User:Azukara

<forumuser name="Azukara"/> Cody Collins (aka "Azukara") is a little-known lurker and poster of the Sonic Retro forums; yet filled with big ideas. He first stepped into the Sonic scene at a very early age; back in 2003 (Azukara being around 10 at the time),however never posting and mostly lurking several simple forums like Sonic HQ and the (early) Sonic-Cult Forums. By 2005, Azukara became a regular poster at the SSMB (Sonic Stadium Message Board), until early 2007, which he suddenly couldn't get on the forums for six whole months (for reasons still unknown). Over that span of time, Azukara started to enter several different forums, such as Sonic Retro and Sonic Fan Games HQ. Suddenly, in late 2007 his account at SSMB started working again and has remained a member and semi-regular poster there and at Retro ever since.

Azukara is creator and leader of a project known as "Project : FreeRunner", a 3D sandbox Sonic game based around a Genesis-styled world. The progress of the game begun in late 2005, after Azukara spent countless years fantasizing about how to make the perfect Sonic game. In 2006, he started to write down thousands of concepts, and drew endlessly for months and months, coming up with a-many of ideas. However, his ideas were constantly being trashed for others, and soon Azukara was on the verge of going into a mental breakdown over the subject. However, in late 2008, after the release of Sonic Unleashed (since he was the first person in the state of Mississippi to gain it),Azukara's confidence once again sky-rocketed beyond possible belief. This time, he meant business. He opened up a .txt file and got to work, calling his game under the codename of "Sonic : Machspeed". After writing many, many words, he was once again going through ideas and trashing them faster than he let the ideas sink into his head. That is, until in the SSMB, member "Gamenerd" wrote a concept for a Sonic game put into a sandbox world. Intrigued but confused, Azukara thoroughly experimented with this concept in that abysmal .txt file, thinking up more and more ideas until his mind was numb. By June 24, 2009, the entire concept writing for the game was 100% complete. For the first time in ages, Azukara was satisfied with his own "creation", renaming it under the temporary name "Project : FreeRunner".

The project is currently being creating using the program Blitzsonic, along with members AiS!ck, True Dude and Youtube user Linksonic5. Although, the team could use more members that could help in 3D modelling, concept art, and coding.

Azu is a pretty well-reserved person, and doesn't like to cause a fuss. His opinions are pretty strict to himself, and very logical, but he never tries to force it upon anyone else, gladly accepting someone else's opinion. However, he will start something if someone does shove their opinion down his throat and calls him wrong, but only to make it stop. Azukara is also a member of the "Anti-Ages-Warfare Movement" (a nickname given by Azu to the war of Classic Sonic fans .vs. Modern Sonic fans).

Azukara is absolutely in love with member AiS!ck, and hopes to be with her eternally. Azukara also used to have a problem with cursing, but now has made to where he doesn't at all, and no longer will, all the way to the point where he hates it coming out of his own mouth.