Hello everyone. I've been lurking aorund for about a week and finally decided to introduce myself. I've mostly been confirming this is an active community which I see it is. It's quite a friendly and helpful community too and I commend you on that. I'm from Ohio and graduated from Kent State with a BS in Computer Science. I have never had a programming job however because there just didn't seem to be anyone looking for a programmer right out of school. I ended up working in a job outside my field, but my first love is programming. I'm very interested in browser based games because the possibilities seem endless. I have all the knowledge and ability to create a web based application in PHP and MySQL. My problem is the projects I conceive seem so large that I don't know where to start. I've stated a few of those ideas in the "Project Ideas" thread. I guess where I need the most help is in organizing and designing a game and also how to start out simple. I'll also need to learn about game mechanics, game balance, and AI. Thanks for reading and thanks for having me. I'm enjoying reading the various topics so far and yes, I will check out the tutorials eventually.
