Thanks for all the helpful advice guys,
I’m in a position where I can easily afford to pay for my game assets. There is probably a risk to learning myself some bad habits though.
In regards to code looking good but playing terribly. I’ve been a hardcore gamer for a long time, and I’ve been playing games since I could hold a controller (Owned every major {and a few minor} game consoles, inc. some expensive custom built PCs) and I’ve won prizes including cash at LANs doing some non-professional ‘pro’ gaming.
I absolutely can’t stand poor controls. Game controls, and general usability and functionality will be of my highest regard. I am constantly up to date with game news, and some specific things in the industry, I have to admit I skip over all the lawsuit stuff because I’m more or less just interested in what’s selling and games that specifically grab my attention (very few, I can enjoy a shitty game if I make myself, but I am very critical, we are talking Yahtzee, Jerret (Pure Pwnage), Angry Video Game Nerd, Mega64, and Ctrl-Alt-Del kind of critical. xD
However, learning about what it takes to actually make some of those ‘shitty’ games has made me quite humble indeed! -but I still enjoy criticism in good taste.
I also have an older brother (6 years older, I’m 20) who is doing a course in game design along with his girlfriend who is an artist specifically specializing in art for games. I can give my beta game to uni students to playtest.
I have absolutely no life… well, that’s not exactly true, I do have a girlfriend. What I mean is that I have lots of free time to devote to indie game development, and just because I want to work solo, doesn’t mean I don’t want to know you. I’m a pretty friendly guy, and I’m just starting out, so I appreciate all the help I can get.
I’m interested in learning through online collaboration, aka- scripting and trading scripts with other people. I’m happy to further other people’s goals as well as my own. But that doesn’t make me your b!tch xD.
And that pretty much sums up my introduction… wait Ahem; wrong thread? … I also have ADD (yes, I know it doesn’t exist). I will constantly go off topic (especially when I have time to spare). You’ll probably be able to tell if I’ve posted in a thread if it has nothing to do with the original topic. Just scroll down to my name to find where it deviated. ‘Wise_Monk’ is to make my game reviews sound important. I’m not a monk and my wisdom ability score is 2 on a good day. Oh yeah, I’m a GM (Game Master, as in Table-top role-playing games).
Okay, I’ll STFU now. Thanks for reading!