I started up TSP Games because i wanted to get serious with Game Development. I’ve used a lot of game engines/frameworks in the past:

• Game Maker
• Adobe Flash
• HTML5/Javascript
• Construct 2
• RPG Maker
• Microsoft’s XNA
• Unity
• Unreal Engine

I also am somewhat okay at drawing, graphic design, and 3d modelling. Those 3 are my weakest fields however, and i do want to improve on them.

Flash Games

Game Development was always a hobby of mine, the most “success” i had was with Adobe Flash. I quote the word success because it’s relative. I defined my success with it as actually fully completing games start to finish. Back when it was an active/popular technology, i did actually also make some money off of games made with it. I cannot brag however because a lot of people did, and a lot of people did make more in fact. I can’t brag about it, but i can take some pride in the completed work.

What is now know as just FGL.com, used to be FlashGameLicense.com. This was a site where flash developers could interact, upload, and sell games to publishers. I really miss these days. The game jams. The chat room. First impressions and leveling up. It was a lot of fun. Maybe i’ll do a short post on it. I also did contractor work as a flash/html5 developer. This was really cool also. I got to work on some cool projects that i’ll forever be grateful & appreciative for/of.

Not really making games….

Fast forward to around 2019. I still “make games” but i don’t really make games. What i mean is, i would make a lot of prototypes, but never finish them. I had a lot of ideas that got started, and never finished. I think there are many aspects to why they were never finished. However overall i think one reason i stopped is because i didn’t have a goal or motivation besides the fun i get from doing it.

I have done a lot of Unity prototypes, with various gameplay mechanics; but never really finished anything. Lately i switched over to Unreal Engine, and was starting on that same path for a while. However, i’m not sure where/how; i decided to make a goal and try to seriously work for it.

Goals

I don’t want to become rich from making games. I’m not trying to make some huge game development company that becomes a household name. I think my first/simplest goal at the moment is to make a game, and for someone random to tell me in person that they really enjoyed it and/or it touched them. I want to earn it though, i don’t just want it from friends or family who wouldn’t want to hurt my feelings or are just being nice.My second/third goal(s) would be to publish a game for Steam and then for Console. I have some ways to go until then. I’m still learning a lot. However, that’s what i decided on. That’s why i decided to create ThinkSleepPlay-Games.com.

I guess i still could make games without TSP. However TSP represents something solid, that i have decided upon. Ideas, Inspiration, and Motivation can be fleeting. TSP represents my goals as a game developer, and hopefully will help me stay focus.

Thanks for reading.