On Sunday 9 Feb, the Eagles won Super Bowl 59.

That has nothing to do with this, it’s just a fact I like.

Earlier that day, though, I was giving my pals @roxzman07 , @rustash , and @kaylachuu a lesson in C# code. After the call was done, Corey and I hung around in the chat shooting the shit, as we do. We were talking about nothing in particular, just games we grew up playing, games we haven’t played in a long time.

Corey asked a question about how something was implemented in one of the games, and we talked about it for a while. While we talked, Corey made an off-hand comment about …. something. I don’t even remember what anymore. But it made me stop and think, “Huh, that would be cool for my game. How would I program that?”

The more I thought, the more my brain lit up. Whatever off-hand comment it was that he made, it changed everything. Things started clicking in a way they haven’t in a long time. Questions started answering themselves.

I ended the day with a crystal clear picture of what I wanted the game to be, how I wanted it to play, what systems it should have, why it should have them, what’s the point.

Everything was answered. I had …. I have …. everything.

So it’s time to stop not making this game.