Hi all, im a newbie programmer and Im wondering do you any of you lot out there have a game what you really want to make as a real challenge to youself. Epp Im not explaining it right i mean the project I want to do eventually in many many many beards time is Final Fantasy game. I know it is ages away yet but im busy beavering away programming at home learning the basics and at work im getting the story together and making up the sub games etc. I just want to see if im normal and if anyone else has any ''dream'' games they want to do at some stage. If you cant be good be careful

Ever since I was about 10 I wanted to make some sort of complete game creator program. I''ve made a few simple text adventure creators and made a game called TechnoVenture (a side-scroller game) that had a map editor (there were a few incarnations of that, Amiga, DOS, DirectX, between 1993 and 1999). I''ve always loved side-view games, possibly because the first cool game I ever saw (on an Apple IIe or something) was Aztec. That game rocked . My "dream project" kinda changed over the years as computers and technology changed. I started to realize that a game creator could be used to make better things than text adventures. I enjoyed the "Adventure Construction Kit" from Electronic Arts for a while (around age 13 maybe -- still using an Apple-Compatible). Finally at age 25 (last year) I released The Scrolling Game Development Kit. My latest project is always kind of my "dream project" I guess... I used to just strive to make a side-scroller, now a side-scroller creator. What''s next? Maybe I''ll finally give in to 3-D pressure and make some sort of 3-D game *without* all the shooting nonsense . I once made a game (for Amiga) called "Ancient Arena of Power" that came in 2 phases. The first was to work your way through the arena (2-D fighting, mixed with RPG elements). The second was to get out of a 3-D dungeon, finding gems and fighting (the same) monsters and using keys on the way. My brother really liked that for some reason... maybe I''ll inspire myself with that idea .

BTW, I think Final Fantasy is my favorite series of games too.

"All you need to do to learn circular logic is learn circular logic"

I think I''m in the same boat as you. A few years ago, when me and a couple of my friends decided that we wanted to get into game development, we created an idea for this awesome FPS game, which I guess is our main goal as a team.
That''s always been my dream. To make an awesome 3D FPS that people will love to play. So now, as I code my way up to the basics, I find time to design a few aspects of my "dream".

// Chimaera