I better start on my Xmas game... :-)
you dare!
Taumel: Yeah basically when I was single and life cost lest and I earnt good money, say 8 years ago, life was pretty sweet, lots of spare cash but I worked too hard and never went on holiday (so swings and roundabouts)...But yeah, I think being an indie developer is *much* easier if you are young single and talented and live in a cheap place so you don't have to worry big-time about bills/supporting family etc and can just experiment and learn the Indie ropes. For me it's been hard trying to earn money traditionally and spend time doing Indie stuff so I can 100% switch over to Indie gaming, but I can only do this when my income from it hits a certain level - and to do that I need to make top quality games that hit the portal top spots...
sswift: sounds great, I'm jealous. However, some meals I can make pretty well myself and I've been out and paid for *worse* meals than I can make myself before! So yeah, finding cool places is neat. I'm still interested in the game, when can you release a screenie? Did you sort out the mouse control? Hey, I just played a mouse control shooter: Alien Stars. I reviewed it on www.binaryjoy.com