Life Story

I want to learn computer programming to make video games. I cam with up several designs for video games I think would be fun when I was younger. I've held these ideas pretty top secret. I started teaching myself programming in gr.7 from books. I started with a game programming book, but it was too complicated, and I returned it. I then got C++ for Dummies. I started learning C++. I wanted to be able to publish my games, and I discovered Microsoft's XNA platform, that made making games a lot easier. I got a new book on learning C#. I even got a book on Visual Basic, but I now hate Visual Basic with a passion. After almost mastering C#, I got XNA game programming books. I made a few small games as practice, but never begun my long waited projects. One of my proudest accomplishments was building a graphical tile engine game. That was pretty fun to make. I wanted to take the comp sci focus program at my high school, but I moved and switched schools the summer after gr.9. In grade 12 I took gr. 11 & 12 comp sci courses online for fun. I knew I wouldn't learn much, and thought they might boost my average. They were in Java. I came to UofT to do the Pathologist specialist program. After not being accepted to it, I decided last second to take a comp sci minor. I figured I might learn something, it would be an easy credit, and one of my best friends was in the program.