Computing

There's a mini-game in Final Fantasy XI called "clamming." You dig up items in the sand and drop them into a bucket. Each item has a specific weight and the bucket can only hold so much before it breaks. If you can fill the bucket within five ponzes (the weight unit of Vana'diel - the world in Final Fantasy XI), you can transfer your items in to a larger bucket and continue digging stuff up. If your bucket breaks, you lose anything you've dug up so far. At anytime you can stop clamming and save the items.

The mini-game is appealing because it's got a mixture or skill and chance some items you might find can be worth alot of gil (the monetary unit in Vana'diel). I started clamming for fun and then I got hooked on it and decided I could start making some profit. In the course of clamming, I created a tool that helps me track the weight in my bucket. As things go, it ended up being able to do much more than that.

Today, I finally released it to the public as a free download! It's called Clamcorder (a play on "clamming" and "recorder"). Continue reading "Clamcorder Released!"