Newbie Introduction Thread Thread

Hello everyone !
we develop video games that we may submit to indiedb very soon, more information very soon.

Edited by: BOBDOfr

So this thread, yeah. I'm always bad at self introductions, and it may be why I can be a bore at parties. Here go then

My name is Jeff, and I like turtles. No, in more serious I'm a programmer, part owner of a indie developer, and not a bad guy once I warm up to you. I am currently working on my BS in Computer Science with an emphasis on  video game programming here at UAT. I'm an advid gamer, going all the way back to the Atari 2600 (still have one that my sisters and I DIDN'T break. And those damn things were expensive in the day). I've got a lot of work ahead of me in the company so wish me luck!

Hi everyone my name is Niklas. While this is my first time making an indie game i have been working with games for around 15 years the first 11 in the AAA industry and then the last 4 as an educator ( I planned i would have tie to work on my own games during that time but making a great school took a lot more time than I thought but well I have finally arrived at the goal now so). I also did the recruiting of programmers besides working as lead for a couple of years.

AAA was fun but I never want to spend that amount of time on a single projekt again, there is so much more to explore and test and game develpment is much more fun to do when you are a small circle of friends than if you have  hundres of people at your company where you don't even recognise them all. Anyway I am looking forward to sharing more of our first game Project Temporality with you.

I'm not good at introductions (or doing anything with games other than playing with them for that matter), so I'll just say this: Hello. My name is Diego and I hail from some random valley town in scenic central Chile, so you can pretty much guess why I've joined...

Like I said, I know next to nothing about game development for toffee, but I can still play with pixels and/or voxels (to a degree), have the impressive ability to learn how to 3D model (again, to a degree - a lesser degree than the former) and have crazy ideas that I doubt other people will ever know about. And drawing. I draw sketchy pen drawings for the sake of drawing random drawings whenever I feel like drawing... All this as a hobby, of course!

You may have noticed I'm somewhat of an oddball. That's because I have hands and I don't sleep too much. Oh and Aspergers.  Not the stereotypic antisocial screw-wad kind, rather the introverted kind with way too much stuff in his head - hence the ideas.

 Don't expect to see me too much in, on and around the forums - I just joined for the downloads and mod tracking - so that should be it. Thanks for reading!

EDIT: Also, I edit my posts too much! Pet peeve of mine.

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Sidburn, what is your native country and language?

Nice post, Sidburn!

To start off this post, my name is Bryant. I'm a twenty-two year old trade student who's trying to see game development as a favorite hobby of mine. I never cared about game development as a career choice but I would love to see something released by working in a group that gaming communities would enjoy playing. I'm currently practicing mapping right now in the Source Engine. Although I know very little of C#/C++ but I'm diving in right into it after school to achieve that feeling that someone is playing something YOU made.

@zackaria99
My native Country/Language is Germany/German.

 @sydneylee
If you like/love games then you can call yourself a gamer.  Even if the word "gamer" is not really helpful in my opinion. For example, no one calls someone "booker" or "filmer" just because he reads books or watch movies.

Greetings, everyone.
I'm SBaneN, also known as Shane "Bane" Neumann, or Shane.
I'm 16 years old (well, I'll be 16¾ years old on 25 November).
My first language is Afrikaans, my second language is English.
I am a high school dropout (mainly because I hate getting detention for something that I definitely didn't do).
Most of my time, I spend modding Cave Story (the original one, I don't have CS+), playing video games, and wondering why I still haven't gotten over the death of my first cat, Raichu.
I also spend my time making resprites of random things on my computer, usually when I work on my Cave Story mods.
Recently I have also begun to try making RPGs, although it is extremely limited due to using a Lite version of RPG Maker VX Ace.
I am also very, very "weird, crazy, and random" (according to most people in my hometown).
I am working on five CS mods at the moment, along with an RPG and two fan-fictions.

I have 29 fears (most of them are completely perplexing, because what kind of person would have a fear of mirrors?).
Just talking about cars sends me into a rage, because that was what killed my first cat on 23 September 2003.
I also have the habit to take everything seriously and literally.
I am also easily bored, which caused me to memorize 75 raised to the power of 6.
I also have no control over my anger, although if I get angry I usually vent it on video games because if I vent it elsewhere I'll get in trouble.

My favourite PC games are:
- Cave Story (original)
- La-Mulana (original and remake)
- Iji
- Little Fighter 2
- Elona
- Terraria
- Toribash
- Spelunky
- Dwarf Fortress
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Too many favourite PC games to remember...

... Wow, this post is long.

Hi I'm Cinders and I am 29. I am learning about gaming developement. All the aspects, artistic, programming and business sides. Trying to figure out which I am the best at, so it is a learnig process with each, as I have no formal training.

Some of my favorite past time games are Resident Evil, Twisted Metal, Final Fantasy VII, Call of Duty, Diablo and Starcraft.

I hope to find like minded indivuals to create and then help those who are developing their own game. It is alot of work, but very rewarding.

Just realised I haven't posted here yet despite putting a game on and being active for a while >_<

Anyway, Hi, My name is Andrew and I am 23. I have been interested in games for the most part of my life and now I am turning my attention to learning about game development and creating something special. I have previously completed a National Diploma in games design and media at college back in 2008, in 2009 I went to University to study BA(hons) Games Design which I finished this summer graduating with a first class. Now with absolutely no jobs going about in the UK, and most companies requiring experience I have started a journey as a solo indie dev to try to learn and develop my programming skills in order to create great games and to build up my portfolio and knowledge!

I have previously worked at Sumo-Digital limited in the summer of 2011 for 5 1/2 months as part of the technical design team. I was credited on Nike+ Kinect training as a technical designer which got revealed at E3 2012 and was release in November 2012. Credit link
I have experience with developing, modding and generally creating games way back with the hammer editor in 2006, I have since built a prototype level in UDK, an audio only (blind-accessible) game entitled SoundScape using Unity3D and JavaScript. And now I am working on ReversE a mirror logic based puzzle game. My overall goal is to be able to create games that are special to me and my friends, and that I can distribute to as wide an audience as possible. I would love dearly to get a catalogue of games behind me and create a legacy on a shoestring budget!

Aside from the professional facts, I am also a pretty avid gamer some of my favourites include Tombi!, Hogs of War, Final Fantasy 6, Dawn of War Soulstorm, Age of Mythology/empires series, Civilization and Guild Wars 2. I am open to playing any type of game and trying out new and different experiences. If you want to add me on steam for gaming/gift trading add my profile Andaleeni 

I look forward to being a part of this community, making new friends and helping out members and contributing!