Retroactive dev diary #1
Well, there I was, thinking I was going to do several dev diary entries about the small little game that I've been programming, and now here I am, making one when I already have a stable build. Although I already have improvements in mind, I should have documented my process from the beginning. So suffice it so say, I'm a Gen-X'er (of the Xennial micro-generation), and I grew up with home computers and gaming systems such as the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo & Sega Master System. However, my first experience with home computers, programming and gaming was on the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A computer . The computer was at my grandparents' house, where I walked every Thursday and Friday after school. Suffice it to say, there were games available for the computer that were stored on cartridges. One of those games near and dear to my heart was one called Tombstone City: 21st Century . It was an odd concept for a game (blasting al...