My team made Faerie Solitaire. Ask me almost anything!

Thank you for your support! I hope some of our future games interest you more. :)

introduction to computer science | programming methodology

Follow from start to finish. After that any other language will be much easier.

Brian.

To be the very best like no one ever was.

Green.

Games are really great. They mix so many types of creation and art together.

Because I could. :)

I have a vision for a project and I try to keep getting closer to that vision. I use ProcrastiTracker so that I can see how well I am doing. Usually if Photoshop is open the most I'm making good progress.

When I'm not working my mind is working. Usually there are no accidents with development for me any more. I know exactly what I want and make exactly that. I always try to do final art first time - or at least art that could pass as final. I do come back to some art later but still... try to finish something and then move on always.

All random in FS.

Yes, it all depends on you, but at least you have access to the Internet. With school you have many obligations which add to your total work requirements, and you end up working on many things which I feel do not actually contribute to what you need to know to make games (How many classes did I take just for credit requirements? Too many!). I feel the most important thing with learning game development is to make mistakes and learn from your mistakes, and never give up. Why do you want to make games? Is it because you want to make money? There are better ways to make money. Do you want to be famous? It's unlikely you will ever become famous. Do you love games? Then possibly you could do this. Make the games you want to play. You still have to be smart about it. Like doing market research and trying to figure out what sort of games many people would actually be interested in, and sometimes you'll have to just work on stuff you don't want to work on, but mostly to survive you need to love it and love the game you make. That's how I feel. I could not imagine doing anything but making things. I kind of feel sorry for people who are not creative, because their lives are probably boring.

Making games is NOT for everyone. For every person who makes it there are 10,000 who give up.

All you need to know to make games like I make is: http://www.monkeycoder.co.nz/

This could be learned by anyone in one single week. The demo version allows you to compile functional HTML5 builds so for learning you do not even need to purchase anything.

FS2 will be released next year.

Dark Souls is my game of the year. Nothing else released this year comes close to it for me. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD was enjoyable, though I wish for a MH made explicitly for modern hardware released in English. I also wish games like these were released on PC, but at least they are being made.