Welcome to secondepoch.com :)

I'm Matt Pullin, a software developer and aspiring game programmer from Evanston, IL, USA.

I'm currently working for Integrisys, a company that designs and installs custom multi-disciplinary home technology solutions. Mostly I program AMX control systems, but I develop other software tools as well. I write the most in PHP/MySQL, AJAX/other JavaScript, and Flash. I graduated DePauw University '04, where I majored in Computer Science and Philosophy. I have a traditional C++ programming education, and I have also written in .NET and Java. My current language of choice for developing games is Flash AS3.

I publish a series of instructional chess videos on YouTube. My USCF rating is currently 2011; I am at or near the peak of what I can achieve in chess without making a significant life commitment to the game. So I have no specific goal or plan in chess at this point, but I continue to play tournaments and produce videos from time to time. I am not currently available for personal lessons as my schedule is not flexible enough to provide them.

Currently I am not working on any game project, but I am planning to begin a new one. It will be in Flash AS3, tile-based, and a side-scroller/RPG hybrid of a similiar style to the NES game Faxanadu. My first step is to complete a prototype using simple graphics and then seek out an animator/artist to work with me to flesh out the product. Keep an eye out for updates on this site, on the lefthand side of the screen - although I don't even know what this project will be called yet!

I just stopped work on a larger, more ambitious Flash project, that was supposed to be a huge tile-based RPG. Inbetween game projects I was beginning to think, you know I have this site secondepoch.com that is not being used for much. It is a very low-traffic site, but perhaps I should take some of this free time to develop it. So I am trying to think of features for this site that might be useful to its viewers (mostly myself). In the next week or so you may see some changes. Feel free to leave me suggestions or feedback using the Contact page.

Thanks for visiting.

Sincerely,