Indie games - Knytt

In this episode of Indies games I play a free to download game called Knytt from Nifflas games made by Nicklas Nygren. It is a exploring game where you help an alien who kidnapped you then crashed gather up parts of his space ship.


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So I have graduated, well I have my results graduation is on the 14th July. I will be graduation with a 2:1 hons BSc in Computer Science from Aberystwyth university and a 1st for my dissertation. I have had a fantastic time there and met some amazing people who I will remain friends with for a long time. It will definitely not be the last time I am in Aber though as I want to keep visiting there as it is a wonderful place.

In other news the supreme court of America has announced that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states. This has created a bit of an up roar with those who are against it(I am for gay marriage) who have been saying they will move to Canada. Little do they know Canada has had gay marriage legal for a long while now so they will be in for a shock.

People on Facebook who are happy about the news have taken to rainbowifying their Facebook profile pictures. The rainbow being the LGBT log. So there are a lot of colourful faces on Facebook at the moment.

Videos on YouTube are a bit slow as well at the moment as I am currently at home, but there will be a new video going up soon so keep checking my channel out. (Link below). I am at home as more job interviews, yay! hopefully will have a job and start earning some money to pay everyone back.

Thanks for reading and hope you have a good day!

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Another week gone and stuff to talk about so lets get straight to it.

First lets get the important stuff out the way, Jurassic World. Yes it was good, a lot better than I was expecting it to be however the ending did let it down just a bit. I love the throw back to the classic films and couldn't help smile when the Chris Pratt meme scene came on. If you are not aware of this then you must live under a rock, check image below to see what I am on about.

I'm trying to keep up to date with videos but this coming week I am doing a lot of traveling so they won't be kept up to date as much. They will be back to the daily schedule soon. I will also have to start looking into getting some more storage space as my hard drives are filling up quite quickly.

Interesting bit of information here, turns out Windows 10 will not be free.


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Team Fortress 2 Let's Play: Fire burns

Check out an old video of me playing Team Fotress 2 (TF2) and see how bad I used to be. I am much better now honestly...



As always constructive criticism is welcome :)

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Lets play 7 days to die ( alpha ): #1 Starting off in a zombie wasteland

This episode we find shelter as well as getting some valuable resources on the way as well as meeting cousin Dave and getting a nail gun.

Mostly we spend it setting up a home, picking essential supplies such as cotton, stone and sticks. These help make handy tools that we need to take on the zombie apocalypse that will inevitably come on the 7th day. So having a decent axe, weapons like crossbows and shotguns will mean we survive a lot longer.

As always constructive criticism is welcome :)

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Results....SOON!

So the time is almost upon us Aber people. Those who are graduating will be getting results this Thursday, that includes me. Can not lie I am a little nervous but I think it should be ok, can not see why I would not get a 2:1. Really hope I don't get a 2:2 as I said I would go graduation in a tutu otherwise but chances of that are really unlikely (touch wood).

My time at uni really is coming to an end as the first flat mate has moved out and the other one to be gone by the end of the week. I hopefully will not be too far behind as I hope to get a job sorted as soon as possible. Speaking of I have a few phone interviews and a couple face to face meetings to get through so hopefully some of them will prove fruitful.

As well as looking for work and preparing to move I have also been playing some 7 days to die with flat mate which you should be able to see on my channel soon (link below). I have also watch an excellent new Netflix season called sense8, really good and recommend checking it out. As well as checking out Daredevil tv series if you have not already checked that out and Dark matter. Dark matter is a little Firefly esk but so far not that level of awesome, it has the potential.


Finally yesterday was fathers day so I hope you all (who can) wished your father a happy day if not there is still time, a few days late won't matter :).


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First time play: Polarity

Watch as I play a 15p puzzle game that has been compared to minecraft. It is very enjoyable, puzzling at times bit short on the main game but has multi player and bonus levels to add more.

Modded Minecraft: Ep9, Solar panal pt1, Circuit fabricator and Power pro...

In this episode I start work on making solar panels and get into some trouble with power compatability.
 


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Modded Minecraft: Ep8 Digital miner pt5, the digital miner is complete!

In this episode we finally complete work on the digital miner. One small step for me one giant leap for mining.






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The Effective Power Bug: Why Can Weird Text Crash Your iPhone?

An interesting explanation to the effective power iPhone bug. Whether it is correct is something we will have to wait for but show got to be carefull when programming as anything can easily go wrong.


Video is not mine and is done by Tom Scott, check him out he has some really good videos. His channel can be found here https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay

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So it has been an interesting week. There were bats(well just the one), driving, coffee, job talks and many youtube videos and adjustments.

 So first off the bat? Well the other day it was nice so me and a friend went on a walk up Pen Dinas a hill near where I live. After watching a never ending heard of cows we decided to head back home as my hayfever was playing up. On the way down I spotted a bat on the path crawling along. Upon closer inspection the bat appeared to be injured as such my friend decided to contain the bat(carefully) in her hoodie. After calling flatmate to drive up with a container we managed to get the bat back to our house where we proceded to call bat conservation society and RSPCA. They said to put it in a shoe box with a tea towel(to snuggle into) a milk lid with a wet kitchen roll for drink and bit of cat food for sustanance.

When we finally go through to someone who could help they said that no one could pick him up the next day. As such we kept the bat over night, unfourtunatelly no one came to pick him up but there was someone only an hour away. So me and my friend drove to Carno a small village in west Wales to a lovely b&b where we met a lovely woman who was a drop of location for bats. After speaking with her and being shown the lovely b&b we found out the the bat was not a he but a she and had a damaged wing. She said she would take care and get her to someone who looks after bats and let us know what happens. There is a picture below of the bat

 That was the most hectic it has got this past week. On the other end I have tried some delicious orange liquor coffee that a friend brought and was very nice. Tasted exactly like the chocolates but hot and coffee like.

My job hunting is going alright I a few phone interviews and a face to face as well. I have a few emails which I need to send out soon, got to keep on top of these things I want a job you know.

 Finally videos been going up and got thumbnails sorted as well as links to this blog so everything is getting connected. Check me out online at the links below or by googling mentalmarriott and until next time laters.

As always constructive criticism welcome :)

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How to Minecraft: Tinkers Construct smeltery

In this minecraft how to video I go over the basics of setting up a smeltery in tinkers construct. As well as a few of the advantages of doing this early game.

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Modded Minecraft: Ep7 Sheep sheering and alloy making

In this episode we try and get some basic supplies from some very well hidden sheep.


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Modded Minecraft: Ep6 POWER, bleeding and no idea what I am doing

We make power and die a lot in an attempt to get blood all this just for a digital miner.

Modded Minecraft: Ep5 Invar, Nikel mistake and ferrous ore

In this episode we make a few mistakes and try and make some power in our overall goal to make a digital miner.

Well it is update time and the past week or so has been busy but not all around great. Not terrible just few things going wrong most of which have been remedied.  Also A few little rants a bout things mostly job applications and the passing of an acting legend Sir Christopher Lee.


So job applications, it is that time of year when graduates who do not have a job spam out applications left right and center in hopes to get a job. I am no exception, however, some of the jobs that I have applied for have been asking for a minimum of 260, 280, 300 ucas points.

Now this would be fine if my ucas points were that high but due to a not so good sixth form I went to university as a mature student. Here I have more than proven my determination at working and that I can get good grades, likely to get a high 2:1 and that I can combine that with an active social life. While at university I have undertaken archery, fencing, football, dancing( both latin and ballroom) and competed in them.

So because of this I just wish jobs would judge you on you latest qualification and achievements, because after all that is who I am/have been for the past 4+ years.


It has not all been applying for jobs I have also been trying to get Ad Sense working on my blog and having issues with ads being shown but not displayed in the layout manager. Turns out if you have an add blocker it hides the ads even in the layout manager, so after disabling it I could then remove most of the ads that were spamming my blog page.


I have been trying to seek out work in other areas such as free lancing on sites such as Elance. This site seems pretty good so far giving you choice of pay limitations and what work you take on. However I came across an issue when trying to add my address, no matter what address I entered I always got the error;

'Please enter a valid location.'

This was slightly irritating so I tweeted Elance and they responded quickly asking for user name and screen shot of the issue. I am still waiting to hear from them about a fix but until then I can work without an address.


Now to the sad news, I woke up today to hear the passing of Sir Christopher Lee at the age of 93.He was well known for his iconic acting roles as Dracula, Saruman, count Dooku the list goes on. He was in the Wicker Man, the man with the golden gun and countless other, he has had an amazing acting career. I have not seen everything he has been in and I doubt many people reading this will have too or just not realised it. I think that I am going to have to have a Christopher Lee marathon of films at some point soon.


He passed away at 8:30am on Sunday 7th June 2015 due to heart and respiratory problems. He is now out there with some of the great actors and my sympathy goes out to his family and friends.

Modded Minecraft: Ep4 Manyullyn Shuriken, Place of interest and almost d...

I finally get round to making manyullyn shurikens and exploring the place of interest for some loot. This is the first of 5 where I start to make work on creating a digital miner

Modded Minecraft: Ep3 Nether, Enchants and Machines

Check out my modded minecraft series. I go to the nether and find some cool new materials, enchant some stuff and get round to starting work on making machines

Android fun

So the past couple of weeks I have been trying to keep busy with job applications and my own projects. I have started work on creating an android game so stay tuned to see how that progress. As well as this I am also working on improving my C code and learning C#. I have had a job interview yesterday that I feel went well and got a few other people I am waiting to hear from. If any one is looking for a developer or support technician then I am the computer scientist for you :P

With the android development I had a bit of trouble getting my Z1 compact registering on my computer using android studio. This was so I could develop and run the application on my phone. This was fixed by clicking tools menu, android and enable ADB integration. At the moment just going through an on line tutorial. The tutorial I am using is this.

I have also started live streaming on twitch mostly Minecraft and Team Fortress 2, check my twitter here for when I will be live streaming. Also check out when a new video goes up on YouTube.

As well I have finally wired up my 4x4x4 LED cube to a breadboard and a ATMega328p. Which although the wiring is not fantastic it is working :).

Graduation is soon so I am going to have to make sure I am ready for that.