Thursday, January 21, 2016

Support my mom!

This post is not about games, so if that's what you're looking for, scroll down! My mom is an artist and I wanted to take an interview and show you her AMAZING works.

Start of interview

Me: What inspired you to start drawing?
Devi: I've been drawing since some time ago, but since I moved to Korea, the Korean folk art was so simple, yet so beautiful and detailed so I tried to draw my own art and It became a hobby.

Me: Exactly when, did you start drawing?
Devi: I wanted to give my friend that was moving away a gift.

Me: What do you like to draw, and what do you not like to draw?
Devi: I like to draw flowers the most, and I used to think that I couldn't draw realistic animals and people but I found that with practice, I became better.

Me: What goal are you trying to achieve by drawing?
Devi: I want to empower girls and women around the world to make them happier and have more hope in life.

Me: Which do you like to draw more, black and white or color?
Devi: I like do draw a mix of color and black and white to create more contrast.

End of interview

Devi by the way, is my mom. I wanted to do an interview because I think it is a much more fun way of learning the information rather than a giant paragraph like I have done many times in my old blog. I personally have my mom as a role model in many ways. For example, I would have never started blogging if she hadn't. I know for a fact that I will never draw like my mom does because I never really liked drawing flowers and a lot of other things my mom draws. I Personally love comics so thats what I draw. Now I know that you all are waiting for the most important thing: The pictures!

School is cool
Temple design
Rosy mandala
More of the pictures at:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/meowwsart
Facebook: www.facebook.com/meowwsart
Red bubble: www.redbubble.com/people/meoww

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Henry Stickmin series

Henry Stickmin Series

The Henry Stickmin Series is about a series of games about a stick figure in a world of stick figures.
You play as Henry, the main character. These games are like a make your own story books that give you choices to make to try and do something. Almost every time you click an answer you see a very amusing video clip. The games in this series are in order: 
As I said, all of these games are very funny. The first one is very short though.
I personally like Fleeing the complex and Stealing the diamond most. This series has so many ways to fail and the most weird answer is probably the right one. I personally grew  up with these games so I would recommend you to try to fail and see what happens before you try to finish. Always remember to try for different endings. 


The next few games I will review are from the same website: The Stickpage

Have fun!

Stick Empires

Stick Empires is technically part of the Stick War series because it is another version of the games even though its EXTREMELY similar to the Stick War 2. There are some changes in the costs of some units and researches, but they aren't very big.

Additions from the second game:

  • The new Elemental Empire is out!
  • There are empire coins and upgrades at the Armory.
  • There is a friends system in it. (Info at the bottom)
  • Some changes in the costs of units
  • 5 free Chaos Empire trails for everyone!
  • Like every online game, there's a gold membership. 

Unit changes:

  • Swordwrath cost is reduced (150-125)
  • Archidon cost is reduced (350-300)

Gold Membership:

  • You get unlimited access to Chaos and Elemental empires
  • You get 1000 coins when you first get it.
  • You get 300 coins every month.
  • More of your recent battles are saved for you to watch later (Normally, you get 2, but with gold membership you have a lot more)
I think that Stick Empires is a very good game much like the Stick War games. Although, I think that CRAZYJAY should have made an online version of the first Stick War. That would have been much less laggy because the graphics on the first game is less complicated, there is a smaller population limit, and there are less units and NO researches. I think that helps game players MUCH more because in Stick Empires, I have won and lost so many battles only because of people lagging out of the name. The first game requires much less strategy and is better for younger kids.

Friends system:

On the bottom right of your screen once you have logged into Stick Empires you see your username and your code. If you click on it a box appears showing you all your friends. By the way, to get a friend you need to know their username AND their code. Once you have your friends, you can chat with them by clicking their name, and battle them by clicking the swords on your friend. 

There is a lot of things that I left out of this blog post so, please look at the previous blogs for more information and try Stick Empires, Stick War 2, Stick War 1. If you want to read more about Stick Empires, look at the DEV blog. Make sure you check out the strategy guide.

Stick War 2

Stick War 2 is similar to the first game in many different ways. The aim of the game is still to destroy the enemy statue and a lot of the units are the same. 

New things:

1. There are research buildings, and you can see your castle. (Uh, yay?)
2. There are new units. (Yay!)
3. You can't control one single unit to make him powerful anymore. (Aww!)
4. Your units are healed by staying the castle. (Yay!)
5. Mages are totally different. (Yay and aww)
6. 2 different empires. (Yay but you can't play as Chaos)
7. Fast forward button (Yay!)
8. 1 more resource. (aww!)
9. Increased population limit. (YAY!!)
10. Fog of war. (Yay and aww)
(Yays and awws are only my opinion)
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Researches (the top 3 most annoying or most useful):

Tower Spawn I & Tower Spawn II: It's useful because tower spawn it gets you free Speartons. Tower spawn II is overpowering because it gives you GIANTS FOR FREE! This sounds amazing but if your enemy researches tower spawn II, good luck, because even if your enemy feels pity for you, he can't control the big blue beast that spawns.

Fire arrows for the archer: It's very useful as the fire arrow that the archer shoots has very high range and gives the enemy a burning effect, which slowly saps their health.

Miner wall: VERY useful as it protects your ranged troops from all units. However, it has low health. You must research an upgrade for this in the Castle, and then your miners can build them.

Units:

Miner: Now can attack, low damage, low health, and gathers resources. (cost: 150 gold)
Swordswrath: Swordman. Low health, decent damage, good in number. They're good at killing: Speartons. (150 gold)
Archidons: Archers. Their damage is MUCH better than it was in the first game. They're now excellent at killing Giants, Speartons, Flying crosssbowmen, Swordsmen, and Shadowraths. (350 gold)
Merics: Healers. Good for healing giants, speartons and mages. (300 gold, 200 mana)
Mages: Spell casters. Has 3 spells: Fireball, poison spray, electric wall. Mages are powerful but pretty costly. good against swordsmen. (500g 400m)
Speartons: High health, good damage. Can't block without a research. And they can't move while they block. (450g 50m)
Shadowrath: Assassin.  They have rather low health, nice damage, but I don't really use them very much. They are useful to run in and kill the merics and mages of the enemy. With Shinobi (a research), they turn invisible and attack one unit with extra damage and poisons the unit that your Shadowrath attacked. they are useful in small numbers like 3-5. (450g 150m)
Enslaved Giant: The enslaved giant is much like the giant from the first game. They have lots of health, and unlike the first giant, they throw rocks instead of hitting people with a giant club. (1500g)

I have only described the units of the Order Empire. For more information about the researches, units, and information about the Chaos researches and units look at the Stick war II Game Guide. Overall, I think this game is very fun to play and in some ways better than the first game. That doesn't mean the first game isn't bad, because it's much better than second one because it was more simple. I know that there are a lot of people that LOVE the second game, and I am almost one of them. If you want to play this game, just click here. Have fun!

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Stick War 1

Stick war one is a reasonably strategic game when you are the leader of the nation Order in a land called Inamorta. It was made by Jason Witham (CRAZYJAY) and Brock White. The aim of the game is to destroy your enemies' statue. There is a beta version of it on mobile devices called Stick War Legacy (link for information to download). Unlike the other games (Stick war 2, and Stick empires), You can control one unit to do something you want him to do. When you control a unit, you make him stronger than he was before. The statue you must defend looks like:
 
There are 6 different units:
Miners: They are your main source of gold. They have low health. They also cannot attack. It's good to have 4-5 of them. 
Swordwrath: Swordsman. Good in number (7-10). They have low health but are good at destroying the enemy statue.
Archidon: Archer. Also good in number (5-7). Great at killing speartons and swordsmen, however are bad at killing the mage's minions and giants. They have low health and high attack. But are bad at destroying the enemy statue.
Speartons: Spartans. They have high attack and very good defence. Great at killing giants (when they're controlled) and mages and their annoying minions. Once your enemy has giants, they are almost as vital as your miners. 
Magikill: Mages. They have reasonable attack, can stun enemies and can spawn units. They depend on their minions for protection so they have low health. They are VERY slow. Good against archers.
Giants: High attack and very good defence. Can barely be harmed by archers. They're very costly though.

I have grown up with this game ever since before my 2nd grade. I personally love this game so I hope you like it to.
Good luck!
Be sure to try the second game and the online version of the second game (Stick empires) and look at the strategy guide for more information.

The next few games I will review are from the stickpage.  It's got tons of good games so make sure you check it out!