A beginning

I have been programming for a long time but somehow I have never actually sat down to make a game other than a few simple examples that we had to make for undergraduate courses. Nothing to satisfy my own cravings. But it seems like this is a golden age for the independent game developer. With Android phones and consoles there is almost no excuse not to get involved and create your own content. So that is what I am going to do.

I have a few ideas brewing in my head, but the one that excites me the most is the possibility of making old school adventure games. I grew up with these games and they suit my playing style. Twitchy gaming is not my forte, but slow paced, thoughtful games with interesting stories are definitely my thing. My goal is to eventually develop a game like this, I am not sure what engine it will use, or the exact genre (an Edo period detective story appeals to me right now, but that is because I recently read The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi).

Anyway, I am a long way off from realising this project, but I will be blogging about it in the weeks and months to come. In addition to this I am exploring other new web technologies so expect to see examples of projects using ASP.NET, jQuery and other neat things as well.