Stepping into Development

Almost as tough as falling out of love with a project you've devoted four years and endless work hours to. That happened quite recently, and I'm wise enough to stop flogging a dead horse. Maybe the old mare will lurch back into life if someone else is doing the whipping - but my time on the reigns is coming to an end.

So when a programmer buddy of mine asked If I could help him on his next project, I jumped at the opportunity. And that's where I am. After four years of operating on one side of the gaming fence, I've jumped over to development. So after all these years my college programming experience may actually pay dividends and thanks to my varied and scattershot project history - I feel quite at home running production, PR and marketing on my own.

I haven't used this blog much in recent years as I didn't think it fair that I use it to publicize my own website, but I plan to use this space throughout development to keep you guys updated and get any feedback you'd be willing to give.

So that's it for now. We're currently working on the fundamentals of our game world so won't have anything of significance to show for a few weeks at least. The development life-cycle is looking between 5-7 months, and though I can't give specifics on what type of game we eventually chose, there are some clues on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

For now though, please feel free follow our Twitter feed @tripledgames and LIKE our Facebook Page.
Oh and if you have any questions, please do to ask.

Almost as tough as falling out of love with a project you've devoted four years and endless work hours to. That happened quite recently, and I'm wise enough to stop flogging a dead horse. Maybe the old mare will lurch back into life if someone else is doing the whipping - but my time on the reigns is coming to an end.

So when a programmer buddy of mine asked If I could help him on his next project, I jumped at the opportunity. And that's where I am. After four years of operating on one side of the gaming fence, I've jumped over to development. So after all these years my college programming experience may actually pay dividends and thanks to my varied and scattershot project history - I feel quite at home running production, PR and marketing on my own.

I haven't used this blog much in recent years as I didn't think it fair that I use it to publicize my own website, but I plan to use this space throughout development to keep you guys updated and get any feedback you'd be willing to give.

So that's it for now. We're currently working on the fundamentals of our game world so won't have anything of significance to show for a few weeks at least. The development life-cycle is looking between 5-7 months, and though I can't give specifics on what type of game we eventually chose, there are some clues on our Twitter and Facebook pages.

For now though, please feel free follow our Twitter feed @tripledgames and LIKE our Facebook Page.
Oh and if you have any questions, please do to ask.

Interesting.  I watched one of your videos on Youtube once after a link from GB, I think, and I presumed it was with a view to get into gaming journalism at a big company at some point.  It seemed like you were doing everything someone could hope to, to make that a reality.
 
Good luck with the new direction.

Interesting change, Danny. I seem to remember a video or screenshots of something you were working on in XNA. I believe it was for school. I wish you the best of luck, good sir! 
 
Followed & Liked :)

Come back & make a new thread when you have something to show, then I promise I'll follow you and like, and all that. 
Good luck!

well good luck with the making of games. i wish you luck.

Good luck man. I respect your determination in following what you love.