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2009/08/12: Cool Character Generator
Here's the results I got on a What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be? website I tried out. While this has nothing to do with Orbital Cows Entertainment, I thought it would be something cool to post about. I Am A: Chaotic Neutral Human Sorcerer (3rd Level) Ability Scores: Strength-11 Dexterity-11 Constitution-12 Intelligence-12 Wisdom-11 Charisma-9 Alignment: Chaotic Neutral A chaotic neutral character follows his whims. He is an individualist first and last. He values his own liberty but doesn't strive to protect others' freedom. He avoids authority, resents restrictions, and challenges traditions. A chaotic neutral character does not intentionally disrupt organizations as part of a campaign of anarchy. To do so, he would have to be motivated either by good (and a desire to liberate others) or evil (and a desire to make those different from himself suffer). A chaotic neutral character may be unpredictable, but his behavior is not totally random. He is not as likely to jump off a bridge as to cross it. Chaotic neutral is the best alignment you can be because it represents true freedom from both society's restrictions and a do-gooder's zeal. However, chaotic neutral can be a dangerous alignment because it seeks to eliminate all authority, harmony, and order in society. Race: Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like. Class: Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast. What's screwed up is that my prime attribute is only 9. It's my lowest score, though none of my ability scores are particularly high.
2009/08/06: New Articles
The articles Rant: Federal Holidays and Time for A Modern World have been added to replace the old "A New Calendar" article. The article Time Cost of Walking Vs. Driving (2009) is a 2009 update of the article Time Cost of Walking Vs. Driving (2008). Also, the old article was updated to fix a math error.
2009/06/25: Game Du Jour Discounts
Tomorrow (6/26), Nanotron will be featured on Game Du Jour at a steep discount. The day after (6/27), Lucky's Puzzle Carnival will be featured on Game Du Jour at a steep discount. Pick up both games while you can get this deal!
2009/06/25: Added Charm School
I've added Charm School to our site. It's another cool game from Hanako Games!
2009/05/16: LPC and Nanotron Updates
Lucky's Puzzle Carnival has been updated to version 1.02 for bug fixes. Nanotron has been updated to version 1.02 to include LPC-style slideshows rather than the old stuttery version. Also, the Orbital Cows 2009 Bundle has been made available. It includes both Lucky's Puzzle Carnival and Nanotron.
2009/05/15: Article Updates
The article Ten Worst Groups in the World has been added, and the article Design Pattern Mini-Catalog has been expanded.
2009/04/11: Added Kudos 2
Kudos 2 is now available from our site. It's an awesome game developed by Positech Games. The screenshots don't do it justice, but it's the best life simulation game out there. I plan to add more games from Positech Games and Hanako Games in the future, but a cut on my finger is making it too hard to type right now. (Yes, I know how stupid that sounds.)
2009/04/05: LPC 1.01
A version 1.01 of Lucky's Puzzle Carnival has been released. This version has been created to address performance issues on computers using integrated graphics chipsets. Some other minor tweaks have been included as well. Also, the Mac OS X requirements have been lowered to 10.4, rather than 10.5. The Mac OS X version was supposed to be modified in a way that would have required 10.5, but I couldn't get my hands on a computer with Mac OS X 10.5 in time. Hence, the change wasn't made. The post-mortem has been updated appropriately. Kiki's Candyland is being put off into the future, and Rabbit Bureau of Investigation is becoming our next project. This is probably the way it should have been in the first place. As it is, time has been wasted working on Kiki's Candyland, but such is life.
2009/03/09: LPC 1.00
Lucky's Puzzle Carnival is now officially released. A flurry of last minute changes were made, but the core gameplay is still the same. No more testing will be allowed, and the test page has been disabled. Additionally, a post-mortem for Lucky's Puzzle Carnival has been posted to the articles section, and some game descriptions have been modified. Rael: The Redemption has been indefinitely postponed in favor of an RPG version of Rael which hasn't started development yet. It is now officially posses the limbo-like status of vaporware. The upcoming page has been updated to reflect these changes and others as well. The old news postings have been updated to correct or remove links that were no longer valid.
2009/03/06: LPC Release Candidate 2
The Lucky's Puzzle Carnival release candidate 2 build is available for testing. Try it now. [Edit: Link removed after testing ending.] If this build passes testing, it will be the final version of Lucky's Puzzle Carnival. Several bugs and minor issues have been fixed in this build.
2009/03/04: LPC Release Candidate 1
The Lucky's Puzzle Carnival release candidate 1 build is available for testing. Try it now. [Edit: Link removed after testing ending.] If this build passes testing, it will be the final version of Lucky's Puzzle Carnival.
2009/02/27: LPC Beta 6
The Lucky's Puzzle Carnival beta 6 build is available. Sign up now. [Edit: Link removed after testing ending.] Honestly, this build isn't that much different from the beta 5, but I uploaded it anyways.
2009/02/19: Added Dark Ages
I added the free game Dark Ages to this website. It was made available to me by DK Software. He's working on an updated version of Dark Ages 2 right now, though I'm not sure when it will be finished. Also, I've removed the game Hick Quest because it does nothing but take up space on the RPG page. The short descriptions of other games have been edited so that they're actually short.
2009/02/06: New Article
I've posted an article about Reducing Your Output of Greenhouse Gases. I actually posted it some time ago, but I've updated it to be much better.
2009/01/15: Screenshot Updates
Lucky's Puzzle Carnival has all new updated screenshots! The game will be released before long. Cute Knight Deluxe is now available for Mac OS X (and $5 cheaper), and the game Pentagraph has been added.
2008/12/24: Article Updates
The article Design Pattern Mini-Catalog has been added. It briefly explains some of the more common design patterns for computer science. More patterns should be added, and more information should be given about each pattern. However, this is a good start, and I don't know when I'll have time to work on it again. The articles Character Types and Social Ladder in the United States have been updated slightly.