July 2009

21:52 - 01/07/2009 - Big Smoke

There's been a big gap between updates I know, but it's for a good reason! As suggested as a possibility in my last entry I've started a job, as the title suggests it's in London. Central London (Holborn) for a company called acturis. My job title is 'Technical Business Analyst' I won't bother to describe what it is I do but I'm quite enjoying it! The only reason for the adjective is because of the slight shock of it taking up so much time (12 hours a day 5 a week, travelling and getting ready in the morning included) so I don't really get time to work on my side projects during the week. That said it's not really been that hard to adjust, which is surprising given how I lived my life when unemployed.

Talking of side projects, I'm torn between working on my game projects (some half decent AI being my next milestone) and trying my hand at some level design once more. The level editor for Left4Dead was released recently and that game is so awesome I feel a yearning for mapping, have a few novel ideas for it. More pressing though, Natural Selection 2 is coming out end of this year, and those that pre-ordered (read me) get the level editor and alpha / beta testing sooner. They'll also probably be taking community made maps for the first release like they did for NS1, I doubt I'll be able to make something shiny enough but it's something to aim for, that and I love sci-fi.