Day 1

Hi! My name is Nora and I’m going to create something.

Day 1 is a day of dedication to that goal. I am going to create a video game that helps people. I don’t know the first thing about creating video games but that isn’t going to stop me. There are a lot of things that I don’t know.

Today I created the blog that you’re reading right now. This website didn’t exist 2 hours ago and that’s pretty cool to me. I know that it isn’t exactly “progress” but it is important to me that I am held accountable. There’s still a lot more to do even with this (encryption, deployment, styling). I’m going to take the small win for today.

Enough about today! Let’s talk about the future!

The Future!

There is so much to do! I’m excited but also kind of nervous. We’ll figure it out together. Firstly, let’s review what I do know about making a video game. I’ve been a programmer for much of my adult life. So, I’m not too worried about the programming piece. I know of some engines and 3D modeling programs and I’m leaning towards using Blender and Unity. I vaguely know what a mesh is and I’ve placed a single model in Unity and played with it before. Out of 10, I’m at about a 2 on familiarity with the two. I have never made music before, or worked with anyone to make music. I know nothing about authoring a video game story.

The goal for this week is to wrap up this Blog and get it pushed out. I really want to regularly share my progress. I am still working a full time job though and that will currently come first. The next step will be learning to make models in Blender. Just some simple ones to start. A book. A chair. Maybe even a person if I feel inspired. I’ll make sure to share pictures and things once we get to that.

That’s enough for now. So, stay tuned for more!

-Natant Nora