[this post is a piece of shared thought, nothing more]
A small piece of joy I'd like to share with you all. Yesterday I was thinking..
When I first joined LD 2 years ago I was absolutely stunned with the energy that's been flowing through it!! Absolutely blown away ! So much creative energy, so many authentic creations, effort put in just for the sake of it! For the process. For the love FOR games.
This is something trully very special. Don't know if most of us realize it. I don't always.
You know why [it is very special] ?? Because the world - is trully - full of fakeness, hipocrisy and facades all over the place. Just turn on an arbitrary TV channel and that becomes obvious in the first 7 seconds. You fall out of love :laughing: quickly. It's full of shit. ;) So are many aspects of modern life and when you don't think about it - well, you may have just forgotten the fact. Ironically, forgetting the fact also makes special events like this more forgettable.
And LD is full of genuine creations that are unbelievably... genuine. God damn, this is bigger than it seems, trust me. Everyone can find some expression of themselves through the creations they are building. And there are a few thousands every time!! How cool is that?!?! From the least exeprienced to the top masters. Probably the age range, too, is immense. What a better example of Democracy?!?! You think the act of voting is democracy? No, LD is democracy. I fall into a Nirvana when opening an authentic (even though simple) creation - every time! I have a gut feeling that THIS makes it stand since 2002 (was it?). Some guys here may have not yet been born back then haha.
Ok ok, I got too excited. Not even LD doesn't have its crooks (but that's not the point). I fuckin' love it.
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My stupid first-entry story, that I won't delete cuz already typed:
The first time I entered LD was 2 years ago. For some odd reason it popped up in my head out of nowhere, that I had read about some jam somewhat like a year before that. Then I checked and it was just starting the next day. I knew I had no setup but I had tried some things over the previous periods (or even, sporadically, years). That is, with a game framework and a programming language I enjoy. Very dirty, mostly experimenting and enjoying what could be done. Even read a book on game design (but I digress).
I was able to join the Extra making a Trully Ugly game hahaha. No sound, no nothing, BUT I tried creating somewhat meaningful mechanics. And it kind of worked out! And the game me more ideas and more stuff to tinker with later. And it's kinda been paying off lately. I enjoy making games (even very rarely) more than ever!
I even "made a few friends* here, which is something I totally did not expect.
--- (a piece for all guys that have no experience but feel there is something very special going on here..)
If you failed to make a game or The game you wanted, that's SUPER fine! Game development is an extremely complicated matter : )))
But creating a game, a piece of digital expression that can be VERY customized to express you.. is you know, an amazing feeling!
I have to thank the entire community (fuck the president-like speech-feeling connotation, I hate it in the guts) BUT IT'S TRUE :o:
.. the entire community for the warmth and fuzziness and for receiving invaluable pieces of advice on my games over the last 4-5 LDs. Been eye opening, but you know what's even better?? This is all like one huge laboraty exercise - with many people over the world. Your subcontious mind will fit a lot of pieces without realizing (on game dev) just being here, just playing other's creations, even if you fail to deliver !! Especially when you get low ratings (that's super rich in nutrients). Espeically when people don't understand your game cuz you're tunnel vision.
Now I start to understand: here is why I read several times here that some people started their game-dev careers from LD (I thought: yeaaa right.. Bs). No, it's the environment that can make you see the bigger picture, very quickly! It's like a craft. And then it clicks.. and clicks and clicks.. ! And you actually start to understand what the problems are, start to make it better.. even playable games :laughing: after the 5th time XD Damn
@pov, you are awesome! LD is greater than stepping on the moon. In its own way. ♥️
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