How long has Atman Software been developing Io, and what has the process been like?
Io has been in development since 2002. It took a long time for me to develop the technology. This is my first Windows project, and my first commercial game. Since I’m the sole developer at Atman, the whole process at various times has been very educating, challenging, frustrating, exhilarating, bitter, mundane, humbling, soul searching, and required a lot of teeth-grinding patience. But in the end, I’m quite happy with myself and with what I have managed to achieve. If you had to rewind to the start of the project, is there anything that you’d do differently? Yes. I would write simpler (in terms of development) games, and make sure something got released every 1.5 years. I’d make sure there are great tools for rapid prototyping, and I’d design the entire game in detail on paper with an eye on technology and gameplay looking 3 years into the future. Looking back, I strongly feel that I should have released multiple games in the last 5 years. That being said, I have no regrets. When I st
