Update October 2024
Fresh new site redesign, and *drumroll please*...
The launch of Moondeer.Games! My husband CJ and I are launching our little game company with an initial library of 8 games made by yours truly. Please go play them! >_<I also wrote a few more things.
(See the splash page again here.)
Hello, World
I'm Rachel Bell, and this is my website. Herbalcell is actually just an anagram of my name. My site is a place for me to share my hobbies and some articles on various topics.
First and foremost: I love video games. My favorites are the Legend of Zelda series, and point-and-click adventure games like Myst. I want to create video games almost as much as I love to play them. My husband and I are currently launching our own games company of point-and-click-adventure and text-adventure games using our own custom built engine.
I also love to listen to my favorite video game music (particularly that composed by Koji Kondo), as well as making video game sheet music for piano. I also learn to play some of it, but I don't consider myself a pianist because I can't sight-read sheet music.
Some of my favorite things are forests, cloudy skies, trains, and mysteries.
I enjoy teaching myself 3D modeling and animation. I've been using Blender, a powerful free and open source program, for a few years. I enjoyed working on a high-res texture pack for Majora's Mask.
I like to draw and paint digitally. I used to draw with my pen tablet on my laptop and Adobe Photoshop or Corel Painter, but now I use primarily Autodesk Sketchbook on my ThinkPad Yoga laptop or smartphone. I for a while used to use Photoshop restore old photographs. I like looking at other people's art as well. I tend toward the dark, mysterious, eerie types that evoke strong feelings, whether it be a painting or photograph.
I enjoy writing code. Most of my experience is in web development. I designed, coded, and maintain this website. My favorite language is JavaScript, and I do like Python too although I don't really use it much anymore. The game engine that my husband and I wrote is written in Javascript and is a fully web-based game engine.
I'm a big fan of Japanese culture, anime and Japanese films. My husband and I dream of taking trips to Japan and possibly living there for a while someday.
Favorite Movies:
Clue, Haunted Honeymoon, Three Amigos, Unknown Creature, Emperor's New Groove, Home Alone, Lord of the Rings
Favorite Anime:
Hyouka, Natsume Yuujinchou, Ore Monogatari, Ao Haru Ride, Sukitte Ii na yo, Kimi ni Todoke, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, orange, Kamisama Hajimemashita, Ouran Koukou Host Club, Shounen Maid, 3D Kanojo, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime, Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji, Maria-sama ga Miteru
Contact me
Feel free to contact me about anything at all — herbalcell@gmail.com.
Written by: Rachel Bell