This last year has been a whirlwind of activity for me. After publishing Alphabet Farm for Apple, Google, and Amazon devices, I was approached for a contract job working with a nonprofit organization that named Curious Learning. Since April, I’ve been working with Curious Learning to aid in their goal of researching literacy as well as developing software to aid in teaching children to read all over the world in lots of different languages.
Alphabet Farm hasn’t sold as many units as I hoped it would, but hey! I can buy a few Subway sandwiches with what was earned. In all seriousness, developing a game from start to finish independently taught me so very much! I learned to make particle art, modelling, animating, designing a scene and interactions, scoping a product, voice acting, and sound design. I learned how to optimize for mobile platforms, take feedback from children playing the game into design decisions, and how to publish for each platform.
Overall this journey is what set me up for working for Curious Learning. I’m grateful for the opportunity to reach a larger audience of children. I’ll be updating my progress here and also be using this blog as a place to talk about game design in general and whatever pet projects I might have going on.