Comments on: How I Got Into Games

By: mr-sk

mr-sk — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:54:25 +0000

Solid article. Been following you on twitter, along with a handful of other game doods. Keep the updates coming.

I don’t often find others that did TI-* coding..haha, I used to make some hilarious animations w/the pen and code on those calcs. heh.

- sk

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:49:27 +0000

tl;dr

By: SHINING-KNIGHT-ENGIN

SHINING-KNIGHT-ENGIN — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:31:03 +0000

Hello Trent. It’s been a while.
You don’t call.
You don’t write.

…I miss you. I hope you think of me…

By: TC

TC — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:38:13 +0000

Great post. I respect people who have put a lot of their free time into learning to program rather than sitting through a couple of courses; there is hard work involved there

I have a copy of your book on my shelf, so its not a complete waste

By: mittens

mittens — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:48:42 +0000

Yeah, I absolutely lost a number of projects I remember working on but have absolutely no remaining pieces of. Everything from the QBasic days was lost along with some of the smaller games I made when I was learning C/C++ and OpenGL/DirectX. It was around that point that I started backing stuff up, got a website to upload my work to, and so on.

And thanks for the comments.

By: Conor Crowley

Conor Crowley — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:35:24 +0000

Great writing. I’m trying to work out a way into the industry myself after just finishing college. Its always good to read about how others worked their way in and what channels are available.

Good luck with your work and I hope that iPhone game turns out ok

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:09:21 +0000

I wonder… when you were an 11- or 14- year old making games, were you thoughtful enough to back everything up for prosperity?

I’m afraid I wasn’t =p No tic-tac-toe, tetris, or missile attack clones for me. =p

So, any projects you once lost that you wish you could recover?