#unclebladey

I'm going to try and write this in the least sappy, pandering way possible. I don't think it's going to make a difference.

Ever since I was 11 years old I've been dead set on making games when I realized somebody had to MAKE Ocarina of Time. It didn't just pop into existence. Someone /made/ that. At that point I assumed making a game was as simple as making the art and music and putting it in a program(That's not... quite how it works). Eventually I got this huge book on creating games and I realized this was going to be a lot harder than I first thought. Somehow that made me even more determined.

The next few years were spent playing AE games and trying to figure out how those games were actually made. Eventually through stubbornness and some luck I started working with the company, and now 3-4 years later here I am.

And I'm still not where I want to be in life by a long shot. Not yet. But I think I'm on the right path. And I'm incredibly thankful to even /be/ on that path. I'm thankful for the constant pour of kindness, support, and criticism from the people who decided I was okay enough to follow on Twitter, or Facebook, Tumblr, or in real life hiding in my closet waiting for the best moment to slice my jugular with a rusted scrap of metal. Yes, I know you're in there. You're not fooling anybody.

All I've ever wanted, for as long as I could remember was to entertain people. I was never very popular in school so making somebody laugh, or telling a scary story and having 3 people intently listen was just the best feeling in the world. And now I get that feeling every week when someone says they got my new weapon in a game, or that they couldn't wait to brutally murder a monster I made(That’s a compliment!). I'm not where I wish I was in life yet. But I think I'm on the right path. Even if I'm just huddled on the ground wheezing at the very first rest stop of that path. Crying, just a little.

So as cheesy, sappy, clichéd, and expected of me to say, I'm thankful for you guys.

And Dark Souls.