Introduction

Hey!

My name is Oskari, and I am a 20-year-old student from Kokkola. I moved to Oulu at the end of July to study information processing sciences. I always liked to do stuff with a computer so during secondary school I finally picked up on programming. Over the years I began to like it so much that I wanted to study it for real and here I am, studying what I like. I have been programming for 7 years now so I know quite a bit about it and can make some cool applications and games so maybe one day I will make one that will tackle some common problems.

One of the biggest programming projects that I have made is inspired by the game Nimbatus – The Space Drone Constructor. It is a game where you can make your drone do pretty much anything you can imagine. When I started the project, I didn’t have any clue how to program the things I wanted to add but after countless hours of studying, programming, and bug fixing, I finally got them to work. It was difficult to make the logic work in the game and create randomly generated planets you can explore so I can say I learnt quite a bit about different techniques in game development. I wish I had more time available so I could continue working on that project as much as I did a few months ago but for now, the development of that game has come to a halt.

As you have maybe noticed, my English isn’t perfect but it’s good enough to get the message through, but I still want to improve, especially in oral skills because I get a bit nervous when I speak to others in English. Another thing I would like to get better at is writing so hopefully writing these blogs will help me learn new techniques.

That’s it for today and please tell me in the comments if you found my English a bit weird and I will try to improve it in the later posts.


Edit: There has been some confusion about the game that I made. I didn't create the game Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor, but I created a game that is similar to it.

Kommentit

  1. LS3. lokakuuta 2022 klo 6.04

    Good post! Programming your own game sounds like a great project.

    VastaaPoista
  2. Riina4. lokakuuta 2022 klo 7.09

    A great start to your blog. You are really advanced in programming compared to me and I look forward to seeing what you will do in this field.

    VastaaPoista
  3. Jimi Vainikainen5. lokakuuta 2022 klo 5.20

    Great first post. Your game looks really nice, looks like your game has alot of replayability with the randomly generated planets.

    VastaaPoista
  4. Tuomas Karhapää5. lokakuuta 2022 klo 10.11

    Wow, it's very cool to read that you made your own game! Keep it up man great post!

    VastaaPoista

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