joined FA. So many friends I've made purely thanks to this website. Who knows, without the people I met, maybe I'd of never ended up a furry? Maybe I wouldn't have even ended up in the discipline and career I am now? Who knows! such things are not for our particular timeline in the multiverse.

Well, that's all I have to say on things so far! Perhaps there'll be new updates in the future, who knows?