Apologies for the tumbleweeds… I’ve been a little preoccupied over the last week or so. However, I submit to you that there is very good reason for my tardiness - you see, I decided to resign from my job on the weekend! You heard correctly, Michael Battle is a free agent.

The little animation above (totally tongue-in-cheek, by the way) is meant to reflect the moment of nirvana that was revealed to me when I had finally reached the decision to go solo. My time at M&C Saatchi was extremely valuable and I leave behind some excellent colleagues and, moreover, some excellent friends. We are currently discussing an option of some ongoing contract-esque work… we’ll see what eventuates.

As for what’s coming up for me, I’m glad you asked!

As I coined the other day, it seems I’ve got too many kettles and not enough hot plates! I’ve decided to pursue a number of projects, the first of which is to turn footloosemoose.com into my own Flash Games business. Along with a some of my own creations, I’ll also be collecting and critiquing some of the better Flash games from around the web and providing a place for us all to discuss them.

Secondly - you guessed it - the development of the mb3Dengine is going to gain some momentum. I’ve got big plans for it and you’ll soon be invited (within a month or two) to join a beta testing team for its impending reincarnation.

The third thing I’m working on is a big secret and if you ever find out about it - it probably means that I’ll be doing an Uncle Scrooge, swimming through the cash. If that ever happens, make sure you drop in and I’ll buy you a beer… but don’t hold your breath, I’ve got a lot to learn about business and patents before that comes to pass.

All up, some busy and exciting times ahead. If you’ve got a Flash Game idea that needs a keyboard jockey like me to help it along, I’m more than willing to chat.

PS - I promise the next post will have a Flash experiment in it!