Where game dev begins...
This is a recording of Jason Emery and Alex Brandon, roughly 1991 or so, at Alex's parents' house in Annapolis, Maryland. On the PC one of us is creating an adventure / RPG using Stuart Smith's Adventure Construction Set. The other is playing Mega Man 3. We switch not long after the recording begins.
This was the fuel for the fire that became our careers. I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences, from games to attempting to create them (as we clumsily were in this recording). Let posterity make its own judgements, and there's even a little humor in here. Enjoy this little slice of life.
This is incredible. I'm glad you had the foresight, or at least good fortune to record... and share this years later! My little brother and I did similar things around the time. I was a big fan of ACS on the Commodore Amiga, and while I never made any completed games with it, I kept replaying Rivers of Light and marveling at the auto-generator.
What a candid look into your earlier years. Thanx for sharing. :D
Posted by: Torley | November 19, 2008 at 10:09 PM