Hi! This is a weird journal, or at least tonally inconsistent with what I post here.

If I haven't implied it already, making art isn't my main thing! While I absolutely love to create works of art, my main career goals are as a professional game developer. Right now, it's incredibly difficult to find entry-level positions for most companies, and despite hundreds of applications submitted since I've graduated, I haven't gotten a single interview.

On the off chance someone has connections to other professional developers or a way into the industry, I want to briefly introduce my developer self. I've been making games for almost 9 years as of now, with 4 of those years structured in ways similar to how the professional game industry does it and nearing 6 months of work professionally working remotely on contract positions. I've worked on a variety of team structures, game genres, and game engines; my proficiencies are in Godot, Unity, and Game Maker Studio, but I've also got a programming background in C, C++, C#, Lua, and Java. I even have a game published on Steam! My ideal role would be gameplay programmer or technical designer but I've had to delve into various parts of game programming such as systems programming, physics programming, VFX implementation, and so on. Considering where I'm posting, I can confidently say I have experience working across and communicating with different disciplines, and have some experience alongside that with art and audio direction.

If you're part of a game team and are looking for an experienced, skilled, and varied game programmer, or know somebody who is, please feel free to reach out. I can answer any questions in the comments as well.

Thanks for reading!