I'm pretty sure I can attribute this to my brothers, who got me playing table top D&D (and memorizing the monster manual in case I run into any monsters in real) from a young age. They also encouraged me to watch them play through games like Shadowgate and Castle Wolfenstein. By the time I got a Nintendo family computer I think I already fit right into the "gamer" category. Battle City was one of my favorites, since it offered cooperative play.
Of course I also enjoyed making up games, just as most kids do I imagine. Games on paper, games in real life, games on the bus to school, during recess and lunch and definitely afterwards, etc. I imagine it helped that my best friend at the time was as crazy about games as I was. He was more successful with that background than I though.
Eventually I was introduced to Ultima Online and that started the whole MMO addiction for me. More recently I've rekindled my table top gaming love with board games, which isn't good because they can become way more expensive than the digital variety! Yeah, it's a strange sort of progression, but that's just how I am. Strange. :P
I'm in the same boat as you. I love making new games and game concepts. I have some stuff on paper, and now been making a bunch of them and saving on google docs. Nothing that seems to be solid yet, they are all sort of in a very rough first draft or just bullet point ideas.
ReplyDeleteI hope something comes out from all those notes! :)
DeleteHaha, I definitely remember drawing out "Mario levels" on pieces of paper as a kid... that was my meager contribution to making games!
ReplyDeleteEvery little bit counts! I hope you sent a copy to Nintendo!? ;p
DeleteI remember playing Battle City too, that was pretty cool, and there was an editor, making your own stages was alwas fun. It was one of the game I would play wit my sister, being coop helped since she didn't needed to wait for me to die before playing.
ReplyDeleteThe first video game played was Qbert and Buck Roger and the planet of Zoom on the Coleco Adam.
Recently as well, I've restarted playing board games as well, like zombicide, Arkham, BSG, Something I don't think I had done in almost 20 years,
Wow, I don't think I've played Qbert or Buck Roger. Good to know I'm not the only one catching the board game bug just now though. ^_^
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