Mood:  energetic

It's been a little while since I posted anything, but I thought I'd start keeping track of a new journey I've decided to undertake.  I was thinking out loud last week and said that I wanted to write a game after I was able to 'retire' from my day job.  The wife asked why wait?  I figured it would take a lot of time and energy to do, and that would help keep me busy...

I started thinking about it, and I've already done some of the design stuff for it, although there is still a long way to go.  And I started reading a book on beginning Android game programing last year, but never really got very far.  Then yesterday as I was looking through a newsletter I get for a database/VBA forum, there was a link about people making money writing apps for Windows 8.  I started thinking that I should start working on the game, and figure out to redesign it for monetization using a free app/micro transactions/in app ads model vs paid app/micro transactions model.  Hell, I just might be able to 'retire' earlier!

So far, I have fleshed out a little bit more of the design stuff, and made it through the book far enough to get the SDK's (software development kits) and emulator installed and working.  And I successfully created my first "Hello World" app.

For a comparison of where I am in terms of say, running a marathon...I've signed up for the race.  Now I need to start training for it.  Got a loooong way to go still...