I did it! (And you can too.)

Way back on 1 January, I set out some goals for myself. I planned to write every day, read more often, and actually finish some games. Between the three of them, I figured, I should probably hit at least one (and at the time I was thinking the reading was more likely).

11.75 months later…

It turns out that the goal of finishing games was what I actually accomplished. My two part-time jobs got in the way of my writing and, because I spend most of my time reading papers written by students, I like to rest my eyes at the end of the day. (I’ve only gotten to about halfway of reading goal as of this writing.) Still, I managed, in my first public year as an indie dev, to make 12 games.

1. Two Decorate
2. Indigo Protocol
3. Stephen
4. Lurking Shadows
5. Quentang
6. Ganelon’s Gambit
7. Terminal Life
8. Viequs
9. Beneath the Tunnels Deep (Graphical)
10. Meow Escape
11. Beneath the Tunnels Deep (Text)
12. *Radio Silence*

If you are looking at this list and thinking you can’t do the same thing in 2013, you’re wrong. You can absolutely make one (or more) games in 2013. In fact, I encourage you (and everyone else) to signup at OneGameAMonth.com. Since I recently became part of “Team SpreadTheLove” for the initiative, I’m going to be checking in on Twitter a couple times a day to encourage everyone to make more games more often in 2013.

Make games. Start now.