 What?angelfroggames is a company dedicated to creating super-cool-fun games for the mac. Why? Ahh, well that's a more complicated question... First, I love the mac. "So why don't you marry it?" my girlfriend would likely say. Yes, she is silly, but that's beside the point, which is that I think the mac is a great machine that needs more great games. Second, I love games (comment from girlfriend deleted) and as I play games I continually have ideas for ways that I'd do things differently. Mix those ideas with a long time hobby of tinkering with computers and writing stories and a burning desire to play with color without hurting anyone and after a very long time you get angelfroggames. Third I just have an intense creative streak that needs an outlet or I explode. Who? Well mostly angelfroggames is just me, Ken Pajala, a guy who spent way too much time in arcades and convenience stores in the 80's playing Ms. Pacman, Tron, Ninja Spirit, Power Drift and Street Fighter II. But I wouldn't have gotten too far without the support of the mac community. More specifically, I wouldn't have gotten so far so fast (relatively) if I hadn't discovered SpriteWorld, an open source project which makes it simple to draw sprites and animation plus much more (I must have found it a little too invaluable because last year I became the project maintainer). Feel free to drop into www.spriteworld.org and check it out. And of course I wouldn't get too far without the support of my (silly) girlfriend Mira, who is an avid gamer herself, and my parents who fortunately haven't been charging me rent while I get this company off the ground :) What's up with the name angelfroggames? My little sister was known as frogger to her friends. The games I make are dedicated to her memory. |
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