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I have a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking, but have always enjoyed being technical and working with computers.  My work took me back to school for a programming degree that focused on business solutions.  I'm currently focused on leveraging that knowledge to code something slightly more entertaining than business objects:  games!

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The Alpha
Posted by Matthew Mouras on Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:07:00 EST in Programming
This is the beginning of a series of posts regarding my journey from knowing little about game programming, to releasing a title on the Xbox Indie Marketplace.
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Comment In: We're Indie, we like Microsoft. Too Controversial? [Blog - 05/23/2013 - 12:00]

Don 't forget the discontinuation ...

Don 't forget the discontinuation of support for XNA

Comment In: Indie vs Retail [Blog - 05/21/2013 - 07:22]

Yep - would have to ...

Yep - would have to agree with Craig above. My hometown of Madison, WI just had an arcade bar open up last year and it 's doing well. Maybe it 's a Midwest thing What is there to do in the winter other than hole up in a bar with ...

Comment In: Sony tells us what's going on with the PlayStation Vita [News - 05/14/2013 - 09:33]

I agree with Holden. I ...

I agree with Holden. I was skeptical of the device until I took the plunge at the end of last year. I 'm loving it now. Sony should market the device differently. I 'm in my mid-thirties, married, and have a child. My game time is nearly non-existent and when ...

Comment In: PlayStation Plus: Good for Players, But is it Good for Developers? [Feature - 05/09/2013 - 04:20]

You should also consider the ...

You should also consider the fact that many of the games released for free through PS are titles that have a large amount of DLC. I know that after I pulled down Uncharted for free on my VITA, I opted to spend some money on the extra downloadable content. I ...

Comment In: The Saturday Paper - Making Magic (Spells) [Blog - 04/13/2013 - 08:43]

Thanks so much for this ...

Thanks so much for this article. I 've been casually thinking about ways to implement evolutionary behavior into one of my prototypes for the last couple of weeks. Your write-up hit me at just the write time. I think it 's time to make some ideas more concrete.

Comment In: Sony kills concept approval, makes moves to get indies onto PS4 [News - 03/25/2013 - 09:48]

Thanks for the response. It ...

Thanks for the response. It 's good to know you 've gotten great support from them.

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