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[impactkoma]

Made a new Els OC… :x

[rwatimes]

Japan Classifies Ethereum as Financial Product

Japan classifies Ethereum as financial product boosting ETF approval, institutional adoption, crypto regulation clarity.

➤ Japan is reclassifying Ethereum as a financial product under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, moving it from payment to securities-style regulation. ➤ This regulatory shift is expected to pave the way for Ethereum-based Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and increase institutional adoption by providing clearer rules and enhanced investor protection. ➤ The move signals Japan's commitment to building a regulated crypto investment environment, potentially attracting significant capital inflows and boosting Ethereum's legitimacy in traditional finance.

[forte-international-fiea-blog]

The Process for Becoming a J-1 High School Exchange Student

To become a J-1 high school exchange student, the applicant should go through the following procedures: 

1.    Applicant submits Application for the program.

The application must be submitted in its entirety. Forte will not start to process an application until all documents are completed. Forte will notify applicants of the decision whether to accept or deny the application within one week.

2.    Forte issues Form DS-2019 if the applicant is admitted.

Form DS-2019 is THE most important document not only for obtaining a visa but also maintaining legal status during your stay in America. Please note that you cannot obtain this form anywhere else except from a DoS designated sponsor such as Forte.

3.    Applicant pays SEVIS fee and obtains a J-1 visa.

4.    Applicant receives Host Family and school placement information from Forte.

Forte places all exchange students in a loving and nurturing host family and an accredited high school as required by the rules and regulations of the DoS.

All Forte Host Families are screened as follows: •    Potential Host Families submit a Host Family Application, and provide all mandatory information concerning family composition, financial situations, lifestyle, religion, parenting practices, etc. •    Potential Host Families submit two references attesting to the characters of the Host Family. •    After preliminary screening, Forte conducts a Criminal Background Check on all adults who reside in the family to make sure nobody has criminal records. •    A Local Representative conducts an in-person home inspection to make sure it provides a safe, comfortable environment for the exchange student. •    A Local Representative conducts an in-person orientation for all Host Family members on program rules, Host Family responsibilities, strategies to deal with cultural differences, etc.

5.    Applicant attends a required pre-departure orientation administered by a Forte partner/the home country agency. 

The orientation includes but is not limited to the following:

•  Purpose and rules of the program/sponsoring organization; •  School regulations/rules; •  Host Family rules; •  Travel, packing and logistics; •  Chain of communication; •  Health and safety; •  Culture shock and homesickness; •  United States laws; •  Question and answer session.

6.    Travel arrangements

Requirements to Apply to the High School Exchange Program

High School Exchange Program participants must be bona fide students who meet the following requirements:

Be between 15 to 18.5 years of age by the first day of school in the United States;

Students will not have completed more than 11 years of primary and secondary school, excluding Kindergarten;

Students will not have previously participated in a secondary exchange program either for a year or semester, or attended school in the United States in either an F-1 or J-1 visa status;

Have a 'C' average or better for the past two years of school in your native country;

Have a good command of English;

Mature enough to live independently.

If you think you meet these requirements, you may fill out an application.  The application includes:

Personal information;

Transcripts for the past two years of school;

Two recommendations: one from your math teacher and one from your English teacher;

Personal essay;

Medical records;

Photos;

Forte contract.

[curiosity-murders-cats]

Hey, I just wanted to share this as a member of this Cohort and a Technical Designer on The Logician (2nd game in the presentation order). After long hours of work and painstaking redesigns, I'm proud I got a chance to leave my mark on both this game and at FIEA. I worked hard to become a Game Designer, and I'm glad that this kid from Puerto Rico is now able to proudly call himself a Game Designer. Now on to my next adventure at EA Tiburon as a Tech Designer.

[pankothemexican]

UCF was so awesome. FIEA was also amazing and hopefully I can go there. ;_;

[thedmatts-blog]

So much for weekly entries

In case I failed to mention, FIEA is an accelerated program. The intention is to condense a 2 to 3 year Master’s Degree into 4 sequential semesters (including summer). This means a loss of sleep is borderline guaranteed. Time to cover just a few things that I’ve been working on:

Rapid Prototyping - Story

Since I am so far behind on posting, I am going to focus this post on my second prototype. Space Between is a first person space exploration game.

You take the role of Jess an astronaut on the International Space Station when something goes wrong. Debris hits the station and everything is destroyed.

Utilizing dialogue trees and the difficulties of space traversal, you must utilize your air jet-pack to risk saving your partner Nick, or ditch him and make a run for the escape pod yourself.

Implementing a dialogue tree with multiple endings was not only difficult in a 2 week timeline, but quite tedious. I am very proud of our teams ability to put this together in such a short timeline.

Here are our current statistics based on the team and classmates play throughs:

Overall, I enjoyed working on Story the most so far in Rapid Prototyping.

You can check out a playthrough of Space Between below:

I will make sure to post info on my most recent Prototype and perhaps info on our Capstone Pitches! Don’t forget to check out The Unofficial FIEA Podcast to hear from current and past students on their experiences!

[thedmatts-blog]

Week 4: Writing weekly is hard

This is going to be a shorter post.

A very busy “off-week” indeed. Now, when I refer to this past week as an “off-week” I am referencing a lack of Rapid Prototyping. We have one week off between each two week prototype. Do not allow this to fool you into thinking that a week without Rapid Prototyping is an easy week.

GDD #1

This week was our first Game Design Document in Production I. This assignment is vital to becoming a game designer. Think of it is the introduction to a new game concept, that you show investors in order to convince them it’s worth the money to create a prototype of the game you would like to make. Then if that prototype is good, there is a possibility of the game actually being produced. 

We will be producing these documents weekly for the next 5 weeks.

Here is a link to my first one if you’d like to check it out: CeleBrawl

Also don’t forget to check out the podcast. 

Episode 03 is now available!