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Where shall we begin?

I could tell you all about my childhood love for stories, games, music, books, theatre, and animation, and I probably will in another post or two, but why not begin with right now, instead?

Right now, it's early afternoon and 100+ degrees outside where I am in the world, so I'm sitting in the bed under the fan.

I'm a few weeks into recovery after a horrifying and unexpected 6-month-long ordeal navigating displacement. I lost parts of me along the way, and naturally, I'm still finding others.

black coffee, brown sugar, fresh grief, ripe joy, breath in my lungs, and the freedom to bring my fingertips to this keyboard to write words to you?

unimaginably brilliant.

I'm making a game.

I've been sharing bits and pieces of my character designs over on socials, but there's nothing quite like being in my own digital homespace, so I'm sharing the goods here too.

I don't know what this short-form written space will become, but it feels like a sweet spot to begin and see where things flow as I bring more organization to all of the material I've created and gathered up to this point.

Enjoy some character sprites with no details because I'm out of energy:

I'm using Ren'py for my game engine, VS Code on my 2019 macbook pro, and until I upgrade my tech, I'll be crafting all my game assets using Sketchbook on my iPhone 14.

whew - ok, see ya in the next one.