Hello again!
BoomshackBarry
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Hi all, this is more of a 'hello again' really, don't let the new user account fool you I've actually been using Gamesalad on and off since late 2009 / early 2010.
I've been around the forums before but I've (stupidly) changed my username a few too many times over the years, and I seem to have completely borked my old user account now: I can hardly ever log in to the forum with it, when I do get logged in (about 1 in every 10 attempts) the cookbook still refers to me by an older username, I can't gain any points from cookbook tutorials any more, I can't seem to send personal messages most of the time and when I look back on my previous forum posts through a Google search only the first half of my old username is listed, as if it's been cut in half (I didn't use any illegal characters). My advice is to try not to change your username too many times if you can avoid it!
So I've decided to forget about all of my likes and awesomes and start a-fresh with a new user account, I hope @SaladStraightShooter can confirm that this is cool? I know it's technically frowned upon but I'm planning to go pro for the first time this week and I don't really want to do that with an account that's as screwed up as my old account seems to be, so I'd feel much better leaving the old account behind me.
I've dealt with loads of you before under different usernames; Nerdblender, ooi and BarrytheBrave. I released a game on iOS in 2011 and got reviewed on 148apps.com, but after a few frustrations with the software (that many were feeling at the time) I started looking around at some other game SDKs. I've spent a year playing with a few competitors and learning to make games with Javascript, but in the end nothing felt as natural as Gamesalad does, and honestly coming back to it feels a bit like coming home. Besides I'm learning that all SDKs have their shortcomings, and the progress that GameSalad has made since I've been away is very encouraging to say the least, as is the appearance of @CodeWizard too.
That's about it really, I'm a technical illustrator in my day job so I hope to be pushing out plenty of quality games with decent looking graphics quite soon, as well as being as helpful as I can on the forums. Thanks.
I've been around the forums before but I've (stupidly) changed my username a few too many times over the years, and I seem to have completely borked my old user account now: I can hardly ever log in to the forum with it, when I do get logged in (about 1 in every 10 attempts) the cookbook still refers to me by an older username, I can't gain any points from cookbook tutorials any more, I can't seem to send personal messages most of the time and when I look back on my previous forum posts through a Google search only the first half of my old username is listed, as if it's been cut in half (I didn't use any illegal characters). My advice is to try not to change your username too many times if you can avoid it!
So I've decided to forget about all of my likes and awesomes and start a-fresh with a new user account, I hope @SaladStraightShooter can confirm that this is cool? I know it's technically frowned upon but I'm planning to go pro for the first time this week and I don't really want to do that with an account that's as screwed up as my old account seems to be, so I'd feel much better leaving the old account behind me.
I've dealt with loads of you before under different usernames; Nerdblender, ooi and BarrytheBrave. I released a game on iOS in 2011 and got reviewed on 148apps.com, but after a few frustrations with the software (that many were feeling at the time) I started looking around at some other game SDKs. I've spent a year playing with a few competitors and learning to make games with Javascript, but in the end nothing felt as natural as Gamesalad does, and honestly coming back to it feels a bit like coming home. Besides I'm learning that all SDKs have their shortcomings, and the progress that GameSalad has made since I've been away is very encouraging to say the least, as is the appearance of @CodeWizard too.
That's about it really, I'm a technical illustrator in my day job so I hope to be pushing out plenty of quality games with decent looking graphics quite soon, as well as being as helpful as I can on the forums. Thanks.
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