User:Random-storykeeper

Random-storykeeper, also known as RSK or Random. The username, as you might have expected, was "random". I just thought it up randomly when I wasn't near a computer.

The first article I read looked like this; the first edit I made went to In the Dog House. I knew I wanted to help out the wiki when its articles couldn't give the information I was expecting from them. So I edited...as soon as my computer finally loaded the edit page.

That was back in 2010. Now, I'm in university, and don't expect to be editing a lot.

Also, I love making long userpages, because everyone knows a userpage obviously has to flaunt every explicable detail imaginable about yourself. That's what I attempted to do, in a nutshell. Enjoy.

The "fascinating" tale of how RSK discovered Nitrome
In 2008, a friend sent a link to me in an email for Feed Me on Miniclip. After weeks of delaying, I finally opened the link and began to play. The experience I had was different from other Flash games I had been playing in the past. Despite glitches, I managed to pull through and beat the game over the course of...uh...can't remember. During this time, I was also investigating other Miniclip games because I liked Feed Me so much. A lot of titles that caught my attention happened to be Nitrome games.

Then I discovered Nitrome.com some time later that year, I think, on school computers when my friend and I wanted to play Pest Control. When we were scrolling through the list of games, I recognized a lot games that I saw on Miniclip. I started playing on Nitrome.com when In the Dog House was their latest game.

Why RSK loves Nitrome
The reason I first loved playing Nitrome games was because a lot of their games had concepts or a certain level that you'd be absolutely frustrated with, yet always want to come back to in the future. I had so much trouble making tiny holes in Thin Ice, which resulted in a lot of stumbles per level, but I kept going back to play it because the game, while irritating, seemed to promise that I'd someday be able to master the art of making smaller circles on the ice. Eventually, I did master it. Then along came the Touchy version, and things got messed up again.

Later, what I found to be such a pleasure when playing Nitrome games is their amazing music. Seriously; the music is often what drives me to complete or even play a game nowadays. That way, I can remember the game even when I'm not near a computer. :D

Games beaten
I beat Nitrome games rather slowly (:'D), mostly because I just like to take a long time with things. XD It's also because I feel rather obliged to enjoy a newly released game nowadays, and I feel like trying to beat a Nitrome game in one day doesn't allow time to enjoy the work that Nitrome put into their games. My opinion, anyways.

TOTAL: 54

How RSK found the wiki
In between game releases, I started to read the Nitrome blog. I liked reading interviews, and this one I found happened to mention Nitrome Wiki. I clicked on the link and was led to Nitrome Wiki's main page, which happened to look a lot like Wikipedia at the time.

Why RSK edited
Since Nitrome Wiki looked a lot like Wikipedia, I assumed it had a huge community, with glorious, elaborate articles about every Nitrome game imaginable. I selected a page about a game and it was a stub. I was disappointed, so I wanted to help. My browser couldn't load the editing page at the time, and I thought creating an account would solve the problem. I didn't expect to use my account a lot though; I thought I wasn't going to be active.

I didn't know much about what I was doing, but I really wanted to help what little users were there at the time build up the wiki. In between edits, I did a lot of reading and visiting other wikis. That's how I began to pick up tidbits of wiki code and learning how the whole wiki community thing works.

Contributions
The first article I really helped out with, including its template articles, is Mallet Mania. I also wrote a lot of articles for Template:Fat Cat, as well as level sections for Silly Sausage and Rockitty.

Nitrome

 * 1) Final Ninja Zero - This is one of Nitrome's few games that follows a storyline, right up to the structure of the levels overall. The artwork is fantastic, the soundtrack is epic and the possibilities for varied playthroughs is practically endless. Well, almost endless.
 * 2) Fat Cat - I love playing Fat Cat, especially with my sister. It gets challenging in later levels, so teamwork is put to the test. The most fun part is using the power of the cat's megaburp to destroy a mess of enemies on screen or crush them all with movable blocks. Yes, in-game destruction is extremely entertaining.
 * 3) Headcase - Despite the abundance of enemies and hazards that are 1-hit KOs for Norman Noggin, Headcase still poses a challenge while not being too frustratingly difficult. A bit of quick thinking, precise timing, fast-moving fingers and leaps of faith help to keep enemies and hazards off that huge head. The most fun part, I would say, is leaping off pink walls to knock out an entire line of enemies. =D

iOS

 * 1) Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage
 * 2) Slayin - Slayin is made for iOS, with its compact design and simple tap controls. The iOS version introduces more levels, more bosses and more challenges that make the game a lot more difficult than the Flash version.
 * 3) Roar Rampage iOS - Roar Rampage is well worth the money, with a lot of levels and an endless playing mode. I find the controls are more fluid than the Flash game.
 * 4) Prizma - This is a Miniclip app, but I like it because the gameplay reminds me so much of LyngoGames' Chromatronix. They really ramp up the difficulty in the full version, though. I haven't played this in a while, but I remember I got into it.

Other games
Mostly I love these games because their music is AWESOME.


 * 1) Pause Ahead
 * 2) Katwalk
 * 3) Snailiad
 * 4) Kodachrome

Nitrome

 * Overall soundtrack (Lee Nicklen): Glassworks
 * Overall soundtrack (Dave Cowen): Mallet Mania
 * Extra: [[File:Aquanaut Extra.ogg]]

Others
This song right here: ah4cFhN0ibw.

Yes, there are lyrics. No, they're not, if you will, "unsuitable".

Pause Ahead + Tower of Heaven

How to Train Your Dragon's epic awesome soundtrack.

Owl City. :D

Trivia

 * RSK's Nitrome profile is Randomstorykeeper. She couldn't add hyphens, and was considering a different username.
 * RSK was featured on the Blog on July 4, 2011.
 * RSK also suggested a Pixel Love game (The Love Letter), but was only acknowledged in a Facebook comment. She thought it was a coincidence.
 * RSK's raccoon once jumped over the bucket and fell off a cliff, resulting in her passing and losing level 15 at the same time. The results were very...fuzzy.

Anticlimactic conclusion
Well, thanks for reading.

HAI!