So the year is coming to a close, and everyone who has a blog (which is probably everybody in the world by now) is doing end-of-year summaries and posts on their predictions for 2008.

I thought 2007 was a pretty solid year overall - Choosing to return to university to add a computer science degree to my math degree was the right decision. I’ve learnt quite a lot, even though I thought I knew it all already Guess what I’ve learnt most of all is to be a little more humble… And although I won’t be finished by mid 2008 I’m alright with living on a student income for another six months.

Around this time last year I posted my goals for 2007 which where:

1. Release a Freeware “Mini-RPG” - Approx 2-4 hours of gameplay.
2. Find funding for a much larger RPG to start work on in 2008.
3. Make a new and interesting blog post at least once per week.
4. Maintain a B+ average at uni.

I didn’t get around to releasing a freeware mini-RPG, but I did get an alpha of my roguelike game Caverns of Underkeep out. So I’ll give myself half a mark for that one. Which I think is rightly deserved as I canned my freeware RPG without actually having a backup plan early into the year.

I’m not so interested in pursuing number 2 anymore. I do have more projects planned for next year but none-of-which require huge amounts of funding. So that’s not really something I considered much this year.

According to wordpress I have made a total of 66 blog posts. Which exceeds my goal of once per week. As for new and interesting content… Well, there are a few posts I think people could get some value from. My favorite post for the year was written way back in January Why I’m choosing 2D - I think the reasons I outlined still hold up, and why for the near future at least, I’ll be looking at 2D related gaming projects.

I’m pretty sure I got a B+ average at uni - or very close at least, so check for that one.

Now I haven’t worked out my 2008 goals yet. But there will probably be a lot of them considering I’ll be finishing Uni and getting on with the next major part of my life - A Career