hi, i'm Chantelle

Things I love Thursday x 2

  • Famous Five bottled pop.
  • Spending time with my family.
  • Drinks with the girls.
  • Forming our own rap band.
  • .. and rapping.
  • Having something “signature” about myself; my eyeliner.
  • Oh, and someone calling it my signature thing!
  • Dressing like the Avengers.
  • Wearing Mickey Mouse ears.
  • Starting a new project and feeling super inspired.
  • SUNSHINE!
  • Having fantastic runs. In the sun. And sweating buckets.
  • Buying Disney DVDs.
  • Curling up in bed and reading.
  • Spending all morning trail running with my mum.
  • Finally visiting High Force! It’s horrifyingly awesome!
  • Pikachu with a moustache!
  • Someone unnecessarily rewarding your favour with chocolate.
  • Reading in the conservatory in the warmth.
  • Revlon Lip Butter.
  • Recieving my fourth GLOSSYBOX! And enjoying a revitalising facemask!
  • Green tea.
  • Enjoying an ice cream in the sunshine!
  • Feeling really good about a project I can’t wait to crack on with.
  • The final episode of Angel.
  • Did I mention sunshine already ..?

Things I love Thursday Saturday

  • Star Wars night - a chance to be freely geeky whilst getting drunk.
  • Spending a rainy Bank Holiday Monday playing lots of Monopoly with my family.
  • Having super duper good runs where you get really sweaty.
  • Playing board games. And winning.
  • Reading in the sunshine.
  • Feeling inspired.
  • “I’m on a Boat”.
  • Green tea.
  • Playing Skyrim with my sister whilst she braids my hair.
  • Driving in the rain.
  • Tucking your shirt into your jeans.

Things I love Thursday

  • Getting a GLOSSYBOX. And having amazing products I can actually use on my skin!
  • Being asked to write a guest blog post.
  • Going to see Avengers Assemble.
  • Seeing a movie with a best friend.
  • Lying in bed with a cup of tea and a good book.
  • Sugary porridge.
  • Painting my nails and feeling a little more glamorous.
  • Reading a book you just don’t want to put down.
  • Finding a multitude of lipstick in your handbag.
  • Boys taking an interest.
  • Having nerdy conversations with people with similar interests.
  • SLEEP!!

Happy Thursday! I’ve been a bit rubbish lately. I haven’t felt like myself at all. I haven’t been programming for myself, I haven’t been very social (not that I am anyway), I haven’t even been playing as many games or reading as much as I want to. You know when you’re just stuck? Maybe it’s been the constant down pour that’s affecting my mood. Regardless, I want to change and feel glamorous and appreciate what I have. That’s where “Things I love Thursday” comes in. Inspired by the wonderful Gala Darling and her Radical Self Love movement, I’m going to note down all the little things which have made me smile. Having a really good run after a stressful day Beautiful pink blossoms in the sunshine Clearing out all the rubbish from my desk and organising my important documents Convincing a friend to play a game they initially laughed at and finding they love it Seeing friends after too long and laughing and coming third in the quiz Having a book you literally don’t want to put down Discovering that green tea is bearable when you know it’s good for you New lipstick Finding out I like guinea pigs Crawling into bed after a long day :)

Happy Thursday! I’ve been a bit rubbish lately. I haven’t felt like myself at all. I haven’t been programming for myself, I haven’t been very social (not that I am anyway), I haven’t even been playing as many games or reading as much as I want to. You know when you’re just stuck? Maybe it’s been the constant down pour that’s affecting my mood.

Regardless, I want to change and feel glamorous and appreciate what I have. That’s where “Things I love Thursday” comes in. Inspired by the wonderful Gala Darling and her Radical Self Love movement, I’m going to note down all the little things which have made me smile.

  • Having a really good run after a stressful day
  • Beautiful pink blossoms in the sunshine
  • Clearing out all the rubbish from my desk and organising my important documents
  • Convincing a friend to play a game they initially laughed at and finding they love it
  • Seeing friends after too long and laughing and coming third in the quiz
  • Having a book you literally don’t want to put down
  • Discovering that green tea is bearable when you know it’s good for you
  • New lipstick
  • Finding out I like guinea pigs
  • Crawling into bed after a long day

:)

galadarling:

I spoke at Carnegie Mellon University last month about my radical self love journey!

I am now officially a Junior Programmer. OK.. a part-time one.. but nethertheless.. I have a small place in the games industry now. :) Who’d have thought?! Of course it’s meant I’ve had little time or energy to program for myself at home. I’m not used to working for an ENTIRE day!! But I’ve allowed this for two weeks now, and it’s time to carry on with my 3D project. I don’t want to leave it lingering in limbo forever. And my writing this publicly I’m hoping the shame of not doing it will spur me to get into gear. On a completely unrelated note.. I feel totally unfeminine lately. It may have something to do with going crazy and buying lots of t-shirts from places like teefury.com. But I’ve vowed to not buy any more. I think I have plenty of awesomely, cool tees and I should focus back on the fact I’m a girl and like to wear swishy, pretty things. Maybe I should take less stupid pictures, more girly pictures and FORCE myself to not be a slob. That might help.. Just sick of feeling like a man, you know?

I am now officially a Junior Programmer. OK.. a part-time one.. but nethertheless.. I have a small place in the games industry now. :) Who’d have thought?! Of course it’s meant I’ve had little time or energy to program for myself at home. I’m not used to working for an ENTIRE day!! But I’ve allowed this for two weeks now, and it’s time to carry on with my 3D project. I don’t want to leave it lingering in limbo forever. And my writing this publicly I’m hoping the shame of not doing it will spur me to get into gear.

On a completely unrelated note.. I feel totally unfeminine lately. It may have something to do with going crazy and buying lots of t-shirts from places like teefury.com. But I’ve vowed to not buy any more. I think I have plenty of awesomely, cool tees and I should focus back on the fact I’m a girl and like to wear swishy, pretty things. Maybe I should take less stupid pictures, more girly pictures and FORCE myself to not be a slob. That might help.. Just sick of feeling like a man, you know?

haxpor asked:
Hello Chantelle, Nice to know someone (female) is working hard in game industry. I have read a couple of blog posts on your tumblr and stopped on a picture asking "whether you are that real". That's exactly happens to me. I'm still question what exactly I'm trying to do and Am i good enough for that ? Fortunately, I asked that as less as possible and try to be in much of actions. Anyway thanks for inspiration, and have a good day coding and making stuff !

Hi! Keep up the motivation! It is totally hard doing something like this. I constantly feel like “what the hell am I doing?!” But things will pay off! :D I recently got a job as a junior games programmer because I’ve put in so much work! It feels great. But the whole “what the hell am I doing?!” thing doesn’t go away. Not one bit! :D


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It’s been a while since I focused on anything 3D or was mildly successful at it.. and following a recent eye-opening experience, I decided it was best to learn how to use 3D to make a game. I’ve been using OpenGL to start making a 3D game engine. I haven’t used OpenGL since second year at uni, of which I was really bad at. And I let it deter me from using it again. BUT NOT NOW. Oh no. Like I said, a recent experience made it clear to me I can’t keep playing with 2D, I need to broaden my horizons. And I’ve really enjoyed it. I am still very much “fresh” at it. But I’m getting the basics and I’m seeing ways to make games in my head which is really exciting. So although it’s not much, and it’s something I should have tackled in second year.. I used OpenGL to make a textured terrain using height mapping. Little things like this keep me inspired, so you may be sitting at your computer thinking “oh what a noob, she should be better than this.. blah blah.. isn’t it obvious how 3D works.. blah blah..”, I’m happy with the rate I’m improving. And let me tell you, some people do talk like that! I’ve seen forum posts where people who aren’t sure what to do have asked for help and have been called stupid for not understanding what to do! I think it’s awful! We can’t all be super 3D geniuses! Anyway.. we’ll save that rant for another time. But if someone asks for help.. please just help them? k, thanks. So.. I still have a few more bits and pieces I’d like to learn, such as loading in 3D models and animating them and following terrain and things like that. But otherwise, I’m hopefully going to be making a game soon! I kind of want to do a really simple FPS and see what happens after that. I did start my Light Cycles project on Android, but I’m having difficulty with the light trail the cycle produces so I’m taking a break from it and pursuing something larger. :)

It’s been a while since I focused on anything 3D or was mildly successful at it.. and following a recent eye-opening experience, I decided it was best to learn how to use 3D to make a game.

I’ve been using OpenGL to start making a 3D game engine. I haven’t used OpenGL since second year at uni, of which I was really bad at. And I let it deter me from using it again. BUT NOT NOW. Oh no. Like I said, a recent experience made it clear to me I can’t keep playing with 2D, I need to broaden my horizons. And I’ve really enjoyed it. I am still very much “fresh” at it. But I’m getting the basics and I’m seeing ways to make games in my head which is really exciting.

So although it’s not much, and it’s something I should have tackled in second year.. I used OpenGL to make a textured terrain using height mapping. Little things like this keep me inspired, so you may be sitting at your computer thinking “oh what a noob, she should be better than this.. blah blah.. isn’t it obvious how 3D works.. blah blah..”, I’m happy with the rate I’m improving. And let me tell you, some people do talk like that! I’ve seen forum posts where people who aren’t sure what to do have asked for help and have been called stupid for not understanding what to do! I think it’s awful! We can’t all be super 3D geniuses! Anyway.. we’ll save that rant for another time. But if someone asks for help.. please just help them? k, thanks.

So.. I still have a few more bits and pieces I’d like to learn, such as loading in 3D models and animating them and following terrain and things like that. But otherwise, I’m hopefully going to be making a game soon! I kind of want to do a really simple FPS and see what happens after that. I did start my Light Cycles project on Android, but I’m having difficulty with the light trail the cycle produces so I’m taking a break from it and pursuing something larger. :)

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