About two weeks ago the first game was released with me being credited in it. That game was Garfield's Fun fest. A few months ago I stepped away from Iron Chef to redo all of the level collision and item placements in the entire Garfield game within a few day's time. It was a nice break to do something a little different than what I had been up to. I received a "Special Thanks" in the credits. shadowcomplex was the Lead Programmer on it. He made some pretty sweet 2d level development tools that made things MUCH easier than I expected.

I also discovered today that since the first of this month I have been a "Designer II" at my company. I discovered this when I sat down with my CEO to discuss a raise and then found out I had gotten a bit of a raise on the 1st. He kind of uhmm, neglected to tell me.

So, between getting my first official game credit, having Iron Chef being close to the light at the end of the tunnel *crosses finger*, getting my promotion, and relocating to Austin to work as the Lead Designer on a fantastically cool game, I'd say this has been a pretty good couple of weeks. I thought a little differently this morning before I found out about the raise, though.... [wink]