Stray's blog

I've been programming browser games for a few years now. When I sit down to start working on one, I always underestimate how long it will take to complete. This is a very common problem, and it happens to nearly everyone. This is a short blog on what I'm currently working on and why AoC is still in development.

You may have noticed some ads freshly placed on the site. I'm trying to add them as seamlessly as possible. I've put in a lot of time to make the site "purdy", and I'd hate to ugly it up with poor ad placement. It would be ideal to run the site and games without ads, but for the time being they are a necessity.

I'm running the ads through Project Wonderful. I like they way they operate, and that's important. I'm running, coding, paying for the site myself, so I might as well go with what I like.

After several days of chaos in real life and with the site, Pathogen Games is now running smoothly on the new server. It's nice not having to worry about the site being down *whew*. La Cosa Nostra Online is still experiencing some issues with posting on the message board and sending messages. That is next on the fix list.

I have a few ideas for features I would like to implement on PG, mostly in the area of community interaction. I may also start working on a flash games section as well. That will take some time to develop, but I believe it would be worthwhile.

It's kind of tough being a one-man operation. Projects take longer, there are fewer heads to bounce ideas off of, I'm responsible if something isn't working correctly... But it's worth it.