Feb 15 2013

Working On Star Wars Civ 5 Mod + Sorry I Haven’t Been Posting Much Lately!

Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately! I’m currently working on a Star Wars Civ 5 Mod, so I’ve been working on that a lot recently, and haven’t had time to post on my blog, or have many things to post about!

Let me tell you a bit about this Star Wars Mod I’m creating. Well, It’s gonna be the Imperial Empire (Short Name: Imperium – still not sure about this bit, open to suggestions! ), and will be led by Emperor Palpatine. I’ve spent a lot of time looking up what planets, moons (And Death Stars ) I will use as city names in my mod, and also reading through the Civ Modders Guide. Yesterday, I was reading about flavors- which look pretty awesome. This part is how you get your leader to be unique, and choose whether he be peaceful, or a warmonger. If he will build large armies or navies. If your leader will focus on Science, Gold, Culture. If your leader will expand, or stay small. There are so many possibilities. I can’t wait to set it (Palpatine will likely be most like Genghis Khan, often Hostile, and attempting conquest over minor civs).

Also, I’ve been making a little mini “Endor” map, which I started a game on yesterday, against Genghis Khan, Oda Nobunaga, and Attila of the Huns; two of them declared war after about 15 turns!! (I was sorta testing out what it might be like to play against the Emperor )

Jan 6 2013

Civ: Maps, Mods, Resources and Polls

After finishing my map, I finally got time to try it out! It’s a pretty cool map, but there weren’t as many resources as I thought I’d put on. It looked a little… empty Maybe I’ll modify it. What do you think?

When studying the resources closely, also, I found that I’d put more Uranium on the map than any other Strategic Resource. Which Strategic Resources Would You Say Are Most Vital?

And one more thing. I started the game many times to check if it wasn’t just a coincidence, and it certainly wasn’t; every time I’ve played on this map, I always start in the same place, and I’d set 10 starting points. Any idea what the problem is? I’d really appreciate your advice! Thank you!

Jan 5 2013

Civ Map Finished!!!!!!

I told you a few days ago that I was making a Civ Map. Well, yesterday evening, I finally finished it! No wonder I’d been taking so long with it though; I’d been doing every single tile individually, when I realized you can paint hexagons of 32 tiles onto the map in one click! … Well, at least I’ll know for next time

Details:

Starting Points:

10 Player Starting Points

7 City State Starting Points

Width- Roughly 45 Tiles Wide

Height- Roughly 70 Tiles Tall

Barbarians- 6 Barbarian Camps + 19 Barbarians

Vital Strategic Resources:

14 Uranium Spots (Either 4 or 2 in quantity)

7 Aluminum Spots (Either 4 or 2 in quantity)

6 Iron Spots (Varying quantity- mostly 4-6)

4 Horses Spots (Varying quantity- mostly 6)

Also several coal and many oil (Esp. around the coast)

Terrain- Mostly Grassland. Also Plains and Desert. Very few tiles of snow/tundra.

Today, I’ll be making it into a mod and playing on it

Please feel free to ask any questions about the map, or civ gameplay, or anything relevant

Thanks!

Jan 4 2013

New Custom Civ Map Made Using ‘World Builder’

Civ Map

I am currently making my own custom Civ Map. Over 20 tiles wide and over 20 tall, this is the ultimate map. Rich in resources, and with vital resources in settling range of your starting point, this should be an excellent map to play your first game of civ! This map is a perfectly balanced map, containing desert, plains, jungle, grassland, tundra and snow. Wondrous mountains split the scapes and territories. Contains over 10 Starting Places For Players and over 5 City State Starting Places. A truly brilliant map whether starting in the future or ancient era!

Civ Progress

My favourite victory is certainly domination And that’s what I’m aiming for on my current civ game! As Harun Al Rashid, I have conquered the empires of Bismarck, Sweden, Oda And Suleiman, as well as taking the capitals of Dido Of Carthage and Maria Theresa. All I need to do now to win the domination victory is conquer Moscow, Catherine Of Russia’s capital! It shouldn’t be hard, as I have St. Petersburg through a trade for 17.000 Gold, which in right next to Moscow (And within a Nuclear Missile’s Range certainly)!

Dec 2 2012

Civilization 5: Domination and New Beginnings

After conquering Holland, Ethiopia, and the mighty Celts, and conquering the capitals of Genghis Khan and Byzantium, I finally won Domination for the first time on the Warlord setting! (The diplomatic marriage ability also helped for city states, though I did conquer a few of them without the help of it!)

Today, I started a new game, as the Mayans! Pacal’s ability (Long Count) is awesome, plus three Uranium mines help me guard my capital with Giant Death Robots and back my arsenals with Nukes! There is also so much space on this map, it’s unbelievable. Does anyone know, does the map get larger for the more civs you use?! … … … …

All the city states besides me are afraid. And they have reason to be! I have a mighty empire, and a strong army. By asking for tribute, I add to my treasury, which is growing 322 a turn! (top left!)

Please comment , and if you’re a beginner, or want to get Civ (buy here), please feel free to ask me any civ-related questions or advice!

Oct 28 2012

I Win!!! JUST DANCE 2 COMPETITION!! Music Videos From Rihanna and Franz Ferdinand!!

Yesterday, I had this Wii (JUST DANCE) dance competition with a friend called Bryony. Now, I thought she was going to absolutely thrash me at every song. We took it in turns to choose songs. She first picked Rihanna S.O.S. I got 10,030 and she got 9100! I was so amazed that I had beaten her! Then, I chose Holiday. And I beat her at that too! And the next song! And the next! But then, maybe I got a bit too overconfident ‘cos I then lost to her on “Jump” by 3000!!

What sort of scores do you average on Just Dance?

Oct 19 2012

Dragon Bowser

I’ve designed a new form of Bowser for my Mario / Batamon Kart 2. I’m really pleased with him. It looks just like Bowser, well… with dragon features!

Oct 3 2012

Liebster Award

Wow! Another award!
Thanks so much to DaleCooper57 for nominating me for this awesome award! Please check out his blog!

Here are the bloggers that I chose to nominate:

This award is a bit different to some others, and I’ve never been awarded it before. What you have to do is:

In the post, include the logo plus thank and put a link to the blogger who nominated you.
Answer the questions you have been given, then create any number of questions to give to your nominees.
Nominate 5 or more bloggers, and notify them that you have done so.
Sit back and relax

What made you start your blog?

Oh. Hard question! I’ve had blogs before and I’ve really enjoyed doing them. So I decided to start this one. At first, I did it just for my Batamon cards, but then I just started to share everything with my friends on the blog!

How did you pick your theme?

It was one of the top themes, so I chose about of about three or four themes. I liked this one because it was simple, and looked sort of like a scrapbook, which, you could say, is what my blog is.

What band would you join if you could?

Either Mountain Goats or Hot Chip. These are two of my favourite bands at the moment.

What new ending would you give a movie, and why?

This is really hard, because all movies that I’ve watched have been classics, and have the best endings you could possibly think up. But, I’ll have a go! Star Wars- I think Darth Vader should have lived on, and become a Jedi master. Or maybe in the Robin Hood BBC Series, Robin Hood shouldn’t have died. He got poisoned, but his merry men had already healed him from several other poisons. So, It’s sort of a bit weird.

What animal would you bring back from extinction, and why?

A do-do, because they’re just so awesome!

And now, for my nominees, here are the questions I will give to you:

What Do You Think About Home-Educating?
If You Could Be Anyone On The Planet, Who Would It Be?
Do You Prefer Writing or Reading? Why?
What Foods Do You Think Make People Fat?

Sep 17 2012

6th Day Of The Holiday (Diary Entry)

We were going to go somewhere for a walk this morning, but it was absolutely pouring down with rain, so we did some art instead. At Midday roughly, My Mum’s Dad came to visit. We don’t see them much as they live a four hour drive from our house. After a cup of tea and a tour of the house, Grandad Tony took us to a pub restaurant in Long Melford. I had bubble & squeak, black pudding, poached egg, ham black hash and green beans; It was delicious!! Afterwards, we waddled down to Melford Hall It has some great architectural design (or something like that!) and I enjoyed the photos albums filled with pictures filled with the past of the hall (mainly because that meant we could finally sit down!)
Back at the holiday home, we played Pokemon Black. I got a Regigigas Lv. 100 for one of my Liepard Lv.100s! I couldn’t believe anyone would actually do such a stupid trade! We had a little dinner because our lunch plate was like bigger than Big Ben, and then we played Hangman and Scrabble, which were really fun!
Tomorrow Morning, we went home…

Sorry it’s taken so long to post all my entries. Go to the “Holiday” Category to see all of the diary entries:

http://thebatamonblog.wordpress.com/category/creative-writing-poems-and-stories/holiday-stories-and-poems/

Sep 14 2012

Rock Card Series (W.I.P)

I’m in the process of making a Rock card game. Hope fully It’ll tie in with publishing my book- Rock: Revenge, on the kindle! In the mean-time, I haven’t shown you all of my Batamon Card Series yet.

Here are all of them I’ve uploaded so far:

Original Batamon Collection

The first Batamon Series ever!

Sourzier Region

Explore a Region full of Batamon!

Cassire Region

A whole new Region, with over 50 new Batamon!

Cassire Super Batarulers

Duel using the Batamon of the best Batarulers in the whole of the Cassire Region!

Cassire Deadly 12

Can you control the deadliest and wildest Batamon in the grand Cassire Region!

PBMS