Hello everybody.
Can you believe it? Oona Talks About Nerdy Stuff As School Work is BACK.
This time, I will be talking about social media as I am on a social media course.
To recap everything that has happened so far:
This blog is run by Oona who is a level S nerd. She is also very funny and ran this very informative blog during her first year of studies.
She plans on channeling her weeb energy wherever she goes.
Thank you for tuning in to OTANSASW once again!
Happy thoughts,
Oona
tiistai 1. lokakuuta 2019
maanantai 19. joulukuuta 2016
This IS my final form!
Hello everybody, for the very last time!
This post is all about my final task for Media Channels and Platforms course. I'm... not cut out for analytical or professional texts, so I wanted to create a practical piece. At first I was gonna explore social media by making a fake account and see if I could create a believable persona, but it turned out to be a bit too hard for me so I decided to make a game instead. This is how School Survival was born!
Visual novels and dating sims have been a big interest for me this year. I've been inspired by the games I've been playing (like Hakuoki and Mystic Messenger) and I've slowly started to develop an interest of making a visual novel game of my own. I found out about Ren'Py last year and tried it out a little, but School Survival was the first thing I actually made with it.
I've never programmed a game myself, in fact I know 0 things about programming. The reason why I decided to use Ren'Py, a visual novel engine, was that it had a clear tutorial and also a wide range of instructions online so picking up this engine's language was quite easy in the end (read: I knew what things to copy-paste...). I had to ask a couple of friends for help at some point though because I couldn't understand what was wrong with my code, but they didn't write it for me or anything.
I wanted to make a game with many interesting questions regarding our course but I found out that I'm too dumb to make anything too great so I ended up with very basic quiz questions. At first I was gonna program the game in a way that it would've always resulted in a bad end after a certain amount of wrong answers but I didn't for two reasons: 1. Programming it would've taken me a lot of time since I didn't really know how to do that, and 2. I found out that writing the wrong answer dialogues was a lot of fun. Now I understand why game developers often make an achievement system: there's so many things left unnoticed if you don't play a game multiple times! (I'm partly joking about the last statement. Partly.)
I had a couple of people try out my game before I presented it to our class. They kinda liked it because it had a very relatable story and there weren't any bugs or errors at that point anymore.
I... would like to be an illustrator but I'm not far with my skills yet. As you can see from the picture above, the backgrounds weren't drawn by me. Instead I used Prisma and Everfilter apps to make photos look like drawn images. Someday I wish that I could paint my own backgrounds too. As for the other graphics, I drew Ms. Holliday with 3 different expressions. I think that was enough for a game this short.
As I mentioned before, writing the dialogue was a lot of fun. I actually got some players interested in Ms. Holliday's backstory with all the little hints I gave here and there, which I feel like was a little victory of its own. Unfortunately I never planned to give her more backstory than there was in the game... Looking back it would've been a nice add but that would've also derailed the game from it's original purpose a little.
I was a big, bad thief and used music from different games and series for this game. Finding the tracks was pretty easy because I already had in mind what kind of music I wanted to go for. The tracks are listed in the game's credits! I used music from Hatoful Boyfriend, Clannad, Ace Attorney 5 and Yuri on Ice.
The style of this game ended up being a bit comic because I felt like I was in the mood for writing something lighthearted and fun. The self-irony is really strong in this game! The game almost ended up being a stress reliever for myself rather than a proper final task for the course... Maybe I should've made something more academic but like I said, that kind of stuff is really not "me" at all. Someday I might learn, but until then I'll keep on marching to the beat of my own drum.
I learned a lot during the time I was making this game! I now know for sure that I'm not that interested in programming (I had a feeling but trying it out made it clear) and that I definitely want to make another game. One of my friends already suggested that he could be my programmer if needed, so I might take up on his offer. I also got a good reminder of the things we learned during this course while I was deciding on the questions. Overall actually finishing something lifted up my mood a little and made me regain some of my hope for the future, haha...
Anyway! Thank you all for this course! If you want to play my exciting game, head to the Google Drive link below and download the .zip file. It should work on all computers but if it doesn't, give me a nudge! When you've downloaded it, just click MCP.exe and the game should start.
This is the link! Yay!
I hope everybody has a good and relaxing vacation!
Happy thoughts for the rest of your lives,
Oona
This post is all about my final task for Media Channels and Platforms course. I'm... not cut out for analytical or professional texts, so I wanted to create a practical piece. At first I was gonna explore social media by making a fake account and see if I could create a believable persona, but it turned out to be a bit too hard for me so I decided to make a game instead. This is how School Survival was born!
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| Doesn't this title screen make you all excited?! |
Visual novels and dating sims have been a big interest for me this year. I've been inspired by the games I've been playing (like Hakuoki and Mystic Messenger) and I've slowly started to develop an interest of making a visual novel game of my own. I found out about Ren'Py last year and tried it out a little, but School Survival was the first thing I actually made with it.
I've never programmed a game myself, in fact I know 0 things about programming. The reason why I decided to use Ren'Py, a visual novel engine, was that it had a clear tutorial and also a wide range of instructions online so picking up this engine's language was quite easy in the end (read: I knew what things to copy-paste...). I had to ask a couple of friends for help at some point though because I couldn't understand what was wrong with my code, but they didn't write it for me or anything.
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| Which one?! |
I wanted to make a game with many interesting questions regarding our course but I found out that I'm too dumb to make anything too great so I ended up with very basic quiz questions. At first I was gonna program the game in a way that it would've always resulted in a bad end after a certain amount of wrong answers but I didn't for two reasons: 1. Programming it would've taken me a lot of time since I didn't really know how to do that, and 2. I found out that writing the wrong answer dialogues was a lot of fun. Now I understand why game developers often make an achievement system: there's so many things left unnoticed if you don't play a game multiple times! (I'm partly joking about the last statement. Partly.)
I had a couple of people try out my game before I presented it to our class. They kinda liked it because it had a very relatable story and there weren't any bugs or errors at that point anymore.
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| Don't worry, the teacher will forgive you. |
I... would like to be an illustrator but I'm not far with my skills yet. As you can see from the picture above, the backgrounds weren't drawn by me. Instead I used Prisma and Everfilter apps to make photos look like drawn images. Someday I wish that I could paint my own backgrounds too. As for the other graphics, I drew Ms. Holliday with 3 different expressions. I think that was enough for a game this short.
As I mentioned before, writing the dialogue was a lot of fun. I actually got some players interested in Ms. Holliday's backstory with all the little hints I gave here and there, which I feel like was a little victory of its own. Unfortunately I never planned to give her more backstory than there was in the game... Looking back it would've been a nice add but that would've also derailed the game from it's original purpose a little.
I was a big, bad thief and used music from different games and series for this game. Finding the tracks was pretty easy because I already had in mind what kind of music I wanted to go for. The tracks are listed in the game's credits! I used music from Hatoful Boyfriend, Clannad, Ace Attorney 5 and Yuri on Ice.
The style of this game ended up being a bit comic because I felt like I was in the mood for writing something lighthearted and fun. The self-irony is really strong in this game! The game almost ended up being a stress reliever for myself rather than a proper final task for the course... Maybe I should've made something more academic but like I said, that kind of stuff is really not "me" at all. Someday I might learn, but until then I'll keep on marching to the beat of my own drum.
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| The only true love of your life. In reality this game is a love story between you and your five credits. Or is it...? |
I learned a lot during the time I was making this game! I now know for sure that I'm not that interested in programming (I had a feeling but trying it out made it clear) and that I definitely want to make another game. One of my friends already suggested that he could be my programmer if needed, so I might take up on his offer. I also got a good reminder of the things we learned during this course while I was deciding on the questions. Overall actually finishing something lifted up my mood a little and made me regain some of my hope for the future, haha...
Anyway! Thank you all for this course! If you want to play my exciting game, head to the Google Drive link below and download the .zip file. It should work on all computers but if it doesn't, give me a nudge! When you've downloaded it, just click MCP.exe and the game should start.
This is the link! Yay!
I hope everybody has a good and relaxing vacation!
Happy thoughts for the rest of your lives,
Oona
Media observation #15
Hello everybody!
Oh my! It's time for the last media observation. I originally planned on posting this one on the Finnish Independence Day but I was too busy stuffing my face with food I ended up not doing it. I liked the idea though so I'm blogging about it now!
☆ Finland in Japanese popculture! ☆
Finland is generally a very liked country in Japan, with a reputation of being a clean and beautiful place. You can actually find so many things with Finnish texts on Japanese products (like clothes, names of stores and brands, household items etc.) that the Finns who visit Japan have begun to use the hashtag #PäivänSuomi (= Finnish thing of the day, roughly) whenever they find something related to Finland.
You can find quite many characters of Finnish origin or with Finnish names in Japanese popculture and I'd like to list a few.
So!!! This was my last media observation. Thanks for tuning in, I'll continue talking about nerdy stuff elsewhere, like school corridors.
♥♥♥ Super extra happy thoughts!!!♥♥♥
Oona
Oh my! It's time for the last media observation. I originally planned on posting this one on the Finnish Independence Day but I was too busy stuffing my face with food I ended up not doing it. I liked the idea though so I'm blogging about it now!
☆ Finland in Japanese popculture! ☆
Finland is generally a very liked country in Japan, with a reputation of being a clean and beautiful place. You can actually find so many things with Finnish texts on Japanese products (like clothes, names of stores and brands, household items etc.) that the Finns who visit Japan have begun to use the hashtag #PäivänSuomi (= Finnish thing of the day, roughly) whenever they find something related to Finland.
You can find quite many characters of Finnish origin or with Finnish names in Japanese popculture and I'd like to list a few.
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| Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen from the anime Strike Witches. |
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| Timo Salminen from the dating sim Love Tangle. Yes, I've played his route, I'd rate it 3/5 for too little romance. |
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| Mikko, Aki and Mika from Girls und Panzer: Der Film. They go to Jatkosota High School and drive a Finnish tank while apparently playing Säkkijärven Polkka with kantele. So very Finnish. |
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| Kati Räikkönen from the game Akiba's Trip 2. She's a Finnish student who came to Japan because she loves the popculture. |
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| Tsumugi Kotobuki from K-ON!: She's not Finnish but her family owns a villa in Finland. |
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| Probably the most known Finnish character: Tino Väinämöinen from Hetalia: Axis Powers. He's practically Finland made into a character. |
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| The manga "Shiroi majo", which tells the story of the Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä. Except that he's portrayed as a woman. This comic has been translated to Finnish as well as "Valkoinen noita - Talvisota". |
As you can see, for some reason a lot of the Finnish characters have something to do with war and the stereotypical design for a Finnish character is either blonde or silver hair with blue eyes. There's probably more Finnish characters out there but these are the ones I decided to list.
And of course we can't forget the once-so-memetic Ievan Polkka/leekspin! It's just Orihime from Bleach spinning a leek while Loituma's Ievan Polkka is playing in the background. This meme was super popular at the time, influencing even Miku Hatsune.
And of course we can't forget the once-so-memetic Ievan Polkka/leekspin! It's just Orihime from Bleach spinning a leek while Loituma's Ievan Polkka is playing in the background. This meme was super popular at the time, influencing even Miku Hatsune.
So!!! This was my last media observation. Thanks for tuning in, I'll continue talking about nerdy stuff elsewhere, like school corridors.
♥♥♥ Super extra happy thoughts!!!♥♥♥
Oona
State and Media: USA
Hello everybody!
Our task was to do a little research on the relationship between the state and media, ours being USA. This was a hard task because I always feel like there's some many theories, opinions, truths, conspiracy theories etc. going on and how can I learn all of them in a limited time?! So I trusted my friend Wikipedia among some other sites and took a look at the question assigned for me: How is censorship dealt with?
Everybody has a freedom of speech in America and it's stated in the First Amendment. As far as I understood, even hate speech is allowed to some extent so based on this information, it seems that the US citizens are allowed to speak quite freely. However apparently obscenity and defamation are restricted, meaning that radio shows, movies, songs etc. get censored if there's for example foul language.
Despite being a quite free country, it's still listed on Reporter's Without Borders' list of "Enemies of the Internet". It's a list for countries with highest Internet censorship and surveillance. I didn't fully understand why USA is on the list, but here's a quote from my trusted friend Wikipedia:
"U.S. surveillance practices and decryption activities are a direct threat to investigative journalists, especially those who work with sensitive sources for whom confidentiality is paramount and who are already under pressure."
I couldn't have said it better!
Anyway, as you can probably see, I have no idea what I'm doing. Here's the slides for our presentation (we all just filled our own slides so there wasn't really any process to document presentation-wise):
Happy thoughts,
Oona
Our task was to do a little research on the relationship between the state and media, ours being USA. This was a hard task because I always feel like there's some many theories, opinions, truths, conspiracy theories etc. going on and how can I learn all of them in a limited time?! So I trusted my friend Wikipedia among some other sites and took a look at the question assigned for me: How is censorship dealt with?
Everybody has a freedom of speech in America and it's stated in the First Amendment. As far as I understood, even hate speech is allowed to some extent so based on this information, it seems that the US citizens are allowed to speak quite freely. However apparently obscenity and defamation are restricted, meaning that radio shows, movies, songs etc. get censored if there's for example foul language.
Despite being a quite free country, it's still listed on Reporter's Without Borders' list of "Enemies of the Internet". It's a list for countries with highest Internet censorship and surveillance. I didn't fully understand why USA is on the list, but here's a quote from my trusted friend Wikipedia:
"U.S. surveillance practices and decryption activities are a direct threat to investigative journalists, especially those who work with sensitive sources for whom confidentiality is paramount and who are already under pressure."
I couldn't have said it better!
Anyway, as you can probably see, I have no idea what I'm doing. Here's the slides for our presentation (we all just filled our own slides so there wasn't really any process to document presentation-wise):
Happy thoughts,
Oona
sunnuntai 4. joulukuuta 2016
Media observation #14
Hello!
This time I'm gonna post about anime openings and endings. Or to be more specific, the openings and endings that have impressed me in some way. Most of the time OPs and EDs can be pretty generic and forgettable but sometimes the studios think of something more creative. I have to warn though that I'm totally not an expert on this, my opinions are only my opinions and I might've missed something. Anyway, let's have a look!
Of course I had to include the anime classic Cowboy Bepop in this list. "Tank!" is a really catchy song and always really fun to hear at a concert! The animation is artistic and nice as well. It's overall a very pleasing combination that match the series very well.
Here's some of my favourites, of course there are a lot of more but I decided to include these ones. I'm pretty sure I'll remember an ultimate favourite of mine just when I post this but no can do. :D
Happy thoughts,
Oona
This time I'm gonna post about anime openings and endings. Or to be more specific, the openings and endings that have impressed me in some way. Most of the time OPs and EDs can be pretty generic and forgettable but sometimes the studios think of something more creative. I have to warn though that I'm totally not an expert on this, my opinions are only my opinions and I might've missed something. Anyway, let's have a look!
Shingeki no Kyojin 2nd OP - Jiyuu no Tsubasa (Linked Horizon)
Shingeki no Kyojin is known for good opening songs and this 2nd opening is my favourite because in my opinion the song is better and the animation has some really nice shots, like Armin standing in the rain of blood and Hanji's broken glasses. It also has all these little details that point at the events of the anime. Overall, it's a really well planned and executed opening.
Aku no Hana ED - Hana -a last flower- (ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY)
The ED doesn't have much animation, just the credits, if I recall correctly, so I chose to post this long version of the song. The short version for television is good too but this long version really brings out what this song is about. It's a very creepy song for a pretty creepy anime, Aku no Hana (Flowers of evil). The symbol of the evil flowers show often in the anime and this song is about them blooming. I really like this song for it's over-the-top crazy and creepy atmosphere which really fits the whole series.
Rozen Maiden: Träumend OP - Seishoujo Ryouiki (ALI PROJECT)
This is already over 10 years old, time sure flies fast. The overall look of the animation is very nice in my opinion so I wanted to include this one in this list. I really like it when animation studios decide to go with a slightly different, more artistic animation style. This style and song fits the series very well.
Maria†Holic ED - Kimi ni, Mune Kyun (Yuu Kobayashi, Asami Sanada and Marina Inoue)
I'm actually not familiar with the series nor do I like this song but the animation is made by Gekidan INU Curry, which I posted about a few weeks back. I really like the retro game inspired theme of the animation.
Cowboy Bepop OP - Tank! (The Seatbelts)
Of course I had to include the anime classic Cowboy Bepop in this list. "Tank!" is a really catchy song and always really fun to hear at a concert! The animation is artistic and nice as well. It's overall a very pleasing combination that match the series very well.
Here's some of my favourites, of course there are a lot of more but I decided to include these ones. I'm pretty sure I'll remember an ultimate favourite of mine just when I post this but no can do. :D
Happy thoughts,
Oona
sunnuntai 27. marraskuuta 2016
Media observation #13
Hello everybody!
Today I'm gonna shortly introduce you to a game I've been playing sometimes which is called "Quick, Draw!". Basically you draw a picture of a given word within a 20-second time limit while a neural network/A.I. tries to guess what you're drawing. Simple as that!
Today I'm gonna shortly introduce you to a game I've been playing sometimes which is called "Quick, Draw!". Basically you draw a picture of a given word within a 20-second time limit while a neural network/A.I. tries to guess what you're drawing. Simple as that!
The goal of this game is to actually teach a neural network to recognize different objects. The more you play it, the more it learns! You can all go give this game a try >here<!
Happy thoughts,
Oona
tiistai 15. marraskuuta 2016
Media observation #12
Hello everybody,
Yes I am being a super active and good student (cough cough) and writing my media observation on the same day as we had our class! Amazing. The reason is because I instantly knew what I was gonna write about after our lesson ended. #inspirational #thankyou
Since we talked about dating sims and Donald Trump, I present you Grand Old Academy, a dating sim where you can date republican politicians. Yes, Trump is one of the choices. You're all very much welcome.
Grand Old Academy is an upcoming dating sim made by several people, not a company. Basically you're the main character, Mori America, who starts her school life in Grand Old Academy. There's a debate club where all seven romance options take part in the debate club championship. During your time in the academy, you befriend these debaters and pursue romance with one of them.
The tone of the game is satirical, but the idea is not to mock republicans or Americans. The makers aim to deliver a game that can be enjoyed regardless of your political view. The game will be free to play once it's ready!
Yes I am being a super active and good student (cough cough) and writing my media observation on the same day as we had our class! Amazing. The reason is because I instantly knew what I was gonna write about after our lesson ended. #inspirational #thankyou
Since we talked about dating sims and Donald Trump, I present you Grand Old Academy, a dating sim where you can date republican politicians. Yes, Trump is one of the choices. You're all very much welcome.
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| All the romance options! How can anyone resist? |
Grand Old Academy is an upcoming dating sim made by several people, not a company. Basically you're the main character, Mori America, who starts her school life in Grand Old Academy. There's a debate club where all seven romance options take part in the debate club championship. During your time in the academy, you befriend these debaters and pursue romance with one of them.
The tone of the game is satirical, but the idea is not to mock republicans or Americans. The makers aim to deliver a game that can be enjoyed regardless of your political view. The game will be free to play once it's ready!
There's a free demo available as well as a kickstarter campaign, so you shoud all check it out! Here's the trailer/campaign video for the project.
I personally love wacky dating sims so I'm probably gonna back this one up, 'cause why not.
Lovey-dovey thoughts,
Oona
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