But I don’t. And I really don’t know if I would have hospitalized myself for trying so hard. But thankfully, I won’t ever have to find that answer now.

I’ve had a sudden turn of events that really has turned my life upside-down. It truly is the answer to all my prayers. I’ve been hired to be a game designer and developer for a small company called “Merry Fools.”

I’ve been offered the opportunity to make all the games I’ve wanted to make. In exchange, I will darn well conquer the world.

Why settle for... Millions?

This does change a lot of my plans though. I will be dissolving Bitty Bash. It no longer makes any sense to be an LLC for game design and development when that is my full-time job. So I will be sorry to let it go, but it is for the best.

So, I can no longer really say that I am a mega-corporate programmer who moonlights as a crime-fighting game-programming ninja. I’m now at 24-hour ninja crime-fighting service!

Michael is a great writer and is very helpful for many of us newbie Flash developers who need help in getting started. His blog is full of great insight.

by Michael James Williams

I’ll be sure to post my thoughts on his new book, “Facebook Graph API Development with Flash“, that helps people crack into the mysterious Facebook API using Flash! Check back soon!

Coming Soon!

It’s way simpler and only has a Twitter feed for now.  Eventually I will migrate it over to a blog again, once there is an actual game that I can post.  The game is about 50% done.  And I’m taking the time to enjoy just making the game now.  Especially on this refurbished computer.

Soon, I will be doing a reboot of this site as well and taking down the blog itself.  I’ll be keeping the original text of the site, so I can repost them.  But for the most part, I think I whine a bit too much on blog.  So hopefully, I can get something more substantial on the next go around.

I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere sometimes...

I’m actually taking down the Bitty Bash website until it’s good and ready and just cleaning up this website.  I promised a revamp of the actual site a while ago, so I figured it may be time to do as I promised and do some clean up while I’m at it.

Thanks for your patience.  And I hope to have something to show very very soon!

Ouch!

I tend to work like I’m superhuman… But my body begs to differ.  I slipped a disk in my lower back last week and have been unable to move since last Wednesday.  The pain has been so intense that I’ve avoided eating and have lost 10 lbs in 5 days.  It was the first time in my life that I ever begged for unconsciousness because of how painful it was to move.  And I hope that the worst has come to pass.

My schedule was hell on my body.  I tended to not sleep and work late into the night.  To force my body to keep aware and awake, I doused it with chemicals – soda, caffeine, candy and energy drinks, just to keep the rush going late into the night.  I worked all day on an office chair in a cubicle and late into the night in my home office.  I just feel like it is imperative that I get things done, as if the world rests on my shoulders.

But the one thing I know for certain, is that I won’t sacrifice my family.

My boys!

My family creates a sense of balance for me.  Whenever I get too sleepy, too tired, or too grumpy to spend quality time with my two sons or my wife, I know I’ve pushed too far and I need to slow down and rest.

The thing is, I don’t exercise at all.  My wife has been practically begging me to exercise because she is concerned about the health of my heart.  But it was my back that was first to go.

I sit all day on a keyboard and don’t do much movement.  And at night, I sit for four to six hours at night working again.  Without exercising, my back just didn’t have the strength to hold up under the pressures and demands of two small and active boys.

When it really comes down to it, if I have not the health to enjoy my family and the fruits of my labors, then my work was for nothing.

Thankfully, it was my back that gave out first and not my heart.  A heart attack would have been catastrophic.  And as it is, the prognosis looks good: I may be able to avoid surgery and it looks good for a full recovery.

In the end, I won’t let this stop me from achieving my goals at all.  It just means that when I cross that finish line, I will be also be buff enough to carry my beautiful wife and two sons on my shoulders.

And cosplay as one of the 300...