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I started learning game development a week ago, let's see what happend during this first week: Made some big decisions, like choosing an engine (Gdevelop) and a pixel art tool (Aseprite), so this means that my first games probably will be 2d pixel art games. Later I would like to make 3d games too (probably with Blender and Godot). This week went by FAST... Started with engine and art tutorials, but parallel to that I would like to make some silly little fun things as well, to keep my whimsical side engaded too. Focusing too much tutorials can kill motivation. I also found a bunch of cool sound and music tools (like BeepBox, JSFXR, Omnichord, and Talkmodachi for voice overs) I wanna start creatind with those soon! Had a bit of an existential crisis midweek, when I realised HOW MUCH I NEED TO LEARN to make my solo game. It feels impossible, but I won't give up. I will go step by step, making small incremental progress towards small attainable projects. Started reading the game desing book called "The Art of Game Design" by Jesse Schell. It's one of the best books on game design according to the internet, and after a couple of pages I can say it's engaging and interesting. I bought the cards as well, they are like taro cards. Can't wait to try those too! I read it somwhere that I should start game jamming as soon as possible to feel the true terrors of game development XD And I will do that as soon as possible, but I would like to make a small shitty game first, and when I get that I can start jamming. I also started posting here on bsky my whole journey and I got 4 followers!! Thanks guys!!! Appreciate the early support!!! Let's start the second week, woohoo! #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #aseprite #gdevelop #8bit