iQuest #6: How's it going?

So here's what's up with me. I've been steadily working, but I don't have any kind of consumer previews right now. It's all code, notes and concept sketches at the moment. Progress has been especially slow lately because of school and college applications and things. My mentor and my small team of online friends are the only people involved with development. I haven't been in contact with my mentor much though because I don't really have any questions or concerns for him that I can't answer myself. As for my location, all programming and design takes place in the workplace of course! (AKA my super pro room.)

Recently I have been programming my tool I worked on previously called Brawlbox. I am charging people for features they want me to add to it. Because Brawlbox is used by a lot of people and I'm one of the only people who can quickly and effectively add things to it, I've actually made quite a bit of money on that so far. I only intend for this to be a way to make money on the side, though.

There are a few things I'm still frustrated about. I wish I had an internship working in an actual professional workplace so I could be exposed to that kind of environment. I have no idea of the demands and workflow in the game industry. I'm also frustrated with time. I never have enough of it. It honestly doesn't surprise me when I read about employees of small startup game companies working constantly day and night to get a project done.

If I said I learned anything new about myself or about game development so far thanks to iQuest, I think it would be a lie. I've been programming for five years and writing my game for one; it's nothing new.

I'm on vacation right now so I can't snap a pic of myself hard at work just yet, so here's a picture inside my monster of a computer I just recently built for gaming and development.