New Game Designer Makes Good - Inspirational Tale

Check out this post on the Lost Garden blog - about a game prototype called Little Girl Fishing that is being developed. The developer was paid $4000 and a performance bonus.

There is a good discussion of the process, the tools (he used flash). It's interesting background reading - and inspirational.

You also find out about the prototype experiments on the Lost Garden site. If you're ever at a loss for a game idea, check out these experiments.