Fast Five – Terry Paton

Not long to go now!  Terry Paton will be on the panel A Million Little Ideas.

What are you working on right now?

I’m producing games using a pre-release version of Adobe AIR to get my flash games running on Android phones with the hope to be able to monetise them in the future – and a little client work to help pay for time I spend doing this (more games!).

If you didn’t do what you do, what sort of thing would take up your time?

I’d probably be drawing, painting and looking for other ways to create stuff. I have to make things.

What do you think the biggest change with what you do will be in the next 5 years?

I’m getting more focused with my work and I’d like to start finding people to help make my games – taking them from the one-man-band type to something a lot more polished. Also my new focus on phone games is changing the way I think about interfaces and game design.

What has been the biggest change with what you do in the past 5 years?

The evolution of Flash into having a real programming language has meant I’ve been able to keep making games that can spread all over the net and be played by anyone. Over the last 12 months I’ve worked for myself at home, just making games – it’s been a dream come true.

What is your earliest gaming memory – digital or otherwise?

Back in 1983/84 Playing Horace and the spiders and other classics on my ZX Spectrum – I still dream of creating games that engrossed me so much. They made me want to make games [tears welling up in eyes].

Terry is a flash game developer, mostly making games he wants to, finding sponsorship and earning some ad revenue from them. When he has to he takes on freelance work.