James's Retro Corner

First Blog Post - A Website Update

Hi everyone! It’s James. I know it’s been a while since anything has been updated on this site, but I’m proud to announce I am going to continue supporting it and add more content! This blog post is aiming to cover the future of this website.

The Future of this Blog

Currently, my plans for this blog are pretty loose and simple. I’m going to upload a blog post about once a week (or more), and the posts will have a wide range of topics. Sometimes It’ll be science, another week it’ll be video games, the next it’ll be music… you get the idea: I’m going to post whatever I feel like.

Expanding the Game Library

Right now, there are not a lot of games on this website. And by games, I mean 1 game. Snake. One of my biggest goals for this site is to increase the number of games on it. And I have a special announcement regarding that: I will be developing my OWN video game exclusive to this website! I’m still in the early development stages, but here’s what I can tell you now. It is a 2D platformer I’m making in Godot, and I think I want it to have some sort of mechanic based on the weather or the season (this could change). I plan for it to be a fairly short game, going from about 30 minutes to an hour. Plus, here’s a sneak peak of the player:

Tutorials

Over time, I hope to create a large collection of intuitive and helpful tutorials for doing different computer related things. Whether it’s downloading and installing an emulator, programming in python, getting started with Godot, or hosting an Internet Relay Chat server, I hope to have that here.

Accounts and Benefits

Eventually, there will be accounts users can create. This is a VERY large scale project that would take a long time, but I want to make it happen. When you create an account, you have the ability to like or dislike blog posts. If you’re a member for long enough (and you visit the website enough), you get access to exclusive blog posts and tutorials. Again, do not expect this anytime soon, for this would take a lot of work to create.

Conclusion

I have a lot of plans for this website, and I’m excited to start working on them. I will be posting blog posts with detailed updates on development of everything mentioned in this article. Anyway, thanks for visiting my site, and I hope you come back soon!