This is an old prototype I built in Flixel that I didn’t end up pursuing. It resurfaced recently as the seed of an idea for Week 1 of my One Game a Week challenge. It’s a concept I believe that if fully explored could be a lot of fun. I might revisit this idea one day but for now it’s more than served its purpose as a vehicle for exploring both Flixel and Unity.
A while back I came across a job posting that interested me. I decided that rather than send them the usual resume and cover letter I’d throw together a little game to introduce myself. I didn’t tell them much about who I was or what I wanted. I just sent them the link to the game and thanked them for their time in advance. Unbeknownst to them, the final screen of the game would link them to a hidden page on my site with more information about me and my work.
Well, it turned out the job posting I had seen was out of date and no longer existed. Nonetheless I was called in to meet with their team, we struck up a relationship and have done some work together since (and continue to do so).
It was a fun little project (made over a weekend) that turned into a great story and a bunch of new relationships. I’ve always chosen to take the unusual paths and more often than not it’s worked out quite well. This particular story is one of my favorites.
Bonus: It’s entirely possible the last Ice Age was caused by a herd of wooly mammoths with the sniffles.
If I’m not making any sense go play Spelunky, scrape your confidence off the floor and then come back and reread this list.
Our brains are very good at running background tasks, very rarely stoping to ask permission from the Human OS.
On Inspiration & Solving Problems
Brains are excellent at running background tasks, without notice #onGames #gamedev pic.twitter.com/aqS0Mf9qK3
— Sean James McKenzie (@baconandgames) November 10, 2014
I love you Spelunky. Why do you hate me so? You can view the full size image here.
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