About
Greetings, courageous intarweb explorers!
I’m Tim Winsky; designing wacky & unique games is how I roll. Game development is always a lot of work, but it’s worth it as long as you can have fun during the process.
The goal of TwinSky Games is to not just share my success stories and completed games, but to also provide background information behind each of my projects and my learning experiences behind the ones that just didn’t work out. Be sure to check out the “Behind the Screens” section of each game page if this sort of thing is of interest to you. My hope is for this site to be a place of entertainment, insight, and inspiration.
“How long have you been making games?”
Since before I could read and write, I enjoyed making boardgames using big sheets of cardboard. After learning the BASICs of programming on C64, I was ready to hit the ground running once PCs started to get popular.
“What tools do you use?”
In the mid-90s I became very fond of some software called Klik & Play. As limited as it was, it was the fastest method I could find to get an idea up in playable form. This software has since seen many improvements, and is now known as “Multimedia Fusion.”
These days there’s no short supply of game development tools, but MMF is great for my 2D game creation needs.
“Why don’t you make games professionally?”
The gaming industry is kindof a scary place. For example, I’ve had encounters with companies that think it’s ok to stop paying their employees until the game is complete, and this type of thing is far more common than I could have imagined.
With so many folks trying to get rich making games, it really does make a better hobby than a career. I’ve been working with friends from Riverman Media to get games published for PC, WiiWare and iPhone, but the most important thing to me is trying to bring something new to the players. I suppose I still consider it a hobby since we haven’t exactly made our first million yet!
With that said, there are still a handful of game companies out there that I’d love to work for!
“What’s up with the goats?”
Every company should have some kind of recurring theme, right? Goats just happen to be one of mine, in memory of our pet goat. Man, that was one cool goat.
“How can I ask you a question, send you lots of money, or set up a fight, you and me, after school, by the flagpole?”
Send me an email and we can figure something out.
TWinsky [at] TwinSkyGames.com