Author Archives: Gleb Krasnianski
The answer
If ever you sort all the Who?s
and the What?s
and the Where?s
And you looked at the Why?s
and the When?
and the How?s
And You think to yourself “Is there anything else?“…
Because once You have sorted all of Life’s questions
You might find yourself stuck in a loopy situation.
Don’t give in to the panic and the despair!
You aren’t the first or the last to prevail.
And if ever you wonder “what are all of these words?”
They are your guide map to Beyond of This World.
Riddles and […]
The answer
If ever you sort all the Who?s
and the What?s
and the Where?s
And you looked at the Why?s
and the When?
and the How?s
And You think to yourself “Is there anything else?“…
Because once You have sorted all of Life’s questions
You might find yourself stuck in a loopy situation.
Don’t give in to the panic and the despair!
You aren’t the first or the last to prevail.
And if ever you wonder “what are all of these words?”
They are your guide map to Beyond of This World.
Riddles and […]
What am I?
I am Me.
A grain of sand or a drop in the sea.
You can only try find Me when You cannot see.
Run all You like but You won’t escape Me.
Till Death do Us part wasn’t really that tempting.
Doubt all You like but I AM the suspicion.
I am that which gives You the clearest of visions.
Together Forever in freedom or chains.
No more leaving My Life only to a Chance.
Places and faces, items and names.
All these I desire in the black of the […]
What am I?
I am Me.
A grain of sand or a drop in the sea.
You can only try find Me when You cannot see.
Run all You like but You won’t escape Me.
Till Death do Us part wasn’t really that tempting.
Doubt all You like but I AM the suspicion.
I am that which gives You the clearest of visions.
Together Forever in freedom or chains.
No more leaving My Life only to a Chance.
Places and faces, items and names.
All these I desire in the black of the […]
Что я?
Что ты?
Ты это Я
Я это Ты
Я Один
Один это Двое
Двое это многие
многие это все
все это всё
всё это ничто
ничто […]
Что я?
Что ты?
Ты это Я
Я это Ты
Я Один
Один это Двое
Двое это многие
многие это все
все это всё
всё это ничто
ничто […]
What are You?
What Am I?
I am You
You are I
I am One
One is two
two is many
many is all
all is nothing
all is everything
all is harmony
I am One
inside Two
inside many
inside all
locked in a pulsating dance of The Universe being
destroyed and reshaped
every Moment
forever and not at all.
[…]
What are You?
What Am I?
I am You
You are I
I am One
One is two
two is many
many is all
all is nothing
all is everything
all is harmony
I am One
inside Two
inside many
inside all
locked in a pulsating dance of The Universe being
destroyed and reshaped
every Moment
forever and not at all.
[…]
Bird’s view of Atlantis
Update: You can now click the image to inspect it for more details.
Wait, I lied. This is just a major city of that civilization because Atlantis itself supposed to be consisting of ring islands.
But this is a good city nonetheless. Enjoy!
Zeus/Poseidon
Bird’s view of China and Egypt
Bird’s view of Atlantis
Update: You can now click the image to inspect it for more details.
Wait, I lied. This is just a major city of that civilization because Atlantis itself supposed to be consisting of ring islands.
But this is a good city nonetheless. Enjoy!
Zeus/Poseidon
Bird’s view of China and Egypt
Bird’s view of China and Egypt
Update: You can now click the images to inspect them for more details.
I got too invested in my Emperor city and decided to make a picture of the whole thing. It turned out great. And in theory, if you can figure out how to zoom in dramatically you should see the streets in details. Enjoy!
A humblebrag about the level of harmony in my city.
Also, Egypt!
And in the short future – Greece!
Bird’s view of China and Egypt
Update: You can now click the images to inspect them for more details.
I got too invested in my Emperor city and decided to make a picture of the whole thing. It turned out great. And in theory, if you can figure out how to zoom in dramatically you should see the streets in details. Enjoy!
A humblebrag about the level of harmony in my city.
Also, Egypt!
And in the short future – Greece!
City builders: Emperor
Note: To see the screenshots properly you have to enlarge the whole page. Free WordPress doesn’t allow enlarging images separately, unfortunately.
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom (2002) is the last game in the city building series made by Impressions Games and BreakAway Games (Apparently BreakAway Games were also involved in developing the addon Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile for the game Pharaoh), and published by Sierra Entertainment. Emperor lets us build cities in the setting of Ancient China.
A fair criticism […]
City builders: Emperor
Note: To see the screenshots properly you have to enlarge the whole page. Free WordPress doesn’t allow enlarging images separately, unfortunately.
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom (2002) is the last game in the city building series made by Impressions Games and BreakAway Games (Apparently BreakAway Games were also involved in developing the addon Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile for the game Pharaoh), and published by Sierra Entertainment. Emperor lets us build cities in the setting of Ancient China.
A fair criticism […]
City builders: Pharaoh/Cleopatra
Note: To see the screenshots properly you have to enlarge the whole page. Free WordPress doesn’t allow enlarging images separately, unfortunately.
Next stop on our journey through time is Pharaoh from 1999. In this game, you become the administrator of various cities in ancient Egypt. This is the 4th game in the series made by Impression Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. This game also has an expansion called Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile that brought in some interesting monument projects […]
City builders: Pharaoh/Cleopatra
Note: To see the screenshots properly you have to enlarge the whole page. Free WordPress doesn’t allow enlarging images separately, unfortunately.
Next stop on our journey through time is Pharaoh from 1999. In this game, you become the administrator of various cities in ancient Egypt. This is the 4th game in the series made by Impression Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. This game also has an expansion called Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile that brought in some interesting monument projects […]
How my rulebook for a board game would look like.
The latest assignment that we have been working on in our course was to create a board game. This task, naturally, included the production of some sort of manual for the players to be able to play without an instructor.
Now, when it comes to writing the rules, I remember this part as being the weakest point of our blitz-workshops during the first year. And after I checked some manuals written by other groups for our current project, I felt happy […]
How my rulebook for a board game would look like.
The latest assignment that we have been working on in our course was to create a board game. This task, naturally, included the production of some sort of manual for the players to be able to play without an instructor.
Now, when it comes to writing the rules, I remember this part as being the weakest point of our blitz-workshops during the first year. And after I checked some manuals written by other groups for our current project, I felt happy […]
City builders: Zeus/Poseidon
Note: To see the screenshots properly you have to enlarge the whole page. Free WordPress doesn’t allow enlarging images separately, unfortunately.
During this summer I only had the access to my laptop for most of the time. Unfortunately, it’s too much of a toaster to play any serious games for too long, so instead, I played some of my guilty pleasure games from the days bygone. Since the guilty pleasure I picked for my summer activity were old city building games, […]
City builders: Zeus/Poseidon
Note: To see the screenshots properly you have to enlarge the whole page. Free WordPress doesn’t allow enlarging images separately, unfortunately.
During this summer I only had the access to my laptop for most of the time. Unfortunately, it’s too much of a toaster to play any serious games for too long, so instead, I played some of my guilty pleasure games from the days bygone. Since the guilty pleasure I picked for my summer activity were old city building games, […]
What Knytt Stories taught me.
Finally, back to the blog after a scandalous amount of procrastinating…
Our first assignment of the year was to build a level in a game called Knytt Stories. It’s a platformer game with a minimum amount of mechanics that is easy to grasp and play. This game also has a very simple though limited level editor that the students were required to use for the construction of the level. The assignment itself stated that we had to convey a dramatic narrative […]
What Knytt Stories taught me.
Finally, back to the blog after a scandalous amount of procrastinating…
Our first assignment of the year was to build a level in a game called Knytt Stories. It’s a platformer game with a minimum amount of mechanics that is easy to grasp and play. This game also has a very simple though limited level editor that the students were required to use for the construction of the level. The assignment itself stated that we had to convey a dramatic narrative […]
1-year milestone. Finish line.
Since this blog series is supposed to be a map of things that I want to take away with me and perhaps refer to at a later point in life, I should tell about the most interesting thing that happened to me. What pushes a first-year student to write an extensive Post Mortem of a whole year of studies? No, it’s not an iron discipline or a desire to be productive 24/7. I could be doing other things or not […]
1-year milestone. Finish line.
Since this blog series is supposed to be a map of things that I want to take away with me and perhaps refer to at a later point in life, I should tell about the most interesting thing that happened to me. What pushes a first-year student to write an extensive Post Mortem of a whole year of studies? No, it’s not an iron discipline or a desire to be productive 24/7. I could be doing other things or not […]