Gamers and Programmers

I am a gamer. That is to say that for entertainment I play computer games the way other people watch TV or go to the cinema, I don't watch TV or go to the cinema.

I am also a programmer which means that the first two or three months of playing a new game involves trying to create a mental model of how the software works. More importantly I try to work out how I would create my own game. After returning to playing Civilisation IV I ended up with a half built system for a similar game.

I have recently started to play visual novels and I want to write my own. Which of course means writing my own engine :)

Which of course will have to be cross platform (including my iPod Touch) and I suspect will be in C++.

I already have a good idea as to where 2010 is going to go...