You learn a lot about yourself when launching a new venture. Two weeks ago we launched a Kickstarter [http://kck.st/XccCS7] for our new game, CasinoRPG [http://casinorpg.com]. We've already learned a lot from this experience, but do you know what jumped out on day one?

A few months back we officially announced CasinoRPG [https://goldfirestudios.com/blog/99/New-Game%3A-CasinoRPG], and then a few weeks ago we told you what the game actually is [https://goldfirestudios.com/blog/101/What-is-CasinoRPG%3F]. Now, we are excited to announce the next phase of this process, which is

It has been a little over a month since we revealed CasinoRPG [http://casinorpg.com], but up to this point we haven't given many details about what the game will actually be. While we still aren't quite ready to show screenshots or in-game footage (those are

It has now been two weeks since the VentureSpur pitch day, and guess what? We are still alive and kicking, though admittedly still trying to find our way through this maze called fundrasing. In the first of this two-post series on startup accelerators [https://goldfirestudios.com/blog/97/The-Accelerator-Experiment%3A-Part-I]

As we told you about a few weeks back, we've been participating in a startup accelerator [https://goldfirestudios.com/blog/97/The-Accelerator-Experiment%3A-Part-I] since early August and have been pretty secretive about what we have been working on. Well, as we first announced at last week's

Here at GoldFire Studios we are all about building community, and so to prove that point, we are inviting the entire community right into our office. On Tuesday, October 9 at 6:00 pm CST, we will be broadcasting the very first "GoldFire Studios Fireside Chat." This will

The last two months have been an absolute whirlwind, and that is very exciting indeed. Things were starting to get stale, I was getting stuck in the same daily routine, and the company really wasn't on the path I was looking for. It was time to change, and

The current design and content on the GoldFire Studios website is closing in on two years old now. A lot has changed in those two years, so I figured it was time to do a little reorganizing, test out my design chops and reimagined this site from scratch. What you

You've probably been wondering what we've been up to at GoldFire Studios since we moved into our new office [https://goldfirestudios.com/blog/94/New-GoldFire-HQ] early last month. If you've been following our blog for any length of time, you probably know that I

If you've been following GoldFire Studios for any amount of time, you might know that we've been working out of a coworking space [https://goldfirestudios.com/blog/76/First-day-in-the-office] near downtown Oklahoma City for the past year. Unfortunately, it closed in early March and their future

We've finally setup an official Facebook page, so be sure to like us to get all the latest updates about the inner-workings of our small but growing game studio.

Are you making casual or hardcore games? As a game developer, I hear this question quite often, and it has gotten me thinking. Maybe people should actually be asking "are you making games for casual or hardcore players?" Dynamic pieces of art should be left open to interpretation

A few months back I was honored to have been selected to speak at this year's SXSW conference [http://sxsw.com] in Austin, TX as part of the "Future15" segment. This segment is made up of young entrepreneurs that are doing cool things in tech and

Here are the slides from my presentation this morning at SXSW 2012. I'll be posting a complete recap and possibly a video shortly after I get back later this week or next.

If you've been following my blog or social media, you'll know that I've been working on a secret project called Agora for several months now (agora meant a social gathering place in ancient Greece). This project actually goes all the way back to August

2011 was definitely a year of learning and trying new things. In that spirit, I tried many new web apps/services and here is the list of the ones that stuck and have helped propel me into what should be a great 2012. This list is in alphabetical order, I

The great Michelangelo uttered one of my favorite quotes when he said "the greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." When I look back at last year&

There's something special that separates the ordinary from the incredible. It's hard to place your finger on it because it isn't really something you can explain, but you know it when you see it. This is the feeling you get when using most any

If you follow [http://twitter.com/#!/GoldFireStudios/status/123163860516610049] me on Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/GoldFireStudios/status/123458082658459649], you know that I've been having [http://twitter.com/#!/GoldFireStudios/status/124127825446977536] a blast [http://twitter.com/#!/GoldFireStudios/status/123755773678456834] at the Game Developer Conference Online 2011 all week in

You were a true visionary and an inspiration. I use your example as motivation for my own life and my own endeavors into the future, whether gaming related or otherwise. You truly did put a dent in the universe, and I thank you for that. Goodbye Steve, RIP. 

It has almost been a month since my last post, and there is good reason for that. I've been learning. A lot. I began my learning a few months ago when I decided to use MongoDB [http://mongodb.org] as the primary database for Leet Media [http://leetmedia.

I've been wanting to start doing Friday Freeday for sometime now, but I kept pushing it back due to my recent workload. While that workload hasn't slowed down (and don't' get me wrong, I'm enjoying every second), I finally scheduled this

I discovered the wonder that is jQuery during my development of Leet Media [http://leetmedia.com], and I have decided to convert all of the sites under the GoldFire Studios umbrella to use jQuery [http://jquery.com] instead of Prototype [http://prototypejs.org/]. However, I've been using Prototip

If you are reading this blog, you are probably aware of the massive shifts that the gaming industry has gone through over the last few years. Zynga has used flash to revolutionize casual online games, Rovio and countless others have revolutionized mobile gaming through native applications on iOS and Android