Mega Man Eternal II Robot Master Trailer

Mega Man Released December 16-17, 2014

The game is finally out!  I hope you enjoy my game.  The game captures my childhood memories of playing NES and Mega Man, and the quirky, creative things I enjoyed as a child when playing them with a touch of my own design on top.  With well-designed stages, lots of enemies, and content to explore, it is full of tributes and homages to celebrate the 27th anniversary of Mega Man.  It includes even fan made enemies, and some of the best 8-bit Mega Man music you'll ever hear from some of the best out there.  If you are a Mega Man fan that isn't a nitpicking douchebag that expects this to be like every other Mega Man game, you'll likely enjoy it!  This was a labour of love and something I am proud of.  This project has been a part of my life since 2003, and I am happy that when I started it again in 2008, and got it finally released that others can share in that imagination that got me into the love of making games (which I have been doing most of my life from a very young age).

Mega Man Eternal website

You can check it out here!
http://mme.pagewizardgames.com/

Mega Man Eternal: Wily Stronghold 1

Brief Review of Mega Man 42

You can get it here servadacsgamedev.blogspot.ca (his most recent post at the time of this).

As always I try to give some positive points and negative points about the project:

Pros:

-Custom controls (even if I can't get them to work properly for some reason)

-Some of the music is good but a lot of it sounds like it would fit better in Mega Man DOS.

Cons:

-Slow as heck.  Some levels moved at a snails pace.  This is mainly due to the mechanics of the levels.  Zombie Man's level is a great example of this.

-Default controls:  No idea why would they be laid out in that manner.  

-Some parts totally make no sense.  If I shoot something you'd expect it to fly the direction away from the shot if I destroyed it, not directly at you.  Another example is in Zombie Man's level with the Zombie bots.  I got killed by one when I shot it and it for some nonsensical reason flew right at me instead of away like the rest of the zombies.

-Lackluster in design.  I didn't feel anything 'Mega Man' like from this game except for the later tracks of the game.  

Overall I felt it was a good attempt at a fan game but it seemed to lack a lot of things.  Overall I would recommend giving it a try and maybe you would enjoy it yet its Mega Man DOS like feeling.

I have finally unsubscribed AlphaOmegaSin

This video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojoVA5QY5F8

I found this to be the last straw in misleading videos as I get very frustrated when information is mispresented and the "unthinkers" spread that false information around causing damage to businesses and products.  He talks about content that is a bonus and is even more free stuff for those who pre-order like people are paying money for it.  People buy (at least should) games for the game itself and his rant about DLC seems completely pointless.  Sonic Lost World was anyways planned to have an extra stage for those who pre-order it, so how exactly is this a bad thing?  He is talking like these features are all locked away on the disc when most Downloadable content is actually downloadable on the Wii U via the shop.  The extra stage was originally intended to be bonus content because it wouldn't make sense to put that stage in the game alongside the actual plot.  The last additional bonuses are clearly deals made by Sega with companies which is fine as they serve as bonuses to people who want the game and pre-order it.  In these days and ages preordering doesn't even need to be done at a store location so I don't quite follow why this is a bad thing.  I know my game is preordered via a website store, and I am more than excited to get extra free stuff because Sega decided to put that together for its fans!

Do these people not realize that games take time to make, which means for a company this costs money?  I personally find AlphaOmegaSin's videos to be very hit or miss (they used to be all hits, but it just seems now that he makes videos only to exploit news items he doesn't know much about), and this one was the last straw in my opinion for myself.  A great example is his rant about region locking localization by Nintendo yet not even knowing that is done to benefit the consumer and is not just a magic software switch on the console and passes it off as that in his video.  Now a lot of people on the Internet think this is the case yet it is clearly not as Nintendo typically listens to its base (with few exceptions) and they usually want to make money on things.  It annoys me when people make misleading videos and then spread information as if it were true when it is not.  

This is why I have unsubscribed him.  His videos have lost credibility in my opinion as somebody who cares about reliable information being presented to the public.

A laughably embarrassing experience at RockmanPM

So I thought I'd take a step back onto RockmanPM to make a post to expose Mega Man Eternal to those who have not encountered it yet, and almost all the threads were all complaining about "fan game" posters advertising their projects.  I felt very discouraged to even go there as the last time I went on there I was immediately insulted by somebody who clearly needed to get a life that I didn't even know.

I had my 2 cents for these individuals, but hopefully some on RockmanPM will be able to learn more about this project and get on the wagon for the release.  Last time I checked a forum is a place where people can discuss topics and present new topics.  Clearly MME had not been discussed there at all (I searched it) so I wanted to get some people who had not left the RockmanPM bubble to notice a longstanding project that they may not have seen before.  On a thread about a fan game which should be discussing the game it was almost 95% comprised of people complaining about fan game makers posting in the fan game section their fan game (you know there is such a thing as Logical statements, and you tell me if that didn't seem sensible lol).  It was an obvious case of jealousy by some, while others defended the post (which I commend) but such shouldn't be happening on a forum.  That's the job of a moderator.  As somebody who has run numerous forums in the past, I found the way posters who had been there for a while reacted to be very condescending and quite rude to new visitors to that forum.  Also, I found it quite illogical to be focusing on bantering about a fan game post in the fan game section instead of discussing the game which one actually did, while the others just either trolled it or complained about something irrelevant.

You may see why I think RockmanPM is ridiculous, and why I normally don't traverse forums and stick to my blog (here), journals, or making YouTube videos.  That was easily the most embarrassing experience on the part of a forum I have ever seen.

If you want to take a look at the ridiculousness (forum.rockmanpm.com/index.php?... ), and my response to these people where I effectively "put them in their place".  

Have a beautiful day!

On a better note:  I finished writing my lectures for my teaching Saturday evening, I think it is on the order of about 200 pages of notes.  So if anybody would like me to make videos on analysis of algorithms (topics in this), I would be more than happy to do so.

DR Page

Mega Man Unlimited Review

Good Afternoon!

  The following is a brief explanation of my thoughts on this game.  

PROS

-Great design.  I really liked the levels in terms of their visual look and some of the enemies.

-Robot Masters:  Pretty cool designs, but sadly I was only able to actually get to one Robot Master Battle so I cannot say much about that.

-Music was fun.

-It was clear they were trying to replicate the NES experience which I think they did a good job with.

CONS

-No charge blaster (always a negative if its taking place after MM4 in the series).  That is all.

-Level design:  I felt the levels had a continuous pattern of having a 'hickup' right before the mid point of the levels which makes it very discouraging to continue playing.  I would have fun playing them all the sudden some random gimmick of the level would throw off the flow of the level and cause me to die immediately.  A great example of this is either in Trinitro Man's stage where you have the platforms which fly up when in the liquid into the spikes making it very hard to get across (I never could).  Another good example is Tank Man's stage with the treadmills on the ceiling (I didn't even notice them until it happened and I died).  It was too many times where I would be telling my girlfriend "This level is great, I think it runs smoothly" then all the sudden something just changes completely and I die quite quickly.

-Suffers from MMX6 syndrome:  Too many spikes.  Putting spikes everywhere shouldn't be an excuse for making cleverly difficult levels.

-Suffers from Mega Man 2 like gameplay:  This is related to the first point.  It feels like the levels throw cheap shots at you that you could never prepare for.  A great example is Rainbow Man's stage.  In the first room you fall into it gives you the indication that these channel flippers can be moved to change their directions, but then the very next room uses it in a way that doesn't allow you to take your time like in the previous room, forcing you to die "Quick Man"--like.  Now, some may enjoy this, but I do not.

-Robot Master Battles:  Now like I said I cannot say much as I tried my hardest but the level design was too cheap to get further.  I fought Tank Man and he really has this one attack that makes it seem like he will ride across the chamber, but he doesn't sometimes which throws your expectations off.  Now it seemed they were trying to go for a more predictive RM fight, but then it is not.  Its kind of like getting a chocolate cake then getting it shoved in your face for no reason.  I did enjoy the work that went into what I have seen whether it be the mid boss fights or the robot masters from what I saw.

OVERALL:  I think it is a great addition to the fan games in the community.  It's too "cheap" (in terms of deaths) for my tastes but some may say that about my work so it may be just a matter of taste of "how" it is done.  I would highly recommend it to everybody to try it!  It's not my kind of fan game as it is like MM2 and MM9 (which I do not like) but it definitely shows the hard work put in.

Wrestling

I thought I would share some of the older event "music videos" from the past few years (2009-2011).  It saddens me I likely won't do another event (it would be great if I could (mainly need more wrestlers)).  If you have not lingered around my YouTube channel enough to check these out, I encourage you to!  I started doing this kind of stuff back in 2004, and there are more events that do exist by me.

EWF Clash (2009):  [link]  
EWF Breakout 2010 (2010): [link]
EWF Rite of the Ring 2011 (2011):  [link]

Enjoy!


Daniel

One postulated problem with the future of CS research these days

Good Afternoon Everybody!

  Today I thought I would share one of my urks of amateur researchers that don't grasp the purpose of science.  Some people just don't grasp that science isn't about if there is an application for a result.  Today I was giving a pretty solid presentation on a new result in the area of Graph Drawing and somebody insisted on asking me:

"Are there any applications for this?"

Now I don't blame the person if this wasn't A THEORY course.  Do you know what that means?  We do real Computer Science, none of this programming mumbo-jumbo.  Real computer scientists don't solve problems just for applications in my honest opinion.  A great scientist doesn't consider applications in their research.  They consider solving the problem, and verifying the claims being made.  Applications are best set by engineers, or people who work on applications (say industry).  I humbly believe this is one of the major problems with the direction CS research is going.  People think application, applications and more applications instead of what we could show 20-30 years down the road to continue the path set by the foundations of CS.  In science we shouldn't be thinking "we solve problems for NOW".  We should be developing and solving problems for NOW and the future.

Everybody have a beautiful day!

D R Page

A challenge to http://juicyjacqulyn.tumblr.com, a lecture for you

Hello

All I need to say is you need to grow a spine, and read what you write a little more carefully.  As a former fan of yours, you are nothing more than an immature illogical bantering pig now.  Beauty dies with your insecurity, and lack of intelligence to distinguish common language from offense.  You have shown you do not using basic reasoning in your points.  You flip out on people giving you very reasonable things, and demand sympathy from people who don't even read the entirety of your posts.  Also, may I add you cherry pick your own words to insult others.  This is a trivial informal fallacy to commit.  For instance, I recently read your post about confessionsofafeedee and they truly disgust me as you are entirely playing your audience like idiots.  You didn't even address the very fact she was addressing the sexist points you made about the fellow who actually complimented you!

  Now, when I say this I do not have a problem with you thoughts of what words insult you, you just need to grow a basic backbone.  You conduct business on the internet, and post publicly.  You need a backbone when you do this or you can take a serious toll on your psyche.  I know this because I am a YouTube partner and a public figure who deals with all walks of fans and dismisses from people.   What that person did to you was a complete natural reaction for some psychopath flipping out on him.  The fact you have shown your sexist side is something I sympathize for you about as you can really segregate your entire audience if you continue your delusional escapades.  As a person who conducts himself as a mentor, educator of science, and businessman, I have been evaluating your posts as such, and offer this as a reply to you as a whole.

Grow a backbone, you live in a country where females and males have equal rights.  This is coming from a fellow Canadian who has been oppressed by women who have abused him.  I love how feminists deny the existence of people like me.  I'm the counter-example to everything modern feminists claim don't happen to men.  I've been raped, abused, and treated unequally in the work place for being a man.  Don't commit misandry or people who are obviously brighter than you will call you on such.  To throw such labels at people who cared to even compliment you even.  All I know as a person with a sane brain, the guy who you attacked on your blog was complimenting you and maybe wanted to get to know you a little (hard to say how much).

If you do employ any feminist type of argument (i.e., all of them from rape apologist, to sexist, , all such have the consequence of committing the slippery slope fallacy.  Those are not valid arguments.  And I do not accept such as well formed valid sentences even the most basic form of logic.  Now, these are not to be confused with egalitarian arguments, which are positive arguments for the equal rights of people within the specific scopes of ones' culture.

With that out of the way.  I have a simple challenge for you JuicyJackie, or to any feminist.  Prove mathematically with second-order predicate calculus or a Turing Machine-complete language that your claims are valid and no such invalid statement exists in your dogmatic thinking or feelings.  I conjecture such is impossible to do (I will tell you ahead of time that this is trivial to prove) as it would immediately infer that women are more important than men, which is immediately invalid as it would contradict the premise that both sexes are equally as important.  So you know that axiom is out of your arsenal, which almost all feminist or sexist points (on either side) always use.  Any rational person would want some justification for their beliefs.  If not, you must be delusional.  This goes to any feminist (i.e., people who think exclusively feminism is the way to go, instead of egalitarianism (as logically these are not the same (trivial to show using set theory))).

Now if you dismiss this point as nothing, then you must not care much about science.  Rational people use rational reasons to justify their beliefs or what they say.  To deny something scientific is to just simply flat out deny the whole process as they were all demonstrated or even mathematically proven in the same manner.  One cannot simply cherry pick around such a trivial logical result.  To do so is anti-scientific.  As a scientist, I find this is not genuine to do, and that person should stop using anything validated by the same process if they dismiss something because it conflicts with their beliefs (yet being true).  Seeing as my heroes, predecessors and contemporaries even made it possible to say such things and have access to the Internet, or even construct the mathematical marvel of computation.

My simple lesson:  Treat people as people, not by their sex.  Don't make assumptions unless you know they have been demonstrated to be true in the first place.  For instance, I know you do not have the scientific training I do, so I have a high suspicion on first instinct of reading this you will just dismiss me as something I am not at all.  I'm a non-judgmental person whom would not even harm a single person and even I had to stand up and say this.  Educate yourself about the universe, and you may find yourself more enlightened about even your own culture or location on the planet.

Have a beautiful day!

D R Page
Scientist

Mega Man Eternal: Wily Stronghold Stage 4

Mega Man Eternal: Tune Woman Battle

Mega Man Eternal: Illusion Man Battle

Mega Man Eternal: Primal Man Battle

Answers on common questions about MME delays

Hello everybody!

  It has been a while since I have posted an entry.  I thought I would clarify my new intent for release date of MME.  Now I am sure some have noticed that my original goal was to hit the 25th anniversary date (as it being an original take on a homage of the classic series).  My goal with Mega Man Eternal is to release it next year about this same time (if not, sooner).  

On a brighter note, I finished my software that can be used to retrograde images/sheets/etc...  I will be likely posting a download to such on my website drpage.pagewizardgames.com in the near future.  One note is that the resize feature provides only 256x224 (like MME), and not the conventional 256x240.  It can filter palettes to NES, GB, SMS, TG-16, and SNES.  I use it to verify my palettes (lately), and it does give me the huge idea of releasing another version of MME in GB style after MME.

Question:  Why is more time required? 
Answer: I just need more time or else the game will be of poor quality.  I have not been able to work on MME between September till about a few days ago.  It is not that I was putting it off or anything, I have been dying to get my hands on it and work on it more.  I have learnt from the past even if I touch my other projects I do not get as much done with my graduate school work which consumes most of my time outside of teaching/work.  Need my A's and A+'s to get into a good Ph.D. program after my Masters degree.

What are these promised updates you are going to be providing:
Answer:  This holiday expect to see videos showing:
-The last of the Robot Master battles revealed (Primal Man, Tune Woman, and Illusion Man (improved from his old battle))
-Wily Stronghold Stage 4 (the ultimate homage retro stage) - THE ENTIRE THING (Man this level is long, but epic)
-Jaspervalentine is releasing the final remake track for Wily Stronghold Stage 4.

Question: What do you have left after these updates?
Answer:  What I have left:
-Jolt Man's level (all of it except Jolt Man)
-Clamp Man (enemy placement)
-Primal man's level (half of it)
-Tune Woman's level (I have the design laid out, just need to program enemies, and the level itself)
-Enker's Level
-Wily Stage 1 (got the outline, need to program the level and boss)
-Wily Stage 2 (got the alternate boss, need to program the boss and level)
-Wily Stage 3 (everything)
-Wily Stage 5 (bits of the last parts of the level)
-Ending (passed the cinematic)
-Some engine accommodations (to all of these components of course, but that is not much at all).

Question: Why so many things left, I thought you finished some of these before?
Answer:  I did, but they pretty much need to be redone because of changing the resolution to 256x224 of the view instead of 320x240.  You have to essentially throw out an entire level if such is done because the rooms will not match the camera.  

I hope this answers all of your questions.
Have a beautiful day!


D.R. Page

Done Graduate Projects for the term!

Projects are done for the term.  Expect a blog entry in the near future!

I hope everybody is having a beautiful day!


Daniel

Heads up of possible inactivity for the next month

Good Evening Everybody!

  I just wanted to ensure everybody knows if you do not see any posts from me for the next month, just assume I am occupied with graduate school projects.  On a positive note I figured out another interesting result in constructions using integer compositions and loop-less algorithms.  I normally am good at pacing myself, but you may see a post from me in the near future.

Have a beautiful evening!


D R Page

If I had a Level in a Game

Good Evening!

  I thought I would throw a random blog entry at you for once.  This is one I recommend trying yourself, but it is quite simple:

Image if you were a boss in a video game.  What would be the music to your level?  What would be the boss theme of you?

Now when you imagine this, it doesn't have to be you exactly, but the point here I want you to use your creative caps to ponder about this.  Do not pick very stereotypical choices from popular games, have reasons for them.  Describe what kind of level it would be (if you are not sure, just give it, and proceed without description).  Make your level music suitable for the boss theme, and vice-versa.  Also you cannot be a final boss.

Level theme: Wonder Panorama (Mega Man ZX)

The reason I selected this tune is due to its beautiful but eloquent construction.  It could depict an arctic night time level in a beautifully star-lit sky with a futuristic-like city.

Boss theme:  Diablon (Shadow the Hedgehog)

Everybody have a beautiful day!


D R Page


 

Skinny Bitch book endorsed by PETA attacks Milk consumption (upon more...)

Quite recently I was referred to by one of my subscribers to a book called "Skinny Bitch" where it claims milk is dangerous.  This is a very ridiculous claim.

The first falsehood the book provides is that the chemicals injected into the bovines to increase milk production get passed 'onto you' and can do harm to you.  This is not true at all.  The whole point of the class of hormones they inject into cattle are to not pass onto the people who drink or consume the byproducts of these animals.  The whole point of the type of hormones bovines are given is that they cannot cause any harm upon you.  If people were literally injecting materials such as these hormones directly into your blood stream, yes it would, but these hormones are lost mostly through the pasteurization process, and even then get digested (like if it were nothing).

In my region we have the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) and they openly will call this claim nonsense, and that Milk is just fine to drink.  http://www.wrha.mb.ca/features/nutrition/myth-15.php .

Some people can be incredibly behind on their facts, there was an extensive study done by the FDA on this very subject... in 1993.  As men's health notes on hormones in milk if it is healthy (http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/dairy_products/Do_Hormones_Make_Milk_Unhealthy.php#ixzz29N9ql9IE ) :

Not unless you're injecting the milk. Here's the full story: In 1993 the FDA approved the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in cattle. This practice resulted in greater milk production at less cost to the dairy farmer, a savings that has been passed on to you at your local supermarket. But it has also sparked much controversy, because rBGH boosts milk's concentration of insulin-like growth factor (IGF), a hormone that's been linked to cancer.
Unlike steroid hormones, which can be taken orally, rBGH and IGF must be injected to have any effect. That's because the process of digestion destroys these "protein" hormones. So drinking milk from hormone-treated cows doesn't transfer the active form of these chemicals to your body. However, there is one ethical downside to consider: It's not good for the cows. Canadian researchers discovered that cows given hormones are more likely to contract an udder infection called mastitis.

Just as a point I wanted to point out:
This book is endorsed by the cult that is purely anti-scientific cult PETA.

Reviewer of the book "Skinny Bitch", who has a biology background with a focus on nutrition 
Kelly A. Mchale, notes:

As a person who has a biology degree with a focus on nutrition, an advanced biology teacher, vegetarian, and a marathoner/triathlete, I was interested to read a book that may give me strategies to use myself and to interest my students in eating better. This book started well and then changed courses quickly. The scientific evidence in this book is just WRONG. It is riddled with inconsistencies and hypocrisies including that you shouldn't eat meat because it is rotting flesh and vegetables are living when you eat them. Unless you are eating them off of the plant, vegetables are also dead and decaying (look what happens to fruits and vegetables when they are not eaten in a timely fashion). They also say that you shouldn't eat processed foods, which I totally agree with, but then go on to advocate for veggie/vegan products that taste like meat which are incredibly processed but according to them are still good because they are vegan. With a statement of " A no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous!" you would have thought it would be all about good things to eat and how to exercise to lose weight. Not so, this is just a manifesto on how bad the meat industry is and how bad the government is. This book actually made me angry because I didn't buy this book to be inundated with these two women's opinions about the government and their dislike of all meat products. This book is not worth the money or time unless you want to read two women's rants about how everyone should be vegan.

With this in mind I cannot recommend this book, since its entire message is "you can't be healthy unless you are vegan".  If you want reliable information, go study some science, or grab your information from a reliable source not some author or cult who you cannot trust.  There are more misinformed facts about how milk is processed out there.  What we must remember about Milk is it is an animal byproduct.  You must expect biological matter to be present from a biological source.  It is pretty ignorant to expect purely synthetic expectations when it comes to products made by animals.  You don't go buying an apple expecting it won't have seeds from being a crop... same here.  It is a fallacy to apply such standards for food products produced in a lab to something farmed.  Do you not think the same can be found in milk produced by our own species?  It is ridiculous.

Have a beautiful day!  Don't forget to enjoy some milk!



D R Page