I’m back in work mode.
For a solid week now I’ve been going into Broderbund in the mornings and coming home late at night, happy and tired. It’s hard to overstate the transformation this has wrought in my attitude toward life, the universe and everything. A week ago, I’d pretty much given up on the game. I only had to take the final step – a formality, really – of informing Ed that the project was dead.
Now Ed’s overjoyed; at dinner last night he was grinning from ear to ear; even Robert Cook is impressed with my renewed dedication. People at Broderbund have been greeting me enthusiastically and asking “Where have you been?” and when I tell them about Hollywood, they get all excited.
A week ago, I was an aspiring screenwriter. Now, I’m a working computer game designer with an ace up my sleeve.
It’s daunting to contemplate the vast amount of work that lies ahead – it’ll be six months before the game is close to code-ready – but I’m getting excited.
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Wow I can’t believe you almost quit on the game that has brought joy to millions of people around the world. I can’t imagine a universe without Prince of Persia. Can’t wait to try out the new game and see the new movie.
Yeah, me too. Great thing you didn’t quit. Recently I played Sands of Time in a PS2 I borrowed from a friend and wow, it brought me back to my childhood. The days I was 6-7 years old and didn’t want to go back home from my mothers office just to play a few more hours of “Rescuing the princess from the Palace” (That was how the game used to be called in the office back then
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Btw, as an adventure game lover, I should say The Last Express was one of the best games I’ve ever played. Greetings from Turkey, love your work!