Part 3 of Instant Party
Last installment. About 9 characters 5 AIs, and all the page references, notes, and accounting done already with points to spare to burn as Fate Points and Customization. Most of…
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Gaming, tools, and thoughts from Game in the Brain.
2013-08-28
GMing
Emotional Energy in a Game
Energy is usually what I can try to offer in a game, even if I suck at prep and puzzles. Sophistication is nice but I have to be a little…
Read more →Filipino Mariners, my Inspiration for the Traveller Game
I was first exposed to the lives of Filipino Mariners when I worked for one of the largest seaman manpower companies of the Philippines as a 3d Artist, Magsaysay. We…
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2013-08-23
health
7-Minute Workout from life Hacker.
each interval is 30sec with 10 second break jumping jacks to start wall sit is ok difficulty Push-ups was very hard for me. I could only make 12 Crunches were…
Read more →Paper expenses, and RPGs with Trade
TL:DR What’s this relation in Gaming, particularly Trade Games like Traveller or any Game where there is trade and negotiations value is pretty arbitrary with bench marks made by the…
Read more →Augmentation Notes: Economics in Augmentation & Simpe Mental Augmentation
Economics of Augmentation I noticed in MgT that bonuses from Cybernetics are at +1 to +3 but from 1 to 2 Million. Its not the only system that works in this…
Read more →Pondering About Ships In My Sci-fi Universe
New Things to Imagine. In light of some technical understanding this is how I imagine ship interiors to be like. Ship Interior Surface I think the inside of a ship…
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2013-08-18
studies
Learning Expenses
I plan to use the skills I’m gaining in blender to help the company. Beginning with migrating to a blender render farm instead of the limited Auto-desk farm. With a…
Read more →JTAS Aug 13 is up
Self interest being transparent here. The first post, Instant Party I, had 4 characters in it. This had 5, 3 being AI companions. I realized I failed to consider the…
Read more →Bull Pup version of STG44
Poor lighting is a great way to hide the flaws. Lolz. I wanted to make WW2 gun updates since they should be “public domain” by now and the rights to…
Read more →Adventures in SciFi Publishing presents DemiCon 24 panel “How to Build a Navy” with David Weber and BuNine — Adventures in SciFi Publishing
In case anyone missed this… this is a great outline method to write a Sci-fi setting’s source book. In the illustration, the parts in red is one of the focus…
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2013-08-15
studies
Seeking Equilibrium
Why can’t our skill stay sharp, our bodies fit, and our lives busy with important things? Its annoying that the answer to why we degrade when we have the potential…
Read more →Open Computing (Any System)
If you just look at FLOPS Magnitude of Computing you pretty much get the benchmark for computer stats. I tend to have to refer to these stats when I do Rendering…
Read more →Learning Circles
Made a “Profile” regarding Learning using Google Hangouts. Just opening up opportunities to meet people and learn things, and find other people of the same interests and want to learn…
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2013-08-11
Uncategorized
A fictional nation complete with maps
link I saw on reddit A Great resource for modern campaigns. I’ll add this to my gurps modern fantasy game. I better save this. Update.The Koana Islands was the Fictional…
Read more →[Classic Traveller] Robot Rules to make an Exo-Skeleton
my Cripple of a Character (Str 2, max can carry 14lbs) needs a prosthetic exo skeleton and has the social status to get away with it. Built a Robot designed…
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2013-08-08
Sci-fi
Classic Traveller sounds more like a Dystopia?
Recently playing a character with Str 2 and Dex 3 in Traveller, I realize the importance of the prosthetic exo-skeleton for the handicapped. When the Japanese exo skeleton prototype first…
Read more →Simple Suit Creation Process (any system);
Very Simple Suit Creation process because its mostly hand-waving and light math. Just look at the following benchmarks Human Surface area 1.5sqm or about 15sqft (includes head, neck, and extra…
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2013-08-07
Uncategorized
3d Progress Aug 7 2013
Well I’m able to put in a lot of hours studying. Especially with the rendering. Now I remember how much of a hardware hog 3d is. But there is a…
Read more →re-learning 3d Graphics again :P
Relearning 3d again. Its much easier now than when I first learned it in 2007 but in blender instead of 3ds Max. Before I was in denial that I can…
Read more →Captain’s Log 96-1105
We made a killing yesterday, almost $3M of profit. It was a hard two months of dry business. Tukera is eating up all lots in the minor and branch routes…
Read more →IMTU to IMSU (In My Sci-Fi Universe)
It was recently I was introduced to the existence of “In My Traveller Universe” Setting Codes. Then there is the really cool GM badges. I guess one’s GM style and…
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2013-08-02
Uncategorized
I got published in JTAS!
Wife had good news today and today, I got my good news! They had to break it down because it was too long it was broken down to parts. I’ll…
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2013-08-01
Uncategorized
Relearning 3d but going all-out-Blender
Just doing all the free training and tutorial will keep me busy for a month. Its good exercise but I will really need to get into the advance stuff soon.…
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2013-07-29
Game design
“Self Reliance” is a personal philosophy and a game theme
“Albert Einstein – “Never memorize something that you can look up.” Socrates on Writing – “[It] destroys memory [and] weakens the mind, relieving it of…work that makes it strong. [It]…
Read more →IMTU: Mind-Emulator + Drone Fighters
I just stumbled on something I am wondering if anyone else figured out: with Mind Emulation, Pilots can basically be Synced to Fighters or what will be Drone Fighters. Trying…
Read more →IMTU exo-skeletons, bonus Freight Handling AI
I’ve been trying to reverse engineer powered armor calculations in UT but I’m not that good in math or physics/engineering to break it down. I might as well say its…
Read more →IMTU augmentation is signature gear
I’ve ruled that cybernetics a dependent bio tech mods are signature Gear and min maxed it to see how far it goes. It doesn’t go too far, especially when you…
Read more →IMTU Warheads and Effectiveness
This is a post to patch up some rules regarding warheads and special effects. see Common Fighters of the Third Imperium by Mark Gellis has the rules for the missiles.…
Read more →IMTU – Simplifying Starting Ships; Profitability Updated
Simple Rule – you start out with all the necessary equipment and consumables as long as they don’t add up to more than 10% of the ship. The only catch…
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