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Hello everyone,
I have decided that it was time that I make this announcement publicly rather than mentioning it on the side to a few members that I have recently talked to about other topics in PM. I am creating this thread here as it affects probably the Armada 2 community in a negative way. This decision has been one of mixed feelings but I think a move in a positive direction.
So I am hereby announcing that AGC and YY will be my last endeavours in Armada II, after which I will be moving on, leaving Armada II, Fleet Ops and modding behind. It is my plan that by Christmas 2015/early 2016 I will be officially retiring from A2 and that is the deadline I have given myself for these two mods. However from time to time I may be able to help out others with the occasional model or two, we'll see how it all goes I guess.
This has been a long road for me and I have in the past retired but eventually returned to A2/FO as the bug always managed to bite and draw me back in. However this time It won't be the same. I have been in the community since 2001, well 2000 but I disappeared for about a year which was around the same time if memory serves that AFC had a crash and lost it's database and had to start again. So from 2001 to 2014 that is a total of 13 years in the Armada community coming this September. Not many others have exceeded that limit, Major Payne, Achillies and maybe one or two others. Still it is time to move on for me.
So what will I be doing with myself after the start of 2016?
Well I have taken it upon myself after encouragement boarding on a swift shove by Katala to take up a Diploma of Digital and Interactive Games, yes that's right time to start making my own games. Weather I get employed by a company or strike it out on my own is still up in the air. I do however have a few original ideas that haven't to my knowledge been done before so I am hoping to start up my own game company, solo at first. But starting Monday I will be starting my diploma and by mid January 2016 I will be a qualified games designer. To say I am excited to undertake this course is a bit of an understatement, also a lot of nerves. It's 18 month course though I believe I can complete it in around 12 months depending on my schedule.
This course will teach me a variety of skills including making me a much better modeler and texture creator. It will teach me to animate, level design, using game engines, programming languages and a hoard of other skills. I will be qualified after the completion of this course to be a:
I have decided that it was time that I make this announcement publicly rather than mentioning it on the side to a few members that I have recently talked to about other topics in PM. I am creating this thread here as it affects probably the Armada 2 community in a negative way. This decision has been one of mixed feelings but I think a move in a positive direction.
So I am hereby announcing that AGC and YY will be my last endeavours in Armada II, after which I will be moving on, leaving Armada II, Fleet Ops and modding behind. It is my plan that by Christmas 2015/early 2016 I will be officially retiring from A2 and that is the deadline I have given myself for these two mods. However from time to time I may be able to help out others with the occasional model or two, we'll see how it all goes I guess.
This has been a long road for me and I have in the past retired but eventually returned to A2/FO as the bug always managed to bite and draw me back in. However this time It won't be the same. I have been in the community since 2001, well 2000 but I disappeared for about a year which was around the same time if memory serves that AFC had a crash and lost it's database and had to start again. So from 2001 to 2014 that is a total of 13 years in the Armada community coming this September. Not many others have exceeded that limit, Major Payne, Achillies and maybe one or two others. Still it is time to move on for me.
So what will I be doing with myself after the start of 2016?
Well I have taken it upon myself after encouragement boarding on a swift shove by Katala to take up a Diploma of Digital and Interactive Games, yes that's right time to start making my own games. Weather I get employed by a company or strike it out on my own is still up in the air. I do however have a few original ideas that haven't to my knowledge been done before so I am hoping to start up my own game company, solo at first. But starting Monday I will be starting my diploma and by mid January 2016 I will be a qualified games designer. To say I am excited to undertake this course is a bit of an understatement, also a lot of nerves. It's 18 month course though I believe I can complete it in around 12 months depending on my schedule.
This course will teach me a variety of skills including making me a much better modeler and texture creator. It will teach me to animate, level design, using game engines, programming languages and a hoard of other skills. I will be qualified after the completion of this course to be a:
- 2D/3D Artist
- Animator
- Games designer/developer
- Interactive digital media developer
- Mobile games designer/developer