I don't know if this is the kind of community I belong in so yes I'm nervous. Because I want to be the best I can be at what I'll be doing.
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And I need to learn how to build for it and really tap the community. So I need to learn Linux at least at a base level. But as a dev I don't think that's an excuse. I have always loved the idea of Linux but surprisingly despite my 31 years of experience on PC.I've never used it. I've already started working on a game but I'm still trying to absorb as much fundamentals as possible to ensure I don't proceed stupidly and carry bad habits from Aero or Math or previous programming into my work. That said, I'm currently binging books, YouTube shows, podcasts, talks, etc to develop a fundamental baseline of best practices. I apparently have never thought about games like a consumer, I've always thought about them the way a dev does even when playing casually.Īnd just like writing where I started because I realized I have something to say and film because I have something to show, I now feel that I have challenges, ideas, systems, and narratives worth sharing for others playing and exploring pleasure. Despite fiddling with modding, having studies in mech E, Aero E, math, and tons of programming experience, and a huge appreciation for both visual and narrative driven art and a love for games.It just never occurred to me that it's something I can do.īut a huge shoutout to Game Maker's Toolkit and Architect of Games and Psych of Play for concretely putting into words things I think about all the time. Game dev has always been something I thought "other people" did and not me. Sooooooooo.Suffice it to say I've been on a bit of a quest these past few years to improve myself and make myself capable of functioning in less traditional ways.
Seriously it's a long story and no kidding I am writing a memoir because honestly if i heard someone describe even only half of what had happened, I'd find it hard to believe and shocking. Lots of turbulence as a result of that and all the fallout like bankruptcy and so on. I wish I could go into everything driving me but honestly it'd be a whole memoir but some of the highlights are a family of five where four of us have chronic illness (I survived cancer for instance but still regularly deal with issues). That said, I took a risk with Reddit and I've found not only that it seems different, the tech communities themselves are different. Only in the last year have I started interacting with others in terms of tech. I would also say my frustrations with the current state or social media and my strong opinions have hardly helped my love of interaction online. I've operated in isolation as far as tech goes for so long that I thought it was the only way to do anything. I do pose a specific question at the very end if you're interested in answering this FNG. Hard to TLDR this one because it has a lot of emotional context. I 100% understand if you don't wanna read it.
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