Welcome to Orlando

So, we just moved to Orlando.  And by "just moved" I mean we have been here for over six months.  And by "we" I don't mean the royal "We", I mean the "my family and I" we - not to be confused with the Nintendo Wii or the Wii U.  So I have procrastinated until just now to sit down and write my blog's inaugural "Welcome to Orlando" post.  Better late than never, right?

Anyway, things are going well.  I am happy to report that Orlando has a thriving and seemingly ever growing independent game community.  There is a chapter of the IGDA here and they have a great monthly meetup/annual expo called IndieNomicon.  Check those out if you get a chance.

I also compiled a list of some local indie companies and events over to the right there --->

Half of those links were methodically chosen by myself based on events I have attended and interactions I have had (some real and some imagined).  The other half were picked at random by a very elaborate Rube Goldberg machine.  Please, do check those out as well.

And now the big question-"What have I been doing with my spare time?"

Well, I have been working on a game of my own.  It is an arcade style top-down shooter in the vein of Robotron 2084 or Smash TV.  I'll be telling you all about it in a future post, so to-be-continued and all that.



 Thanks for looking and hope to see you again.