I'm almost on vacation. Now I can FINALLY start working on my projects again. Next week I'll post my work :).
Now that I have about a month and a half "free" I have a very specific goal in mind. I want to play more games O__O. You may think that just because I want to be a game developer I must play lots and lots of games...and that IS NOT the case. This past semester I wasn't able to play (let alone finish) any game at all!. This was mostly because of the crappy schedule that my university forced on me...
That is why this vacations I want to play more games :).I already have a list of the games that I'll play, I won't post the list here because I have a serious case of SPOILER PHOBIA...and well that's all :). I'll just say that my list is very diverse, old an new games of every genre live on it ;)
I bought almost all of the "new" games on steam, exactly in the "steam summer camp". Almost 40 of them (gotta love the sales O_O) which leads me to one of the main points of this post. I BOUGHT the games. You may not know but in my country we have a BIG piracy problem. Movies/Songs/Games aren't viewed as art but instead as...I don't know..."expensive garbage?". Basically when I bought the games (and I told my friends/Acquaintances about it a lot of them said something like "why do you BUY that game! you can download the game from X.com or Y.net"
But...HOW CAN I as an aspiring Professional Game Developer HURT the INDUSTRY that I hope will give me MONEY for my GAMES?.I know the VALUE of a GAME. And I'm willing to PAY for the EXPERIENCE that the game PROVIDES (even if that means waiting for a crazy steam sale because that's what I can afford :p).
So yes ladies and gentlemen :) I've bought lot's of games, I'm buying lot's of games right now, and (guess what?) I'll continue to buy games for the rest of my life ;). And you heard/read it right :p BUY :).Oh..and also :p I don't think that I'm "throwing money". After all...gaming is my oldest and most beloved hobby. :)
Now let's make the "big" announcement shall we?. In this vacation I'll develop a short "complete" flash game :). This game won't be a one time only game. I'm planning to keep making small games starting now. (When I say small I say small in comparison of your typical RPG). Also :) I'm not developing this game alone. Andrea,a friend of mine (a graphic designer by the way) will be working with me :). So you at least you know that you won't be seeing "programmer's artwork".
Does that mean that you are dropping the RPG System?
No, I'll keep working on the RPG System as I always do. Yo could say that the distribution of my working time will be 70-80% Rpg System. and 20-30% these new "small" games.
Then..Why are you doing that! ? I thought you only liked RPGs!
I love LOTS of games. But your question if half true...once I thought that I would only develop RPG games. That is not the case now. I really have some interesting ideas (don't we all have game ideas....they even say that ideas are worth less than a penny) that I want to try ;)
But...What is your real objective by making these games?
Well! you really are perceptive don't you?...I do have hidden objectives behind all this, but over the years I've learned that I tend to speak too much about my goals...and that I should instead be working on them. I'll be posting about these games here so when the first one is ready to launch I'll start talking ;)
That's all folks :). This blog is again ALIVE :p :)
