Hi all.

I got into games as a 4 years old kid on ZX Spectrum. I hear a lot of people that got hooked into games, by being fascinated, that they can control, let's say, the little spaceship, or whatever. What really hooked me, was when I realized there is no spaceship. There is no spaceship, it's only an illusion. This meant you could create an illusion of whatever you would dream of. This is something I remember very vividly, even now.

I like all kind of genres. The one thing I'm really into are story based games.

I got into mainstream game development after university and learned the hard way how bad games are made. I always wondered, how in the world, with all the funding, technology and talent, can you screw up a project. Now I know. It's really not that hard, believe me I got out at the first opportunity and I'm full time indie for 4 years now.

I'm trying to unlock the storytelling potential in games, and create a new kind of RPGs where personality gives meaning and depth to every aspect of gameplay.

I have many hobbies beside games, mainly writing songs for guitar, rock climbing and traveling. I live in Europe, but I really like the west coast national parks in US and Canada.

Hi all, I'm a newcomer to TIGsource. A very nice community you have here. You can read my intro post here: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=45.1980

I can't express enough how I like the idea of a cross platform open source 2D indie engine.

Alec, considering the champion project: 

I wondered what time frame you have in mind? When could a project development in Monocle start? I have a project to discuss, if you are interested.