Wednesday, December 28, 2011

A Fresh Start

Hello everyone! My sincerest apologies for being away for so long. I must admit that I had become burnt out at  making games and wasn't spending enough time actually playing games. But now I am back and ready to get started on what I'm sure every aspiring game developer has thought of making at some point in their programming career, a classic RPG. My favorite types of rpgs are the 2D ones from the days of the Super Nintendo and the old 486 computers that some of you may not even remember. I am therefore going to shift gears with my blog to work on a classic 2D rpg in the style of FF2. I'm going to be taking you along for the ride and showing you and explaining to you what I'll be doing at each iteration of the game, much like I did with Prospectus. I'll be making this game using C#, Xna Game Studio, and Microsoft Visual Studio. I feel that Xna is a great way to take out many of the annoyances that come with trying to design the perfect game loop, or construct the best structure of a game, or ensure that the game updates and draws everything it is supposed to. This will allow me to focus more on the meat and potatoes of the game and leave the rest up to Xna.

I appreciate everyone who follows along with this blog and I again apologize for being away for so long. Here's to a successful venture into the world of rpgs!