I’ve recently taken on some 3d programming with a set of libraries called “panda3d“.  They’re quite nice, and I’ve been impressed with it all so far.  The main interfacing language is Python, although many of the libraries themselves are written in C++, for speed’s sake.

Ever since (about) highschool, I had this vision of creating my own RPG.  Originally, my naive idea was to make a sequel to the beloved SNES game Chrono Trigger, but then it hit me one that day that…

A) I’d be an idiot for trying to make a “sequel” to a copyrighted video game produced by a largely successful company based out of Japan

B) I felt silly for trying to be “new” and “on the edge of discovery” while only (at best) attempting to extend the ideas of a genius other than I.

C) You don’t just “make a sequel” to your favorite video game.  That’s childish.

While all of the above sound pretty similar in nature, all three hit me differently, and I ultimately decided to completely redo the “story” that I had invented.  I had been drawing characters for use in the game for a long time, yet I still decided that even those needed a make over.

And over the next 3 years, the idea for Finite Dreams (FD) had been in the making.  (The name is kind of tentative, since I came up with it a while back, and I don’t think that I like it much anymore.)  Games from all over the spectrum (a few of the more relevant examples: Kingdom Hearts, Dark Cloud 2, and Final Fantasy XII) had developed ideas at the same time as myself, and I constantly found myself playing a brand new game that had come up with my ideas before I had.  *grr*

But now, I’m creating “my” game.  I’m not recreating someone else’s ideas, or implamenting them differently, or even doing them “better” than in some other game.  I’m making my own ideas, and it’s coming along nicely…  Unfortunately for me, I had to begin learning Python, but now I love it.  It makes me *hate* Java all the more.  *shudder*  ooooOoooOOOo, Java, how I loathe you.  But the guys at work hear me rant enough about Java, so I shan’t do it here.

I’ll be sure to post some actual content eventually.  For now, I’m getting the engine up and running.  While I’m a one-man team, I do hope to make some good progress, even if it takes me ages.  I’m an artist, muscian, programmer, modeler, and storywriter, all wrapped up into one.  I love every single one of those elements.  I can’t wait to hit every milestone along the way.