I started this site 5 years ago (good lord!) with one intention : make an arseload of money.

Ah, the naivety of youth. Since then, a lot's changed. For starters, I learned a little something about web design. (for example : don't ever, ever make your site in Microsoft Word 97. Especially if it's 2004) I've also learned a lot about designing games. Like 'don't ever resize a 32*32 sprite to fill the entire screen and expect it to look good', 'don't create a game that revolves around an incredibly frustrating gimmick' and the old standby 'don't try to pass of a glitch as a feature'. (Did you know that enemy-juggling in DMC started out as a glitch? Who knew?)

The basic goal remains the same, although I've learned not to charge for something I have no means of distributing. Or something that someone else has already done better. So I'll carry on looking for niches to fill.

And now? Various people have come and gone. Currently, the team consists of me (Rob) and one (assuredly) talented but also very lazy pixel artist (Doddski). And anyone else who's interested.

If you're interested, drop me a line at sparksoftware at googlemail dot com. (and obviously amend my careless mistakes, oh my!)

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