I was once a computer programmer

I an a software engineer. However, in my current position, I rarely use standard programming languages. Most of the time, I'm using internal tools at our company to make our applications work with our hardware. I mostly use LabVIEW, XML, and VHDL. On rare occasions, I've modified batch, perl, ruby, and python scripts. The only time I touch C is if I need to debug something that someone else wrote.

Recently, I was talking to Tim and started to realize that my skills might be getting rusty and if I were ever asked to use a standard programming language, I would struggle from lack of experience. Tim ensured me that it would all come back quickly, which I know deep down is true. However, I needed to prove it to myself.

Something I've always wanted to try was programming a flash game. So, over the weekend I downloaded the Flash CS4 IDE trial and started to play. After learning the basics and figuring out how to use the built in animation tools, I found a tutorial on flashgameu.com that shows you how to make a flash game. This is version 0.1a of Brian's Match Game 200X! Enjoy, and expect new versions soon.

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