What project are you working on?

Ultranova

Well, let's see...

I'm trying to finish my mod, whilst writing a massive lore document for some of the more nitty gritty workings of the Internet in one of my past factions and at the same time trying to (mostly successfully) set up a new faction.

ProntoManagement

Namek A great view into the busy life of Namek.

Ultranova Sweet!

dafeeeeeeeeeesh Oh no! You can't be excited about that? All the food you won't be able to eat but I'm sure it'll be worth it in the long run. I heard it's quite painful and can leave a scar in your mouth. Never had braces myself but many friends with them. Going to get my wisdom teeth removed soon though, they're growing at an angle.

Alpha That sounds actually pretty cool. Do we get a sneak peak of the game maybe a little video of it?

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

ProntoManagement
braces because my teeth are out of place

TurboTwinky28

dafeeeeeeeeeesh relatable. cramped jaw. Had to get my last 2 baby teeth and 2 adults pulled out cuz it was so bad. my teeth were so bad that just putting a finger on my them with braces on was enough to make my cry out in pain, even with such little pressure. Took me 4 years to get them off, but I still have scars on the inside of my mouth

Alpha

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

Stay optimistic. Time will fly and they'll be gone before you even realize. I personally never had much trouble with them (apart from not being able to eat a couple things properly and needing to brush my teeth more often). The removal was slightly annoying, but that was about it for me.

I had more trouble with the ridiculous "brick" I had to put in my mouth for over a year, combined with some sort of metal wire that looked like this:

Yes it was attached to my head with elastics, looking weird. Sleeping with it even felt strange. (Good thing I only needed to wear it after school and at night.)

Perhaps that's why I didn't care much about the braces. I was actually happy for them to replace the less subtle things in my mouth. 😅

Alpha

ProntoManagement Well, I've been rounding up my research competencies (Directly translated. Imagine it as a pair of large tasks one must make in the final year of high school. ). I have one for math, and one for Latin. I've been working on them for most of the year.

For math I went for something I had some basic knowledge of and chose programming on a Ti-84+ calculator. Discussed a lot of things in that paper, and combined all I had learned in a simple game I made some months. The goal is to get as many X's without getting catched by the R. Sounds simple, well it is.

The only pain in the back was that I didn't have cable to connect the calculator to a computer around that time, so I had to write all the code directly on the calculator. Was it worth it? Hell yeah!

It's very funny to see others try my game, and score 2 points. When I show them the code afterwards they act like I've been so stupid taking the most difficult subject, while I know I actually took the easiest one. I mean, I don't need to do very complex calculations.

Latin, well. It's not that interesting. Just a lot about the medical world in old Rome. (Did you know Romans had a special pair of tweezers to help remove a patient's uvula? Sounds horrible, I know.)

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

TurboTwinky28
no my teeth are badddddddd i had 3 root canals and 2 teeth pulled out so far and i have not even had braces yet.

KrankysFirebrand48

ProntoManagement sci-fi. Kinda Star Wars like. I’m not that far, but it has no sign to stop.

Alpha

ProntoManagement It is indeed very simple yet fun. I will perhaps even provide a download, but gotta refine some of the death messages first. (Some are written in Dutch).

I will certainly ping you once I make a thread for it. You can expect it between now and Wednesday.

Onerror

Making a Suicidal homing beyblade of nuclear death and destruction.
( In cosmoteer, not a terrorist attack on my neighbors. )

TurboTwinky28

Onerror In cosmoteer, not a terrorist attack

slowly puts phone back down

ProntoManagement

Onerror Woah there got my a little worried.

Astrum Sweet how did you learn to write in an interesting way that keeps people interested? Did you do anything other than normal school teaching methods.

Astrum

Within Cosmoteer: Continue to expand my library of viable ships

Outside of Cosmoteer: Return to writing a science-fiction novel I am co-writing with a friend, which is a re-imagining of sorts of a novel we already wrote.

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

Alpha
I will probably get used to it since i have to ware them for i think 6 months

Alpha

dafeeeeeeeeeesh Luckily 6 months is not that long. Good luck!

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

Alpha
I think it's 6 months could be longer though...

Ultranova

dafeeeeeeeeeesh lucky you! I have to have my braces for two years.

Only done 5 months so far... ughhhh

kieffer5101

Ultranova he, i have had my braces for 2 years, im getting them off on Thursday though! 🎉

Astrum

ProntoManagement Hm, well I’m still not a very skilled writer. Dialogue can be a real pain when it rocked to not making it seem super wooden and artificial. It takes a lot of trial and error, and being consistent with how the characters are supposed to act and speak.

It can be difficult and frustrating, but in the end it is quite rewarding!

RedAndCosmoteer

Astrum I may be able to help...

That, or ask yobeefjerky, he's also writing a sci-fi book.

Or you can go to the other people of the lore and roleplay section, who knows.

Fort_Master_Gustav

Astrum I agree with Red. Take a gander in the RP section, it ought to give some cool ideas as well.

Astrum

Fort_Master_Gustav

RedAndCosmoteer

Thanks for offers! I might swing by RP at some point, but as this project isn’t Cosmoteer related, I probably won’t involve it here. My biggest issue right now is actually in regards to motivation to write/writer’s block.