Just found this site. Didn't know anything like it existed.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Curtis Ratica. I've been in the computer game/video game industry for the past decade and have worked on several AAA titles in a variety of capacities from Art director, lead artist, environment artist as well as Creative Director and designer. Prior to being the game industry I was a production manager for 9 years while working at a hi-tech firm in Menlo Park, California. Prior to that I studied computer programming at several colleges in California and Oklahoma A&M. Anyhow, God spoke to me about 3 years ago and told me to make games for Him. Well, as of January, 2005, I have been doing just that. I've been working full time on a startup company called Cloud 9 Games, you can see a very basic, simple website I put up at cloud9games.com. You can also learn more about our short term goal (about 2 years in duration) of producing a series of gameshow-like Bible Trivia games. Our long term goals are to a produce a AAA MMORPG for the PC as well as exciting AAA titles for the next generation of XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 consoles. I have several game designs I want to produce, but so little time/resources!

I look forward to your comments.

Thank you,

Curtis Ratica

In Christ
- Reagan

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Keep the holy day sacred.......halllllllukan

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btw...its crazy-ish-one

Impressive demo for Soloman Says! It reminds me of an expanded version of You Don't Know Jack -- I really like that!

Very glad to have you here!

I don't know how much you have looked into MMO middleware, but I just found out at the CGDC last weekend that Micro Forte is owned by a Christian, and he really desires to see Christian MMO's made with the Big World engine that they've developed.

Take care!

In Christ,
clint

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http://www.includingjudas.com/christiangame.html

I like the part where God tells you He wants you to make games for Him. It helps confirm that God's calling doesn't always mean "missionary trip to -insert 3rd world country here-".

BTW, I love your solomon. Very nutty/happy/joyous.
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1 Corinthians 15:58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord’s work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

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[This message has been edited by Ashton_JX (edited August 06, 2005).]

I'm looking forward to getting this series of products out.

That's true Ashton, I sometimes thought I would be sent to
Zimbawe but looks like I get to settle here in good ole' Austin,
Texas!

Yes, HanClinto, I'm aware of Micro Forte and in fact have had a few
email exchanges with the owner. I wish them well. We're not ready
to go MMO yet. I'll need to sell a lot of Solomon Say's to be in
that position. It will happen, just not in the immediate future. I have
a game design written for what I believe will be a FANTASTIC christian
MMO but it will take about $2.5 million to develop. While I believe the
Christian game market is ready for this, most(all?) publishers aren't ready to spend big$ on a christian game. (although I believe my MMO game design would be very entertaining for anyone, regardless of their faith or lack thereof). Hopefully with the success of games from Micro Forte and Cloud 9 Games, publishers will see that there is a tremendous market
out there. I think the most important thing to remember though is to make a good game for Christians that will honor God and still be loads of fun.

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To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so. - Robert Orben

Blind belief is dangerous. - Kenyan Proverb

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. - Pablo Picasso

--clint