Quote: "Why do you make video games?"
I started just out of general interest, for someone my age games have been a part of my life almost from being able to walk.
When I was 6-11 I'd spend rainy days talking to friends about games we'd make to get rich, scribbling laser guns and enemies on pieces of cheap paper in brightly coloured crayons.
When I saw DB I must of been about 12, still wanting to make games but not really talking about it much. I just wanted to see what it was like actually being able to make a game.
There's nothing like the feeling of spending hours trying to work something out, and being ecstatic when it finally works. The rest of my family must of thought I was on wacky baccy when they saw the thing that had made me gather them around the computer screen in joy was a square that could be moved left and right. They didn't know why I was so happy with it, but for me it was something that I had spent a long time getting right, and I had done it, without giving up until it was done.
Having an older brother, he always knew more than me when we were at school, being able to do something he couldn't, and prove I could do it, was great.
I thought I'd make a really good game, be famous and get rich.
I visit the community a lot because it's just a great place, there are the odd wobbly moments, but I've been hear for 2 years now, and I enjoy seeing what other people have made, helping people and having a laugh.
My problem is I spend too long here and not long enough making games, but I told someone on msn today that I'm going to post a lot less, and that's just what I'll start doing.
Well, there's my answer.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power... The world will know peace. - Jimi Hendrix
