So I went to school yesterday to grab some stuff from the computers that I left behind, and ended up teasing my juniors for a lot longer than I expected. I sat around, chatted with Mr. Victor, and I ended up being an assistant teacher, hahahaha.
After the class left, me and Mr. Victor talked about various topics. About improving ourselves, how the internet has made learning easier, the competition out there, beating the competition, working in a team, working skills, the industry etc. It was a really fulfilling talk. Lots of inspirational stories about his contacts, and about himself. It's nice to know that someone's wishing for me to do well. And I'll do him proud! Soon he can start boasting about Calvin, the greatest Game Designer in the world :D
He showed me the Final Year Project of the group he was supervising, and asked for my opinion. And honestly, it was... really bad. And he agreed on being disappointed. The theme was hard to begin with, but even the graphics and gameplay were terrible. And he asked me how it could be improved. If I were the one who got this theme, how would I have made the game? Oh. Wow. A teacher asking me for advice. I felt really, really, really fucking honored. Although I didn't have a clear solution, I told him about what he should be aiming for with this game theme (which is, saving animals), and to take the best path for the game to invoke emotions in players such that they want to follow the game's message. I don't know if that helped his dilemma, but he did mention that I could come back and be a supervisor for the next Final Year Project. Oh wow. People do think highly of me..
I'm now the Manga Artist for an S4 League manga. Truth is, I have half a mind to quit the team. Clearly no one is experienced, and I would probably do much better on my own. But I'll see how it goes. If I end up doing majority of the work, I don't think I'd be willing to credit them in the end. I'm such a dick...
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