This is, word for word, my story.When I was younger, I dreamed of creating my own videogames (as well as the consoles that would play said games, but that's by the by.) Now my ultimate goal is to become a writer, to create various shows, books and movies, and my dreams of founding a successful videogame company has been left in the past, but not completely. I still have the desire to create games stored within me, and the main thing I desire to create is an RPG, which makes sense when you consider that RPGs are one of the types of games where the storyline is very much in the foreground, and as much a part of the game than the gameplay itself.
I've been writing short stories since I was six, wanted to write my RPG since playing FF7 and spent the last 20 years harboring the desire to establish my own cross-media franchise. I've laid the groundwork for story by integrating all of my older work in a referential manner.
I just wish I could find people with whom I could collaborate. All of my friends and family and even people from forums like these tell me it should be easy enough to find interested parties on the internet. But I've so far only worked on one project with others and they quickly shut that endeavor down, though I received permission to incorporate what we created into my own work.
Sorry if it seems like hijacking your thread. Guess I just had to vent a little.