I feel like it's been a while since I've done one of these journals! So, let me explain what's been going on in my life right now.

That University Thing

To start of, lets talk about the thing that's took over my life for the past 3 years, university!

Well, I've finished it now! I graduate next month with a 1st Class Honours Degree in BSc Hons Games Design, the best possible outcome for this course (last year, only 3% of graduates received this) so I'll be a Bachelor of SCIENCE! Just don't ask me anything about science, I can talk to you at length about game design though!

http://tinypic.com/r/el9t6p/8 <--- The official result! Aww yeeh

So hopefully, I will soon be entering the scary world of the games industry! Such fun!

http://youtu.be/8GF0LM0_LHU <--- For anyone interested in seeing my 3D model showreel!

My final year project was a four player arena shooter with non lethal weapons (a gun that blasts out air, etc). The team I worked with kinda fell apart but I did my job as character artist, modeller, rigger, skinner and gui artist. Our game was entered in Games Republic, a student showcase competition made up of 25 teams from 6 universities that was judged by companies such as Rockstar, Sumo Digital and Just Add Water.

http://tinypic.com/r/91cw2d/8 <-- The booth we set up at Games Republic

We didn't win any awards but got a lot of positive feedback on it so it was something to take from it. I've also got like 250 business cards lying around the house now because I bought waaaay too many. If I meet you in person, I may throw some at you like Gambit.


So with a nice debt to replay to Student Finance, I am now an unemployed bum currently searching for a job! I'll be moving back home tomorrow to save on finances and slowly get myself back into the black and hopefully net a job.

Outside of university... That's kinda been it really!