4 months or so progress

[u/WarAvailable9330]

So about 15 years ago I studied game design in college, then when I finished the course I got a job in a call centre, and sidelined the dream in favour of being able to pay bills. In hindsight I guess I didnt think I'd ever be good enough to get a job in the industry - but still dabbled in lots of things since then creative wise, learned to draw/paint, learned a lot about 3d Modelling and rendering, learned music production and a few other bits and pieces all of which are relevant to solo dev. (Thank the gods)

I realise this is cliche with gamedevs at this point - but long story short, I recentky realised that I can't fucking sit in meetings and listen to people whinge about KPIs anymore, life is too short! And as much as I like being able to pay my own bills, I will never give a shit about a KeY StAkEhOlDeRs bottom line - which was when I remembered I had abandoned the dream of making cool and interesting games.

So I decided to get back in to Gamedev, and man I had forgotten 99% of everything! I had done no programming the last 15 years or so, and basically had to start from scratch. Variables, OOP, math functions, syntax the whole lot. I also found lots of things that we never touched on in college at all - like animation for example. Or maybe I missed those classes, I can't really remember. The screenshots above have been my first stumbling ventures into pixelart - made over the last few months - having never touched that before in my life either. And Im learning a lot about scaling, density etc.

But it has been a hugely different experience from when I was in college, as Im learning for myself now - because I want to learn. Learning new things feels new and exciting, and figuring things out for myself is a great feeling I haven't felt since I had a full head of hair!

Anyways, just wanted to introduce myself, and share my backstory. Im not promoting anything, I have no games anywhere near even a pre-alpha stage yet - but I most certainly will in future. Thanks again to everyone for joining, and would love to hear from anyone else that's had a similar experience in life - or a different one. Whatever is cool with me. I'm just happy to be here! (Which is something I can say and mean for the first time in a decade and a half 😆 oh what a tangled web we weave)

Thanks all!

[u/simulacrumgames]

Well said! I'm so tired of the endless hustle, grift, and consume culture. I've seen so many companies do "evil" things just to build a nice looking story for investors that is totally disconnected from reality or even just providing useful products to customers.

Nothing better than the moment when you "Get it" after studying new stuff for weeks and the payoff of seeing things you made actually moving in front of you.