One More Step

Tomorrow (Monday 01/03/2022) is the first day of an exciting and no-doubt perilous journey.  It represents the first tangible and public step towards a dream.  All those crazy side-projects started/abandoned over the years will finally see justice!

Reality is beginning to take hold, thinking about this coming week without an office or team to plug into.  My final paycheck has been deposited, xmas break playing games with friends is coming to a close and the dry-goods in my pantry are smugly aware of my lack of restaurant budget.  

What seems natural to me is to go heads-down on research and technical system proof-of-concepts.  What better way to begin reducing risk?  Well, apparently building a game means building a business so to be mindful of other responsibilities, I think I'll mix it up.  EOY books need to be closed, daily routine activities should be evaluated and marketing/social-media research must be achingly pursued.  

I've signed up for a storytelling/filmography class by Casey Neistat that kicks off next Monday.  Forums of game gurus indicate marketing starts on day one.  The Youtube videos I've created in the past could benefit from some structure and narrative.  Youtube is saturated with indie dev vlogs but I'm hoping to find my voice over time.

For those following this adventure, I'd submit two things are most definitely true:

• No amount of experience, instruction or planning would have been enough to quell the fear-gremlin
• I've never been as freaking excited in my life