First Steps!
So here it is – the very first Critical Lit blog post!
First things first – let me introduce myself. I’m Suzie – also known as Suzie GeeForce – and I’m starting on my journey to be a pokemon master indie solo developer. It’s going to be hard – I’ve read the articles, watched the documentaries, heard the stories. It’s daunting and intimidating – but it’s a hell of a lot of fun too! There’s always a catch.
My background’s mainly been in the arts – creative writing, primarily. I’ve played videogames since I was 6; coincidentally the same time where I wrote my first book. I started on the SEGA genesis in the early 90s to the Wii U today. Gaming’s always been in my life and making them has always been a dream of mine.
I was teaching myself BASIC at a young age, excited to make games in the future. I remember writing to the company Apogee about a games pitch at around 8 – I loved the game Hocus Pocus so much and wanted to work with them. I’m not sure if I ever managed to send off that letter.
Fast forward to today – I’m starting up an experimental mix of text and literature based games and experiences – learning Unity and C# along the way.
I’ve nearly completed the first of my VR experiences – Hello How Are You – as well as planning out a little thing for Valentine’s Day and several game ideas that will hopefully blossom throughout the years. My PhD is in Science Fiction Theatre, so it will no doubt flavour the games I make!
This is just a little message for now – I’ll be posting my thoughts on various games as well as upcoming teasers on development and how it’s like to go solo on a daunting RPG quest such as this!
Suzie
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