"The first thing I drew is the famous Green Gate, where coronations, speeches and coup attempts happen. Well, sort of."
Okaiken did not start as "Okaiken" in the beginning. It was called as "Troix" back then, which was expected for a 14 year old kid. It was a rough journey of imagination and emotions, a test of the visceral and sometimes pedagogical thinking. It was a journal full of inconsistencies and uncertainty; setbacks plagued it, but there were less things to worry about back then. In his mind, whatever was floating on his head he will do. That was the groundbreaking moment for understanding how the world reacts when he is in the equation. Today, that journey continues with the current journal, but a lot has changed since then, and the author continues to owe this very first journal for opening his eyes to the world around him.
The first two entries lay the foundation of the journal overall; its themes were independence and uncertainty, which was similar to what the author was feeling when he first released them. While the original first entry is long gone, the author recalled it as one of his most frightening moments. "Who would comment?" asked one lobe of the brain. "How is this one going to be rated?" asked another lobe. It was full on uncertainty and did put a lot of stress to the author at that time. When the first real update came out, titled "The Word Independence," that uncertainty was continued but the author continued to fight on. There was one dissenting opinion about one newspaper looking plagiarized but another viewer said it wasn't.
The first two entries lay the foundation of the journal overall; its themes were independence and uncertainty, which was similar to what the author was feeling when he first released them. While the original first entry is long gone, the author recalled it as one of his most frightening moments. "Who would comment?" asked one lobe of the brain. "How is this one going to be rated?" asked another lobe. It was full on uncertainty and did put a lot of stress to the author at that time. When the first real update came out, titled "The Word Independence," that uncertainty was continued but the author continued to fight on. There was one dissenting opinion about one newspaper looking plagiarized but another viewer said it wasn't.
II - THE WORD "INDEPENDENCE"
That did not stop the author from producing quality work afterwards. While the author did respond that the update took 4 hours (current updates now require a full week of assembly before updating). The third update features one of the poems written by the author, in Google-translated Japanese and in English. It's still unbelievable that a few years later that the author can translate Japanese by himself and create complex narratives.
An old gallant chiding forest of fear,
Lies a town bounded with mortal changelings.
With carelessness falls upon ol' townsfolk,
In greater fear no man hath set upon,
A blaze that would destroy the quaint commune.
A quaint town lies forgotten mortal souls,
With disaster eating away feared folks,
They lose all of of their livelihood being.
All the mighty becomes the very weak,
All the giants become the poor midgets,
All the living became the putrid dead.
The first narratives of the story appeared here. It was half the reluctance and half uncertainty that made this very unique at that time. Most readers -- even the author was confused with the direction that the first journal is taking. Another poem was released again for a preview, called "A Thousand Words" but that would not appear until years later, when Okaiken V3 connected it a person living on a Sanese flats. Who said that there wasn't continuity with these updates?
So I'm trying even harder for this,
An old town forgotten on the river,
Memories burned in hell like a sinned lamb,
But this past has passed and move on today,
We're going to the airport's inner rein...
The first actual SimCity update, did not appear until Update 4, which was called "Rural Town Trip". The original pictures had since disappeared from the archives, but the text archive remains. The journal then released a couple of updates that went nowhere, and the journal went into hiatus.
The reopening of the journal, however, was seen as its breakthrough moment. It was about a town called Kadena, named after a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Okinawa. Interestingly, the name also comes from the Filipino word "kadena", which means 'chains'. This was also the first contact between the author and union representatives from USNW, many of which remain good relationships with the author
And so, it went like this:
The reopening of the journal, however, was seen as its breakthrough moment. It was about a town called Kadena, named after a United States Air Force (USAF) base in Okinawa. Interestingly, the name also comes from the Filipino word "kadena", which means 'chains'. This was also the first contact between the author and union representatives from USNW, many of which remain good relationships with the author
And so, it went like this:
Today, let's go back to the trip,
As they leave one town for another.
So, they stumbled upon a town proper
Which folks call 'The Town of Kadena'
VII - THE TOWN OF KADENA
THE BEGINNINGS OF OKAIKEN
Okaiken (岡井県 Okaiken?, officially the Imperial Kingdom of Okaiken), is a constitutional monarchy off the coast of Southeast Indus, bounded on the South by the Vizhny Strait, on the West by the Sea of Miyagi, on the East by the Heizu Ocean and on the North by the Shimonoseki Sea
The journal continued to be called "Troix" even if the City Journal entered a sanctioned union who strives for realism and earth-attachments. However, pressure to change the name became tantamount, and the journal was renamed "Okaiken". This name stuck with the author and it would not probably be changed in the near future.
Meanwhile, there were some improvements in the use of graphics. A newer palette was used on the updates and a streamlined workflow meant that there are fewer things to worry about. Okaiken's very first role playing events were marked with pragmatism; the nation kept its middle ground when other nations are in conflict and had ended up as the arbitrator of many conflicts within the role playing spectrum. It continued its tradition of neutrality until its end of its tenure at union roleplay.
Meanwhile, there were some improvements in the use of graphics. A newer palette was used on the updates and a streamlined workflow meant that there are fewer things to worry about. Okaiken's very first role playing events were marked with pragmatism; the nation kept its middle ground when other nations are in conflict and had ended up as the arbitrator of many conflicts within the role playing spectrum. It continued its tradition of neutrality until its end of its tenure at union roleplay.