Let's Start at the Beginning...

I guess I'm not sure what I'm really supposed to be talking about in these BLOG things, I have never really done one before. I guess I will just use at as a way to record everything that is going on with the game as I have a pretty short attention span, even with my own projects and will probably forget what is going on and lose the plot entirely...

oh yeah.. blog...

The Fantastic Project Mexica, What is it? Where did it come from? I heard that it is good..... Where can I buy a copy? and other useful information you may need in times of strife..........

Well I guess the best place to start, is at the beginning. How did the project come to fruition. Well I had been throwing around the idea in my head for quite a long time (years in fact) that I should probably knuckle down and make a game, after all it's something I've always wanted to do and that is swell. The problem is I am fucking lazy and I just basically never got round to it. (Always more important things to do, like masturbate and talk to internet strangers about videogame.)

So then this project turns up on GAMINGW FORUMS with the challenge to create a short game in the space of two weeks, and I say to myself "HELL YEAH! I can do that!" So I open up notepad or whatever generic Windows 3.1 piece of notepadding software I am using on this stoneage PC and I start brainstorming some ideas.

• What kind of game do I want to make?
• What era will it be in?
• What will the characters be like?
• How can I keep it short?
• How can I make it challenging but not frustrating?
• How the fuck can I get it done two weeks?

And that's pretty much the basis of where the game originally develops from. If you want the answer to those questions by the way they are as follows: Adventure Game, 1920's, Rambunctious, I don't know, Be good at making game? and finally, I didn't.

I caught up with Frankie on IRC (Internet Relay chats for the web based something something.) and he said he would be willing to make some nice pixel graphics for me (for a price) so we agreed to work something out because I am now unemployed and poor and he needed his fix of money for videogames. (This is where I have run into problems before!)

Anyway we got all that out the way and the game got down to action, which I think is pretty fantastic!