Just a few things.

Firstly, after this week I have a two-week Easter holiday, then a bunch of bank holidays (thank you Wills & Kate!), then I go onto a reduced timetable, then finally on May 25th I finish school for good. That gives me more or less THREE WHOLE MONTHS to work on my project with tri-circle. So good news!

Secondly, I intend to start finally writing my Sonic fanfiction over the holidays. Mystery: Ultimate Darkness, a collab with a friend of mine featuring both our characters, will start being uploaded on deviantArt in May, followed by Sonic the Hedgehog Returns (my SatAM/Archie Comics fanfic), then ultimately Mystery: The Legion, my own personal fanseries focusing solely on my fancharacters. Can't wait.

Thirdly, I posted my latest crash video on YouTube. It's a collab between me and PhoenixFirebreath, and it's awesome.

Finally, I commend Tom Fulp for his elaborate April Fools prank, which succeeded in confusing me.

So, yeah. That's what's been happening at my end.

Also, a Final Fantasy VII walkthrough. Just for the sheer awesomeness of seeing sped-up footage of a cross-dressing Cloud being chased round a room by a bunch of pervs, while the Benny Hill theme music plays. I BOW BEFORE MY OWN AWESOMENESS.

DOUBLE EDIT: Okay, forget what I said before (especially the bit about the spammer...he wasn't too happy about it). I'm currently in negotiations with tri-circle (whose programming skills are 100 times better than mine) about doing a collaboration with him. The good news is, that means my programming worries should (hopefully) be sorted.

The bad news is, if we do end up doing the collab, then MMSC5 will probably never happen. Sorry about that.

I've had two ideas recently. And here they are.

IDEA 1: I've only made Madness Scene Creators. So what if I were to make scene creators about other things, as well? For example, Sonic the Hedgehog.

IDEA 2: A lot of people ask me how I make my scene creators, and PM me asking for the code I use. So what if I were to make a tutorial telling people how to make a scene creator?

What do you guys reckon?

I'm 16 in less than two weeks' time, so I probably won't get any more visits from Santa. Shame. Ah well. He just brings me the same tat every year anyway; this year I got a book I ALREADY OWNED. However...I GOT A PS3! WOO! ^^

Anyway, as I was saying, it's my sweet sixteenth on January 6th. From then, it's exams, coursework and more exams until about May. That leaves me about four months to build Madness Scene Creator 5 from the ground up (it's all totally new this year, not just MSC4 with some new stuff bolted on). Then I go to sixth form, and it's even MORE coursework. So this'll probably be the last news post I ever make :P

BTW, this is what I get up to when I'm bored.

Happy Christmas guys. Roll on 2011!

Two weeks 'til Christmas, and not long left of 2010. And with the winds of change already blowing, I reckon it's about time I told you what's coming next year. And here it is:

*MADNESS SCENE CREATOR 5
This is the big one. My final Madness scene creator (for the foreseeable future), entirely built from the ground up, featuring tonnes of new features including mirroring, a true fix for the reset glitch, and all the parts and backgrounds you ever dreamed of. I haven't actually started work on it yet, what with exams and whatnot, but it WILL be ready in time for Madness Day '11. You have my word.

*GP4 CRASH COMPILATION
I've been regularly submitting Grand Prix 4 crash videos to YouTube under the name AmbientMaster since December 2008 (below is my latest video). I'll continue doing this in 2011 and beyond, including a Christmas special this year!

You can also see me in PhoenixFirebreath's YouTube F1 series of GP3 races, featuring BATMAN!

*PIXEL ART
Earlier this year, I submitted a pixelated Lamborghini Countach to the Art Portal. I intend to submit more pixel art in the future...if I can save up enough, I'll be able to buy a tablet, and do real drawings as well. Which is especially important given the current situation.

*SONIC THE HEDGEHOG RETURNS
A SatAM/Archie fanfiction, Sonic the Hedgehog Returns will be coming to deviantArt (under the name MysteryTheHedgehog) sometime in 2011.

*TEAM SHADICA
My gaming clan. Not much else to say really.

And that's it. And with my exams ending in May, I'll have tonnes of time to work on them all!...until I start A-levels in September and have even LESS time on my hands. Hooray for being intelligent!

Peace.

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Typical...just when I've created a new profile picture, I have to replace it again. Sigh...

Well, as you can see, I've got a new icon as well. I'll miss the old one. It's served me well the last few years, even if Mystery's eyes were the wrong colour...ah well. Life goes on. Right now I'm busy on RPG Maker XP, making a general parody of the RPG genre. Because I'm awesome.

Man, it's been ages since I posted something that wasn't about Madness Scene Creator...I'm lovin' the freedom ^^ You guys probably aren't, but hang in there...it'll be worth it in the end. I think.

I know it's a bit late, but the winner has been decided! Congratulations to madmadness65! His winning scene is pictured below.

Keep sending me your Madness scenes!

Next Saturday, on the 25th September, I celebrate 5 years of NG membership! As a result, that's your deadline for the MMSC4 Scene Contest! As stated before, the winner will be featured in the preloader. There may be other special prizes too...

In the meantime, check out this awesome compilation of MMSC3 scenes!

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Go play it now! Oh, and please leave a review. I always love reading them (even the 'THIS IS SHIT!!!! 0!!' ones XD)

EDIT: The Scene Contest has been locked by the admins. Something about admin approval and 'not original art' or something. So just publish them to your drafts page and send me a PM with the link. Sorry for the inconvenience :P

Today's Robot Day (didn't realize), tomorrow's the Game Jam thingy, so MMSC4 will see release next week. Which is technically mid-July, so my estimate of a week ago was bang on target.

I haven't gotten bored of playing MMSC4 yet, and I'm the one who made it. So in theory, you guys will be addicted. And with the reset glitch fixed...I can just imagine people sitting in the dark for 7 hours making endless Madness scenes. Especially with the competition looming.

So, yeah. Next week. Don't touch that dial!