{"author_link":"\/users\/emily-pitcher","author_name":"Emily Pitcher","author_uid":"emily-pitcher","comments":[],"epoch":1619762981,"event":"LD48","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":255334,"likes":57,"metadata":{"p_key":"157133","p_author":"Emily Pitcher","p_authorkey":"1214283","p_urlkey":"377380","p_title":"Thank you From a Game Dev Who Never Believed in Herself","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD48","p_time":"1619762981","p_likes":"57","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1214283","us_name":"Emily Pitcher","us_username":"emily-pitcher","event_start":"1619222400","event_key":"109","event_name":"Ludum Dare 48"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":233335,"_trust":3,"author":214283,"body":"I never felt like I was good enough to make games.\n\nBefore I began my game dev journey, this space felt like a pipe dream, one where I faced constant rejection, reminding me that perhaps I wasn't meant to tell stories. Making games did not alleviate that insecurity -- instead, I became obsessed with those more knowledgable and talented than I am. I was never proud of any project I worked on, and I doubted my investment in a creative career. Honestly, I was jealous of all the amazing games made for Ludum Dare, all the developers who could take me to another world, games where I could temporarily forget my worries.\n\nI was nervous coming into this jam, but I told myself I would put my all into this event. I love cozy narrative-driven games, so I set out to make a simple yet heartwarming game, which manifested in [A Taste of the Past](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/a-taste-of-the-past), a cooking game about reconnecting with your mother's culture through food while navigating a train that goes deeper and deeper in time. I stayed up past 5am to finish and submitted with less than 10 minutes to spare.\n\nI wanted to say thank you for the love on my project -- those of you who have shared personal stories about loss and family, those who made playthroughs of my game, those who left a comment, those who played and felt something. Your support has given me hope that I belong in games. My heart is warm because of your constructive and complimentary feedback.\n\nFor those who enjoyed my game, we plan on making a more polished version to release on Steam! You can follow my [Twitter](https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonderingstudio) to keep up with our development process.\n\n![Untitled_Artwork (2).png](\/\/\/raw\/b05\/43\/z\/41bb8.png)","comments":13,"comments-timestamp":"2021-05-03T03:22:11Z","created":"2021-04-30T05:39:34Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":255334,"love":57,"love-timestamp":"2021-05-01T03:42:02Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-05-03T03:22:11Z","name":"Thank you From a Game Dev Who Never Believed in Herself","node-timestamp":"2021-04-30T06:09:41Z","parent":235618,"parents":[1,5,9,233335,235618],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/a-taste-of-the-past\/thank-you-from-a-game-dev-who-never-believed-in-herself","published":"2021-04-30T06:09:41Z","scope":"public","slug":"thank-you-from-a-game-dev-who-never-believed-in-herself","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":784020},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"255334","n_urlkey":"377380","n_parent":"235618","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/a-taste-of-the-past\/thank-you-from-a-game-dev-who-never-believed-in-herself","n_slug":"thank-you-from-a-game-dev-who-ne","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"214283","n_created":"1619761174","n_modified":"1620012131","n_version":"784020","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/a-taste-of-the-past\/thank-you-from-a-game-dev-who-never-believed-in-herself","text":"I never felt like I was good enough to make games.\n\nBefore I began my game dev journey, this space felt like a pipe dream, one where I faced constant rejection, reminding me that perhaps I wasn't meant to tell stories. Making games did not alleviate that insecurity -- instead, I became obsessed with those more knowledgable and talented than I am. I was never proud of any project I worked on, and I doubted my investment in a creative career. Honestly, I was jealous of all the amazing games made for Ludum Dare, all the developers who could take me to another world, games where I could temporarily forget my worries.\n\nI was nervous coming into this jam, but I told myself I would put my all into this event. I love cozy narrative-driven games, so I set out to make a simple yet heartwarming game, which manifested in [A Taste of the Past](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/a-taste-of-the-past), a cooking game about reconnecting with your mother's culture through food while navigating a train that goes deeper and deeper in time. I stayed up past 5am to finish and submitted with less than 10 minutes to spare.\n\nI wanted to say thank you for the love on my project -- those of you who have shared personal stories about loss and family, those who made playthroughs of my game, those who left a comment, those who played and felt something. Your support has given me hope that I belong in games. My heart is warm because of your constructive and complimentary feedback.\n\nFor those who enjoyed my game, we plan on making a more polished version to release on Steam! You can follow my [Twitter](https:\/\/twitter.com\/sonderingstudio) to keep up with our development process.\n\n![Untitled_Artwork (2).png](\/\/\/raw\/b05\/43\/z\/41bb8.png)","title":"Thank you From a Game Dev Who Never Believed in Herself","wayback_source":[]}