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erucres: ANIME THAT JAZZ - Tamashii no Refrain...

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:29:46 -0700

ANIME THAT JAZZ - Tamashii no Refrain (Evangelion)

From the album “EVENING!”

i had a really emotional moment today.i was on my way out of 24 hour fitness and i was waiting at...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:26:04 -0700

i had a really emotional moment today.

i was on my way out of 24 hour fitness and i was waiting at the light to leave. i was blaring the radio really loudly (as usual after a workout session) and ‘mirrors’ by justin timberlake came on. as i was listening to the song i saw a really old couple (they must’ve been in their 70s) cross the street. i watched them intently, the man was trailing behind his wife and his wife was dragging one of those backpacks that had wheels on them.

looking at them really reminded me of my own grandparents—and in this case, if you’ve seen the music video for jt’s mirrors, you’d know why it’d make a person really emotional.

i can’t remember the last time i saw my grandparents walk together like that and i won’t ever get the chance to again.

i really wished i had taken more pictures with them throughout my high school and my college years.

i miss my grandma and grandpa so much.

the-teal-seer: prince-frost: ooc:I was out looking for him!...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:25:17 -0800

the-teal-seer:

prince-frost:

ooc:I was out looking for him! Will continue searching tomorrow as well! PLEASE pass this along!

If you live in San Diego California please please please! Keep an eye out for him!

There was a guy at my school (in Utah) that went missing who turned up okay in California! So even if you dont live in the area, signal boost because you never know where they could be!

frankiefoto: Downtown San Diego and Coronado Bridge

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:25:10 -0800

frankiefoto:

Downtown San Diego and Coronado Bridge

dayzdev: Where is the Standalone Release? I suppose I should...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:46:41 -0800

New interior demonstrates some of the additional texture work for that post-apoc feel

More new texture work

Another interior

The "bloom-cloth" has been edited

New city building interior demo

Female version for the hoodie and jeans - all clothing is unisex

Male model (WIP) featuring the basic underwear (colors WIP)

Demonstration of the unrestricted view-distance ability. This screenshot was taken on my work laptop, demonstrating the awe-inspiring scale of the world

Early WIP of the hoodie and jeans, when on a male character

dayzdev:

Where is the Standalone Release?

I suppose I should start with the question everyone wants to know… where is DayZ Standalone? Obviously, it’s not here. At Eurogamer I said that DayZ had to be out before the end of the year and that’s come and gone. I still stand by that comment, to achieve what we had originally wanted, we did have to be out by the end of the year - and we’ve failed to achieve that.

Put simply, DayZ Standalone isn’t here because we had the chance to go from making a game that was just the mod improved slightly, packaged simply, and sold - to actually redeveloping the engine and making the game the way we all dreamed it could be. This blew any initial plans we had dictated to pieces.

The plan going forward

The plan from here is straightforward. We will be releasing a closed test imminently, during which approximately 500-1000 people will assist in ensuring our architecture is correctly functioning. This closed test will be focused purely on architecture, not the game design. Once we have confirmed fixes for issues arising from the closed test, we will then reschedule an internal date for our public release.

What has been done?

One of the most profound and major architectural changes has had its initial implementation completed, this is the overhaul of the inventory system. In fact, the inventory and item management system was completely removed and rewritten from the ground by Jirka, one of the original engine programmers. The work that has been completed on this groundbreaking, and it going to fundamentally change the DayZ experience.

You scavenge for items now, as individual parts, picking up pieces rather than piles, looking for cans on shelves or under beds. The new system opens the door for durability of items, disease tracking (cholera lingering on clothes a player wears…), batteries, addon components, and much more. If you shoot a player in the head to take his night vision, you will damage the night vision. The changes to this inventory system are huge.

An additional area of change has been to make the inventory system more intuitive along with a key focus on providing visceral feedback on your progress through what inventory you have. The use of drag-and-drop, 3D models rather than 2D pictures, and being able to add items/clothing to your character in 3D in the inventory screen - have all come out of months of design work and research. I’m extremely pleased with the results of Jirka and Hladas, two of the programmers who have been working on implementing the design ideas. I believe the changes to this inventory system will fundamentally change the nature of the DayZ experience.

We are not at the point where we can release meaningful videos or screenshots of the system, but we have now confirmed the base architecture is working in game. Likely, the first that will come out about the inventory system will be during the closed test when people are actually using it.

UI Changes

ArmA community legend kju has been part of the DayZ development for some time, and is now one of your key development members. He has been working with our CEO (Marek) and me to develop the DayZ UI. We have been greatly inspired by Minecraft to make the UI simple and effective, rather than flashy and complex. All our art and code efforts are going into the game, the UI is being designed to be straightforward and functional just like in Minecraft.

Art Progress

A huge amount of work is being completed on art. I’m including some more additional pictures taken from around Chernarus. We have some massive plans now that all interiors have been completed, as rather than moving them on to other projects we are now giving them exciting new things to create.

One of the new artists on the team is a texture artist, and has been working on revising the textures for our new building interiors so they look more post-apocalyptic. Some of these changes can be seen in the work-in-progress pictures I have included.

Map Progress

The lead architect of the revised (and original) Chernarus map, Ivan Buchta, is still imprisoned in Greece on charges of espionage - and is a great loss to the team. Luckily, through letters, Ivan is able to provide some input and insight into the development of the map. Regardless, the continued imprisonment of him and Martin Pezlar has a significant impact on our ability to redevelop Chernarus.

circlemaze: I heard people saying that if they had tests about...

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:55:16 -0800

circlemaze:

I heard people saying that if they had tests about Pokémon, they’d only get As, so I gave my students the opportunity to prove it. ;D

This is the most fun I had IN MY LIFE while preparing an exam!

~~I translated only parts of the exam, but if you understand Portuguese, you can check out the whole thing on this PDF.~~

Edit: A redditor translated the rest of the exam, you can find it here!

DAYZ: Dev Report: November 2012

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:14:47 -0800

DAYZ: Dev Report: November 2012:

dayzdev:

The current phase:

Our development focus is 100% on core technology, the key architecture, and not on features (yet). A major stream developing assets also runs in parallel to the core development team.

Due to the success of the development so far, and the interest in the project in general -…

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fatbeans: runicbasso: hotterhatter2211: pondspondsponds: Doc...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:17:00 -0800

fatbeans:

runicbasso:

hotterhatter2211:

pondspondsponds:

Doctor Who: Transformations are Cool! by walanganumanpo

Finding friends by moonlight,
Ruining lives by daylight,
Sometimes running from a real fight,
He is the unnamed Doctor - who?

OHmyggggg

this is so true

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:16:56 -0800

this is so true

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fuckyeahspringfield: Too bad he can’t sue Mr. Burns anymore…

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:15:06 -0800

fuckyeahspringfield:

Too bad he can’t sue Mr. Burns anymore…

breakingbadamc: Just normal family...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:15:01 -0800

breakingbadamc:

Just normal family conversation

http://thezysu.tumblr.com/

snoopdoggsinthehenhouse: hifas: Citrus Series by Dennis...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:11:48 -0800

snoopdoggsinthehenhouse:

hifas:

Citrus Series by Dennis Wojtkiewicz

the colors in that bottom one put me back at my grandmas old house lying in her bed staring out of her window through the leaves watching the rain fall.

weird

murrmaiden: YEAH.

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:11:45 -0800

murrmaiden:

YEAH.

thepocketprotector: Just a father and mother kissing their...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:11:42 -0800

thepocketprotector:

Just a father and mother kissing their dying little girl goodbye. If you are wondering why all the medic people are bowing: in less than an hour, two small children in the next room are able to live thanks to the little girl’s kidney and liver. - Imgur

“Powerful” isn’t a good enough descriptor for this image series.

How often do you find a person that admires your little weird habits, puts up with your shit, and...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:11:38 -0800

How often do you find a person that admires your little weird habits, puts up with your shit, and still can say they like you at the end of the day?

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