A Very Long Year

Michael Welch — 2008-02-16T03:16:16+00:00

It seems, as I look back through my profie here, that a year has gone by and I have nothing to show for it. Very disappointing indeed. As I look back to when I first purchased a Torque license I remember all the aspirations I had, then looking forward throughout the first year of ownership, I have not accomplished one of them. I cannot say that I have done absolutely nothing. I have refined the idea brewing in my head, again and again, and yet I have nothing solid to work with in terms of assets, coding, or anything other than a design document.

Time seems to be the biggest hurdle that I have yet to overcome. I realize that many vets in this business would say that, time is a hurdle that you will never overcome, and they may be right. It is not actually time, itself, that I am battling but my own lack in management skills as they pertain to time. In the coming year I hope to crush the beast that is my poor time management skill and being putting some solid work into a "real" project.

It is with this triumph in mind that I began looking around for help, to get things rolling. It turns out that there is a gentleman where I work who is extremely talented in traditional art forms. I have at with him on occasion and discussed the possibility of using his skills to assemble some concept art. He seems as enthused as I am about this project. The benefit of this is that I will have someone to share some of the initial work with, I will be workig with someone who has the same enthusiasm as I do and thus will push me when I begin to drag my feet, and I will have someone close by, making communications easy, and I know his talent and limitations.

I plan to finalize the initial treatment for the design document within the next month. In this timeframe I hope, with the assistance of my artist, to have a solid start to my 3d asset library. I have purchased several, well recommended books, that I plan to read through, thoroughly.

All in all, I predict a great year to come. A lot of changes had happened in the past year. Perhaps God will see fit to ease up on this poor fella for at least a little while and allow me a few small, selfish triumphs.

Thanks to all the great people at GG, who have answered my pitiful questions on the forums and also a thanks to all those who have offered help and advice.

To a year full of achievements. Cheers.

Mike Welch

Blog for Michael Welch at GarageGames.com

A Very Long Year