I needed something to do..

Learning a new language is fun, I guess. When moving up the language list, from high level to lower levels, you kind of improve your productiveness. I suppose it's because you want to learn the language, and new things come up which wouldn't of been a problem before. Nevertheless, I'm really enjoying using C# as opposed to Visual Basic. For one, I produce better code with it, which really does make a hell of a lot of difference. And two, because it's just so much more fun.

Anyway, I thought I'd do something interesting with my work. I've been meaning to try out the XNA library by Microsoft for a while now, but never got round to doing it. So, yesterday afternoon I checked it out, and within a few hours work yesterday, and today, I've began work on my first game. I'd like to call it a learning project, but really, It's a little bit more than that.

I was watching a few friends the other day playing their own version of the popular dungeons and dragons game (Board style, no online BS). It came to my attention that, while it was pretty fun to play, there were things that made it a little bit too... boring? I'm not sure if that's the right way to put it, but we'll keep it at that. Anyway, I watched them play this for a few hours, and really started to like the gameplay, this is when it sparked an idea: Why not transform this board game into something you can play on the go, without the needs of setting up a board or carrying all that stuff around with you? I'd write a simple game, trying to keep close to the gameplay they had used, yet changing it in a few ways to make it more time-efficient (Afterall, it took them 2 hours to play a minute of game time). It'd need to be simple enough for somebody that has never played before to instantly be able to play it, yet have the depth that those guys playing D&D thrive.

Alright, it's on.

I started work yesterday, and thought it may be a good idea to document the creation of it (I love looking at development diaries, so I'll make one myself). I'll update my progress everytime something significant comes up, just so I can keep people up to date and hopefully grab some attention from all the fans of D&D out there!

Cheers!