Supposedly, this DirectX based game dev tool is easier than Game Maker. And Game Maker is incredibly easy. Limited, but fine by me.
It's available here, I'll check it out when I have some time. http://www.scirra.com/
I haven't been very active here for a few reasons. 1) Been doing overtime. Not as crazily as some others, but I'm doing 9, 9.5 hours a day instead of my fairly steadfast 8. 2) Since I'm in Japan, I want to take advantage of the amazing self-publishing resources available. They aren't necessarily as sophisticated as Lulu in ways(no ISBN # help and it's not Print on Demand) but unlike Lulu, the process is far more affordable and friendly for individuals who want to make a high quality book in the 20 page range.
Anyways, my to-do list goes as follows. Perhaps all of you out there could help prioritize the list!
- Beyond East & West: Nintendo as a Global Standard of Quality.
- Let's Dissect! What makes Monster Hunter Freedom Unite/2nd G Fun!
- Forced Evolution: Stories of Adapting to a Western Development Method
- A random Japanese cultural column. I thought of this since today I took part in "mame nage" or a bean throwing ritual to ward off demons. If you want this to be about work culture and job, I could do that too.
- The Level Design of Every Day Places. My local subway station as a surprise source of level design enlightenment. The use of cues, placement and some incredibly useful information.
- Social Experiment with Monster Hunter. This might not come for a while since it requires me to go to a public place in my free time and see if I can get along with total strangers through a few sessions of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.
- Prattle on a random video game design topic of your choosing!
- Something not mentioned on this list.
