It's been a while since I posted, but a lot's been happening. If you've visited the site, you probably noticed a theme change, but more importantly, you may have noticed I am no longer at Orbus Gameworks.
There are many reasons I decided to leave Orbus, and maybe some day I'll write a long blog post on the subject, but the short story is that I decided it was time for me to get back into creating games full time. Although Orbus focused on game middleware, the technology we were working on wasn't really game development, and I felt like I was getting more and more behind in the skills and systems that are essential to being a programmer in the game industry.
So I have moved on to another start-up, but this time a game studio: Fire Hose Games.
Working at Fire Hose has been an adjustment, though not a bad one. Because of the size of the team and the schedule, I've been forced to think and program very differently from what I'm used to. It's pushing me out of my comfort zone, which is always a good thing, if only to see different ways things can be accomplished, even if they don't jive with the way you work as a programmer.
Generally, I'm really looking forward to my work with Fire Hose, I'm excited about our product, and I'm looking forward to having shipped another game.
Ah! I assumed as much when I saw you at their office — this confirms it. Absolutely wish you the best at Fire Hose.
Cheers!