I'm Going Back Home news - Ooni

I wrote this at the airplane that is taking me to America (and by America, I mean the continent). I learned a lot in Europe, and also, I've been thinking about new ideas and other important things as well.
I'm going to college soon, and I don't know which career to take. Most of you would say: "Well aren't you a programmer? Then take something related to programming!". The thing is, my state's schools are shit (no hard feelings Veracruz), there is simply no school that shows you programming. Well, there is, if you want to use Pascal. Nobody uses it anymore...
It feels wrong to admit that I am the only game developer or flash animator on my state... And I don't like that :/
The only thing I could do is to go to another country and take courses. But I could not stay there longer than a year... Because, you know, it's not cheap. And a year is not enough to finish my studies.
Also, my parents don't like the idea of me becoming a programmer making "silly lil' games" (they call them like that), simply not used to this idea, they expect something like architercture and that. Not all game developers become millionaires unless they make the next big thing or you direct a big company that makes unoriginal shooters for the consumerists.
This kept me frustrated the whole trip.

But, I personally don't care if I have $1,000 bucks in my pocket everytime I go out, I just want to do what I love!
I rather waking up every morning with a smile on my face, doing what I like to do, either if it gives me lots of money or not; than waking up every single moring frustrated screaming: "KILL ME!" because I have to work on a job that I hate but gives me tons of money.

That's why I'm doing the Game Creation Marathon as a charity event, because I don't care if I get money, I'm still a student, I'm still living with my parents, I don't need it!
Well, actually I need it. The last thing I need is a program worth almost $1,000 to export Ooni, my game, and sell it on the Apple's AppStore and Android's App Store.
That's why there's going to be a donation button for the developers, and one donation button for charity as well. You can donate any amount of money to any of the two causes or don't donate if you want. After all, the game is going to be Free to Play...

OH! TALKING ABOUT THE GAME!
You just lost it...

Just kidding! We want YOU (yes, YOU) to decide which game we should make!
Vote below please ;)

Okay, okay. What is a Game Creation Marathon?
Well, this is not my first time doing a marathon, so I can simply thell that it consists in creating a game that reaches at least the alpha stage in less than a certain time. I usually choose 24 hours as my goal, but my desicion may change.
I will be streaming live while making the game, so everyone will be able to see exactly what I do when the day comes.

On my previous marathons we got a maximum of like 4 watchers at a time, and 200 watchs in total. Ouch.
I would be really cool if we get some attention this time. After all, we'll be doing charity!
We will be making the game on a live stream, and when the game gets done, we will put it in a website and it will be Free to Play!

Also, Christmas is comming soon, what if we make something like The Speed Gamers?
A few years ago, The Speed Gamers decided to catch all the 493 Pokémons (now they're 649) in less than 72 hours. They had a Donation button where people was able to donate money to them. Well, not literally them. When the marathon ended, they donated all the money to an orphanatory so those kids could have a Merry Christmas! Oh yeah! They donated $5,000,000 if I remember.

We will put two donation buttons: one for the developers and one for the charity. Basically, you decide.
I, the developer, need some money to get the program and the license I need in order to finish Ooni. That's all I need...

Well, anyways, since this marathon is really important for me, this time I'll let you choose which kind of game you want me to develop! (Woo!) So I don't create anything in vain.
I won't tell you the name of the game or what is all about yet. Just a brief description.

So, what do we have as Option 1???

Option 1:
A battle platformer inspired in Super Smash Bros., Super Crate Box's massive enemies and the art of Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery.
You'll be able to play with lots of different characters with different abilities. And by lots of characters, I mean LOTS OF CHARACTERS! Literally... In fact, you may be able to recognize most of them ;)
People will be allowed to design their own characters and they may be added to the game and all could play with them!
It will be able to be played by up to 2 players! The Alpha 1.0 will feature the survival mode, and I would add another interesting feature by the time (HINT: Super Smash Bros's Classic Mode ;D). Also, level editor.

...And what's with Option 2?

Option 2:
A basic First Person Shooter, with fancy graphics (HINT: Doodle!).
Players will be able to change the texture pack. And maybe people will be able to make their own levels as an upcoming update.

Are you ready? You sure?
Well, if you're ready, please vote above.
And please, choose wisely.

If you're not able to see the poll by some reason reload or please, vote in the comment section below.

The marathon's results will be up around December and the marathon, as well, will be in December. December 16, more or less.
I'll tell you the date when everything gets organized. Please follow me on IndieDB if you want to stay tuned.

Thanks for reading and supporting my project. I will work on Ooni again as soon as I get back to my country.

I can't wait to get back to home and work back on Ooni! I can't believe it's been 3 weeks already!
But I won't be able to work a lot on it at the moment. I skipped 3 weeks of school due to the trip. I have way lots of things to do. I also take french classes and I missed like 6 classes already! And the final trimester is comming soon! Oof!

Well, anyways. Thanks for reading such long post.
My game and this community are very important to me.
Also, the Marathon is important, so if you didn't vote, I beg you to vote. Your vote may make an important difference!

Oh! Remember that I'm on Tweeter!
I post tweets about the game, my personal life and sometimes illogical weird stuff:
@The_Green_Tie

Thanks for reading, again ;)