For me it was always for fun, learning new things, excetera...
Back in 1992/93 or so when I made my first proper platformer on the BBC computer, I saw a game better than most.
When you're 9 though, you don't realise that the system you're developing for is a dying breed, so I never managed to get it well known. I kept my BBC up till I was perhaps 18/19 before my parent's threw it out thinking it was broken (In reality, i had a handful of BBC's and this was the only working one!)
So, since then, I've always just enjoyed myself. Was always great fun watching my sisters play my South-Park platformer a few years back :)
Back in 1992/93 or so when I made my first proper platformer on the BBC computer, I saw a game better than most.
When you're 9 though, you don't realise that the system you're developing for is a dying breed, so I never managed to get it well known. I kept my BBC up till I was perhaps 18/19 before my parent's threw it out thinking it was broken (In reality, i had a handful of BBC's and this was the only working one!)
So, since then, I've always just enjoyed myself. Was always great fun watching my sisters play my South-Park platformer a few years back :)