So, free time is finally swinging my way yet again, I can start construction of the new website. It is funny how many iterations the web server has gone through over the course of its lifetime. At one point it was a MUD player repository plus development site for the builders and coders. It has had a smattering of D&D related portals containing various materials and campaigns. It even held a prestigious WoW guild for a year and a half or so. And so, it matures yet again, morphing into yet another random project as I continue to try and develop new web skills and test out new toys offered out there via "teh interwebz." This time we are playing with Web 2.0 and all its ups and downs (this should be a good one).

I have a bunch of different ideas in mind for what I would like to do with the website. It is just a matter of implementing them now in a coherent, secure, and well-designed manner. As I have professed many times before, I am no artist, but sometimes I try to be. I think I really need to train my abilities and I might be able to do decent work. However, time has been my biggest enemy, preventing me from doing a lot of things I enjoy and even some of the things I do not. I have to be really picky with what I choose to do lately, because of this. To pile another personal project on top of all this is going to make things even more interesting.

So, what is in store? I love developing or in even broader terms, creating. I say strictly developing because it can cross multiple topics, developing code, developing ideas, developing concepts. I love creating worlds, I sink hours into making up themes and breathing life into them, I cross new ideas so much, I have a nasty habit of forgetting previous creations if I do not make careful notes about them. I enjoy creating games and level design. For a short while, I did level design for Natural Selection and interacted with the lead developer and creator, Flayra. Natural Selection 2 is coming out in the near future, look forward to it! I created the basic construct and bones for a web-based php RPG, it was not anything special, but it was a neat diversion for a time... I tried taking it to the next level and determined that it was a bit too much for a one-man team.I have played around with making games utilizing various sprites. I have even created the basic video game engine. Several projects started, but very few finished.

Thus, the primary goal in mind is to bring things to fruition -- to finish the creations, to manage the time, create the content, and share it with the public. Those are my key motivators for moving in this direction with a new website. I want a website that the general public can browse through, interact with other people, create new things, and share ideas. I want a website that crosses the multiple boundaries that share that one common goal of creation. Art, music, science, games, technologies, etc. It is a daunting task, with a very broad set of topics involved. It is an interesting challenge and one I cannot wait to tackle!