Ouch that was pretty rude from him to say those things, a parent should NEVER tell things like this to their son/husband. Even if I didn,t do enough chores for my mom's need and that I took a while to get a job, she never ever told anything implying I fail at life. She hated how I spent so much time coding on calcs and not go outside enough, but in the end she would eventually praise me for what stuff I can do with electronic/technology in terms of creativity.

I hope nothing wrong happens to you, That said, though, please do not take what your dad said to you seriously. he has no right to tell you this and I myself doubt you fail at life. I hope he won,t kick you out or something, altough personally, if my mom ever started talking to me like this, I would have started seeking for a new home quick. No offense to your dad, but if your dad says things like that, it's probably himself who has a problem. I don,t know about your life but I do know about some other people who had crappy parents like that before and in most of their cases, their parents barely even acomplished anything in their life and just drank their 6-pack every day in front of the TV.

Well, personally, I am not sure if it's right to tell your kid he's worth nothing. I find this pretty rude myself. Maybe it depends of cultures, though. If he lives in another country or if he comes from another country, or if his parents do, in some places it's pretty much a standard. Also in the past I heard about cases of child abuse. Often there were parents who had lot of bad stuff going on, or had bad things going on in the past, and then pulled their anger on their kid. In some bad cases, it was done physically.

I myself hope things works out for you. Take a break from programming because I do know myself how hard it is to get motivation when you feel down about something. If you have a bunch of friends in real life, maybe they could help too. I myself wish I lived close because as for now I have like two spots where people could sleep at the appartment I live in. Good luck for everything

So I thought everyone should know this project is not dead... I've picked up on it quite recently and will continue working on it until completion. I should have a new screenshot up soon to show a few changes and a new feature screenshot as well.

The last time someone posted on this thread was around March 2010... it hasn't really been talked about since.

Darn. Well I figure you will start programming again... hopefully sooner than later. Did you make any new games since last year? Things IRL are going well, thank you for your concern.

Thank you for the concerns DJ. I was programming on and off while I was gone, but nothing significant as well. Looking at Axe Parser makes me want to try and make some games for it myself. I don't know if I can make large games like Monopoly or not. I'm working on getting a new screenshot up for the progress I have made so far.

At this point it's just an idea. My primary focus is to finish this game in BASIC first. The only real benefit I would get from assembly would be speed and possibly size too.