Tom Bentz
Viva la Revolucion!
I feel lucky to be part of this community. We have an opportunity to do something we love to do, to challenge ourselves, to express ourselves creatively, and to make a living from it. I am doing all except for the last part although it is by far the hardest part, I plan on changing that in 2007.
I can see independent games having a greater impact on gaming than what independent film did for movies. I believe we are at a turning point, due to the indie scene, of what games are and how they are offered and I am lucky to be part of this revolution thanks to GarageGames.
Don't sit on the sidelines, play the game to win.
Blogs on GarageGames

The aftermath of the TGB boot camp left my brain energized. I learned how to use TGB network calls and wanted to put together an example that would show the basics of TGB networking for the community. I ended up cleaning up the scripts and commenting the main points last night. It is less than 50 li ...
Updates to Space RocksThis round of updates to Space Rocks I've created and added the background music loop. Not sure if it fits with the game but I kinda like it. I also created the power up sound. One of the things that was a pain was getting the highscore system to work. I tried using the 'simula ...
TGB Boot CampIm sitting in the Eugene airport ready to head back to Cali. Reflecting on the TGB boot camp earlier in the week. I was already familiar with TGB from making space rocks but I wanted to take the class to get some formal training on the engine so that I have a stronger and more solid fou ...
Since working with TGB I've commited to making at least one fun high quality game, if not dozens. It's such an awesome engine with an awesome toolkit. Since my second to last .plan I quit my job. I wont get into the gory details here, the reasons are in a previous .plan if you want to know. Needless ...
I thought this might be a handy feature so I did it. Want to launch your favorite browser with your favorite search term on your favorite website?With this handy little resource you can type what you want to search for in TGB and have it query the GarageGames Google search engine.Just extract this ...











