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First experience with gamedev and learning Unity

Me following GameDev.TV 2D game development and my first time using Unity. I was so amazed at what could be done once you learned how. I was so excited back then.

My first 3D models I made

I say, I was about a month or two months learning this an hour or so a day. I gave up eventually and moved on to another model to make.

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Learning textures & materials and I gave up!!!

I was trying to learn how to make textures and materials which is basically giving colour and make 3D grey models look real by adding reflections, bumps, colours, images etc. I lost the plot here as I couldn't figure it out and it was the last time I tried. I will learn again when I am making my characters from my novel called the Swords of the Unforgotten Memories.

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Learning how to make a character

Making a dragon by watching Gamedev.tv course for character design. I stopped there and didn't finish the model, I will go back to the course when I am making my characters from my Fantasy novel.

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My last completed models

They were the last models that I made before I started my writing journey, it may not look like much but I did improve a lot, if you look at how sharp the first couch was and then chair, I definitely improved and it took 4 months an hour or so a day. Now here comes my writing journey!!!

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My hobby as YouTuber

I have a lot to say here but I will summarise it. By myself playing a game, recording my voice and editing for my channel. It made me listen to my voice regularly and gave me confidence in how my voice sounds and surprisingly, I have come to like it.

This holds significance for me as I struggle with a speech difficulty and dyslexia. Speaking and reading aloud have been challenging for me at times, leading me to avoid listening to my own voice.

 

So my confidence grew the more I recorded and listened, plus I learned how to improve audio which helped my recording my fantasy novel and LitRPG podcast. I upload these type of videos now and again for fun but writing is my main focus.  

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My first story I wrote and chapter is no more!

The chapter you see is my first chapter I wrote for the Swords of the Unforgotten Memories.

 

A lot of the early chapters were removed because Loac was acting like 5 instead of 14 (I know there is some part he might still be childish in the completed book but still not as bad lol.)

 

Another reason I learned that I was writing too much about daily routines, such as eating and shopping. Therefore, I removed a lot and added a new first chapter to introduce the main character, which is a lot better. The next photo shows me designing a cover for the short story I began writing for the indie horror game. I published and unpublished it after a week. I felt so embarrassed about chapter even though no one commented!

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My first published stories!!

Where do I start? It has been a hard and emotional journey for me regarding "The Swords of the Unforgotten Memories." I made loads of mistakes, which I identified after receiving feedback from beta readers.

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The feedback broke my heart many times. I was, and still am, deeply attached to the story. I love it that much, and I worked so hard to get it done.

 

The feedback wasn't all bad, but I needed to improve the story, which I did, and now I am so proud of it.

 

Someone actually gave me a 5-star review!

 

I am so obsessed with my story that I can't help mentioning it at the end of my LitRPG podcast. 

 

The LitRPG story I am currently currently is basically my first drafts that I am publishing on Royal Road, and it's gaining readers. Hopefully, I will get feedback so I can grow as an author. Looking forward to seeing how the completed stories turn out.

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Recording my voice for my stories!!!!

If you read everything here, you will know that I suffer from a speech difficulty and had a negative perception of my voice, which changed because of YouTube and editing those videos made it so much easier for me when I started recording audio for my novel. I have finished recording the audio for "The Swords of the Unforgotten Memories" and I am just at the editing stage.

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When I was listening to the audio, I started to get so emotional, realising I am actually listening to my voice reading the book I wrote.

 

It's such a surreal feeling, realising how far I have come.

 

Narrating the "Swords of the Unforgotten Memories" was my goal when I started writing, my last attempt to improve my speech. But at that time, I didn't realise my voice wasn't actually that bad. I can't wait to share audio. I also love narrating podcasts for my LitRPG story and discussing my writing at the end of each chapter and looking forward to continue it.

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Making my favourites characters in The Swords of the Unforgotten Memories

I haven't done much yet on this as I am still working on finishing my audio for The Swords of  the Unforgotten Memories, writing more chapters for the LitRPG story, and I want to start a fantasy story that is inspired by Slaith, the main character from my The Swords of Unforgotten of Memories.

 

I want to do a prequel of that character, but I don't want to affect the novel so I will write a separate story not related to The Swords of the Unforgotten Memories but inspired by that novel.

 

So, once I have a few chapters written for both the story and audiobook done. I will delegate time to character design to give my character a visual representation and create images of my favourite scene. But, I need to design the characters first to create the scenes, so I can't wait to see how they turn out.

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Still dreaming about the short indie horror that I want to make one day!

As mentioned above, I am pretty busy, working a regular full-time job.

 

In my spare time, I am focusing mainly on the writing projects that I mentioned above, but I am still dreaming of making that short indie horror game one day.

 

I think it was only a month ago when I opened Unity last and this video here is the project I was working previously, its nothing special just trying to get first controller working (asset I bought) and creating a level design.

 

My idea for that game would be in a cave, as all I need is rock textures/materials and terrain tools to create the level design and use house 3D model assets that I bought to use as separate rooms in the cave.

 

This will makes sense in the story. If I ever make the game, maybe at the end of 2024, I will make a short indie horror game to achieve my dream. At the moment, writing is my main focus.

 

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That is all I have to share for now. Thank you so much for reading the above. Have a good day!!!

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