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I won't be winning any Graphic Design awards for this one Source:  Quotes Cover   This task was to create a motivational acronym. One thing that motivates me is to be spurred on by challenge rather than apprehensive of it. The things that I have achieved by simply trying again are far more than the things I have achieved by getting it right first try.   Unfortunately, my image of mountains in the background was hidden behind a pay wall. I would have tried anything for those mountains... Except pay for them apparently. - Ultan

Now Google knows where I... Ah, come on. They already know everything   I find it interesting how simple things are now. Adding an online, real time map to my blog post was as simple as copy and pasting. I wonder about all of the nerdy computer engineers from the 20th Century who had to code onto physical dockets and what they think of all of this.    

  Two tutorials that were vital to me integrating the graphics into my game were by Sebastian Lague. I was able to use his Blender files to implement a customisable character, and some animated enemies too.   This episode brought in armour and clothing into my character. I was able to set up scripts for default clothing, and create armour pickups that I later combined with my inventory. Some troubles I had were to do with importing from Blender. My character only had half of a shirt and pants due to an error with mirroring. I was able to figure this out, but still have problems with clipping on the clothes. I followed Sebastian's steps to create a code that changes the weight of the body skin depending on the type of clothing the character wears. However, his fix did not work for me, and the clipping still occurs. This is a minor issue, and all of the other features work great.   I was able to bring in an animated enemy mesh and add some health bars to the UI...

  One article that I have read this week is " Into the Woods: A Practical Guide to the Hero's Journey " by Bob Bates. He explains that the hero's journey is important because myths are important. They are tales that teach us we should act in day to day life, and the morals that we should adhere to. Myths actively guide our actions, whether we are aware of it or not.   Myths influence our: Personal Identity Communities Moral Values Mysteries of Life and Death   Humans have survived by their communication of dangers to their kin and tribes. When they learned of danger, they would avoid the danger where possible, but also make others close to them aware of the danger, and they would live longer as a result. Myths and parables do the same. They spread awareness of dangers, and teach people how to avoid them. Even personal dangers such as greed, jealousy, wrath, gluttony, pride, lust and sloth are often warned against - more commonly known as the Seven Deadly S...