Since 2023 is coming to an end, I am doing what people are doing: setting New Year's resolutions. There will probably be more aside from this, but I don't really know what else to set more. I'm also writing to my blog so that this doesn't feel empty again.

By the way, I have decided that my blog posts will be under the CC BY 4.0 license, so you are free to share/distribute/adapt my blog posts, as long as you give me credit by (e.g.) providing a link back to the respective blog post's URL, or by mentioning my name.

Studies

Right now, I am in high school, so my #1 priority (just like most high-schoolers) would probably to get in a good university. I've taken the Digital SAT (Aug. 2023, 1460) and IELTS (Dec. 2023, 7.5, Academic on computer), and I'm quite satisified with my scores. I do not plan on retaking the Digital SAT or IELTS again because I already retook those once, but since my (or the objective) #1 university (in Thailand) also wants to see a science aptitude test score, I might need to study for that as well. I've never really studied for any school test for the past 1.5 years, but still managed to pass (that is, 50% or above) over 80% of the time if I remember correctly.

If you've been OSINT'ing be on my Facebook/Instagram account or on my certificate display, you might also notice that I passed the สอวน. (POSN) Training Camp 1 (Computer) selection test and passed another selection test while in said camp for eligibility to enter Training Camp 2, which I will be attending in March 2024. I really hope that I can somehow get a spot in the Thailand Olympiad in Informatics (TOI), so I'm mainly studying computer science algorithms right now. A reason why I'm trying really hard to get a spot (or even better, a medal) in the TOI is that I can use that instead of my test scores to apply to university, and another reason why I'm trying is that I get to brag to my friends about how smart I am.

(Explanatory Note: If you don't know what the TOI is, it is basically the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), but on the national level, so the TOI isn't that prestigious as the IOI, but most Thai universities only need a TOI medal (or a medal in another subject's Thai national olympiad, or for some universities, diploma from Training Camp 2) for higher/guaranteed chances of acceptance in TCAS's Round 1.)

Social Media

I do not frequently post stuff on social media, and that includes not posting stuff that promotes/tries to get more players into Mathematical Base Defenders. I want to change, so that I can be described as "more expressive" and "less-introverted" person in real life, and maybe to get more followers like my friends who post everything they do on their Instagram stories (no offense to them).

Programming

I switched back to using GNU/Linux. I would also like to contribute to open-source software, but the #1 reason I'm scared to do so is that it might backfire(???), and the #1 reason I can't do it is that I do not think I have anything useful to add to existing FLOSS. I would also like that mindset to change, but I have great difficulties trying to express myself (because I might be an introvert or something). Additionally, I would also like to talk about my plans for my projects:

Mathematical Base Defenders

I plan to really put in the effort to market/advertise Mathematical Base Defenders in 2024, so it can get more players, and maybe use the fact that I am a powerful person in Mathematical Base Defenders for my university application(???). On a side note, if you want to play Mathematical Base Defenders, click here. I am also waiting for feedback from potential users/testers, so that I can improve from it.

mistertfy64.com

As for my personal website, I don't need to add anything on the apex domain itself (since it's just a project listing page), but I might add some new subdomains on my domain in 2024 to spice up my website. I would also like to improve the "stability" of my domains, as well as adding new features to existing domains.

These are some of my New Year resolutions for 2024. Share this blog post with other people so more people can laugh at me if I fail my New Year resolutions, and thank you for taking the time for reading!

Are you expecting a review on the สอวน. training camp that I promised over a month ago? Well, I don't really have any in-depth review of it, since it's a come-and-go-home camp (not an overnight camp). So here is a very short summary of it: Learn, eat, learn more eat, learn more, go home. Except for the middle and the end of the camp, where the teachers gave me the Training Camp 2 selection test. (สอวน. Training Camp 2 for Computer will probably be an overnight camp, as shown by social media posts from previous years.) But at least there's a better chance of an actual review (i.e., a dedicated blog post) for Training Camp 2 because of the more advanced material, and also the fact that it's an overnight camp. So if you want a review, you might have to wait until Camp 2 starts. Sorry...

This blog was written on Aug. 19, 2023, however, the date that this blog post was made is Aug. 20, 2023 at around midnight, according to my timezone.

To be honest, I wrote this status update so that my blog doesn't look empty and to prove that I'm still alive and well.

Hello, everyone!

I am quite sure that if you know me, you probably wondered what happened to my coding activity.

Don't worry, I'm not stopping anytime soon. I'm just taking a "break".

So what have I been up to?

As of now, I'm feeling quite stressed, but also excited at the same time, probably due to my "exam weekend" next week. (Aug. 26, 2023 to Aug. 27, 2023). I am spending that time reviewing material for the exams, while also slacking off when wanting to study.

"Exam Weekend"?

Yup, you heard that correctly! Next week, I will be taking two exams on the weekend! One that I'm not particularly worried about, but the other I'm super worried about.

I will be (re-)taking the (Digital) SAT on August 26, 2023. Although I already got a decent (according to my standards) score of 1420 (660 Reading & Writing, 760 Math), I kinda want to retake it due to my #1 university only looking at the Math section[1], and also in the case I don't get accepted I can find a different university.

I will also be taking Thailand's POSN selection camp test for the third time on August 27, 2023. This one is the one I'm worried about. I've already went to a seminar today that gave me tips on how to score higher, but I'm still scared from test anxiety and other stuff like not knowing/forgetting when I'm actually in the exam next week. To be fair, my score did increase in the last 2 attempts, on both subjects[2] from being average to getting above ONE standard deviation from average for both the Math and Computer exam, but sadly that isn't enough to "pass"[3].

Mathematical Base Defenders

It is still alive. I missed the (in my opinion) most important part of making a game: actually getting players. After the exams, I will try to get more players, by either promoting it more or telling more of my friends about it. That also explains the empty commit history for both the game subdomain and the accompanying website: No feedback. I just don't know what to improve (but I am still working on other features that, in the future, may be suggested).

Back to Coding Time

I would probably be actively coding for 6 hours during the school break, which is usually around September for Thai schools.

Thank you for reading this, and I hope to see you someday in Mathematical Base Defenders again.

Footnotes

[1] The (Digital) SAT's Math section, in my opinion, is very easy for me and probably other Thai students. Because of that, top universites want to see the best, or perfect scores on an easy test. Because the easier a test is, the higher the mean score would be. However, I tend to make some careless mistakes on easy tests.

[2] Math: 10% (-1stddev) to 21% (+1stddev), Computer: 52% (around average) to 57% (+1stddev due to average going down?). First listed is Feb. 2022's exam. Second listed is Aug. 2022's exam.

[3] Unlike the SAT, there is a "what happens after" for the POSN selection camp, as in if you score high enough (according to rank), you can go into the camp.

Happy New Year to Everyone! (I'm 21.5 hours late in my timezone, UTC+7). But I'm pretty sure at least some of you are still here waiting for me. So what happened? What's next for me? Where do I see myself 5 years from now? Here are the answers (not to some of these rhetorical questions)

Mathematical Base Defenders

I'll confess right now. I started to lose interest on developing Mathematical Base Defenders. I have finally come to realize that the game may not have the easiest controls or the best gameplay or enemy generation. However, I might come back to developing it, if some of you can give me some ideas by messaging me.

I feel like the game is already "complete" and that it needed only bug fixes and minor improvements. Singleplayer is done, multiplayer is done, and settings is done.

But if you want to see the game thrive on, feel free to contribute to the one of the repositories! Even though I may have lost interest, but having someone being interested in the project really motivates me into continuing (I will also take a look at your pull request)!

The game was originally created for a "software contest" (more precisely: NSTDA's National Software Contest). The initial, first, prototype version was developed in 2020, when said iteration of the competition took place. I used Java for the language, but I found out that it might not be the best for me now. So I switched to JavaScript with an incomplete TypeScript migration. After the competition and having receiving THB12,000 in funding, I wanted it to be able to be used commerically. But obviously due to my incompotency, it failed. However, I won't be giving up on the project.

Possible New Game

Speaking of NSTDA's National Software Contest, I (and one of my friends) have submitted another proposal to NSTDA for this year (2023)'s National Software Contest! The results on whether it will be accepted will come out on 2023-01-20 during the day. If it gets accepted, the development on that "new game" will start! But if it doesn't, well... I'm not sure what to do.

2023-01-20 Update: It wasn't accepted.

The game will be similar to Mathematical Base Defenders, but much easier to play and to survive longer. This game would also be a more "simple" game than Mathematical Base Defenders, containing less math, less RNG, and more speed and skill!

This Website

Of course, for my personal website, there will still be updates! I may or may not open-source it in the future (I can't really recall whether I committed sensitive information in). I will also be updating the Prayut Counter if there are news about Prayut once again, you know, just to make things more i n t e r e s t i n g .

So what happened? What's next for me? Where do I see myself 5 years from now?

Remember when I said I wont be answering some of the questions in the first line? Well, I lied, and these are just rhetorical questions (I don't know if they really are). But if you want to see updates on my life, check out my social media account (not just my GitHub account) where I have a 5% of posting something every 2 weeks!

That's it for this blog post. Thank you for reading this and have a great year!