Garry's Mod, the love it or hate it sandbox editor for use with most Half-Life 2 and Source based titles recently turned two years old. To celebrate the occasion, Garry Newman shared a few figures with his adoring fans.
On the first day it sold 5,729 copies. Wowzer.Congratulations to Garry and the rest of his team on the accomplishment.
I kind of expected that it would sell a big number of copies for the first day, then sell very few after that. I was kind of wrong, because over the next 2 years it went on to sell 312,541 copies. Which has totally knocked my socks off.
GMod hasn’t just given me financial stability, It’s also made me a lot more experienced in c++. I learned how game engines are meant to work. I got to fly to Valve HQ and meet some game making dudes. I got to tell a nice bearded fellow how I was sick all over myself in the shower after eating airline food, and then realising I was talking to Warren Spector.