Story

Everything started with the creation of my first game. I was around 14. I already knew it had to be a 2D game and around that time I've started looking into old-school games. GTA 1 got my attention so I picked it. Lovely times. I honestly think that developing this game I enjoyed the most... from all the games I've ever created. The enormous joy and dedication. Never felt like this again... it's interesting. New projects started following after another.

Until I had got into a dark spot. I was 16 and my parents were forcing me into finding a job. But the idea of working in a fast food was not for me. I made a decision, that my only income will be from game development. We've argued, but luckily, time went by and ...

A new part in my life, that I would call… resurrection, maybe even blessing, came up and with that new opportunity! A small one-time job for my school, creating a VR game for representation of our school. It was paid. First "big money" what lil' Chriss had!

Challenge

Many people in my life call it insignificant, silly and reckless. I I've heard many phrases: "Your games suck.", "You should consider something more... real.", "Ha, making games?! You serious? That’s easy!" and mainly…

"You won't make it.". Cliché.

Was shocked what was hiding behind that smiley face that was "supporting" me, what they really meant by "I'm glad for you". Believe and trust are very precious, I can't express that enough.

What are games?

A game is form of art. Combinations of many art forms, work of many people, form of many experiences. Games are personal, unique understandings of it’s narrative. They can be even a social opportunity, people gather around the experience together and socialize. Often marked as sick and strange. But many gamers who played with each other 10 years ago, are now together.

Behind the experience is precise engineering, knowledge of people and their emotion. This part is really close to movies. Visuals, esthetics, sounds and mechanics are the other significant part. And the last is the programing itself. Not many gamers are interested in the technical part, its completely hidden. Until somebody wants to create content for your game. And that is my part, the programing, the key why everything works, not often appreciated.

And that's me, programmer, my position in the havoc of the game development. Sooner or later I realized how complicated games are and how much I really need a team to work with.

Good luck fellow game developers and engineers, it won't be easy… but trust and believe in your teammates.