The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,600 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]
Archive for the ‘My Work’ Category
New Year’s Resolutions: 2012
Posted: December 31, 2011 in Blogroll, My WorkTags: Dreams, Hpes, New Year's, Resolutions, Troy Christensen
This year I am simply making lists of things that I want to achieve or do better at. Straight up. Nothing fancy, nothing clever: pure aspirations of 2012. And with that, here is my list of resolutions for the year 2012: Goals for 2012 Health 1. Get more sleep 2. Get my taste buds back–Instead [...]
Thanksgiving Sci-Fi Marathon 2011
Posted: November 21, 2011 in My WorkTags: Gaming, marathon, Netflix, Science-Fiction, streaming movie
So as the holiday approaches, I am thinking of repeating my Labor Day Sci Fi marathon. What to choose? I will be accessing most of my content via the Netflix streaming so what should I try? Should I keep to my favorites and watch something I know will enjoy, or should I venture into new [...]
A new version of Multiverse is available for download at AtomicGamer. It is not what I would call an official upgrade, but more of a patch to the original mod. Changes: Civic Screen is now vertical to help out computers with small screens or resolution Commander and Slave Ships now capture Barbarian units correctly Stone [...]
Starting Research for Age of Discovery
Posted: September 21, 2011 in My WorkTags: Age of Discovery, Civilization IV, Discovery, New World
I am officially starting my development on my next mod, tentatively called “Age of Discovery” although it probably should be given a “II” since I had an earlier buggy version of the mod. This version will be written completely fresh, from the ground up using a standard base mod template or using the non-animated [...]
Extreme2 Has Been Updated
Posted: September 17, 2011 in My WorkTags: Civilization IV, Games, Mods, Troy Christensen
The quintessential Civilization IV mod has been updated again. In this version I have added several new unique units and unique buildings to the latter part of the game. version 4 is the latest version as of September 17th 2011 of this game. You can download the new version from: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XJGJT2DA Additional information: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=415468
Multiverse You can download this mod here at: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5WOQR4SL Multiverse, version I is finally ready to be released to the general gaming public. After several months of coding and more polishing and playtesting, the mod is ready for people to play. Multiverse is a mod much different than its predecessor named ExtremeMod [...]
The Computer Game That Changed the World
Posted: August 28, 2011 in My Work, ThoughtsTags: Civilization, Civilization IV, Computer Games, Extreme2, ExtremeMod, Games, Strategy, Troy Christensen
There have been many computer games that I fondly remember, from the days of the Commodore-64 with such classics as Ultima III and Reach For The Stars, to the present day monster computers with quad cores and gigabyte graphics cards with such titles as RIFTS, Diablo II, and Grand Theft Auto. But through it all, [...]
Exciting Week of Play Testing
Posted: August 26, 2011 in Blogroll, My WorkTags: Civilization, Civilization IV, Computer Games, Extreme2, ExtremeMod, Games, Strategy, Troy Christensen
I continue to test and tweak the new systems for Multiverse and Extreme2. Largest challenge now is to tweak all the values of units and buildings so that they fall into a step chaotic order. I kick myself now for not being more organized and had the foresight to record the statistics of each unit. [...]
