not the beginning, but a start of sorts

the first dispatch from cult studios

This might be your first visit, but we've been at it for a while - an adventure that began with an offhand comment made during a gaming session and planted a seed (pun intended) that would not rest until it was allowed to grow.

but you don't have any game dev experience...

that's true, and yet it's never stopped me before.

look at my resume and you'll see a logical trajectory of roles that seem to fit a pattern. but it doesn't really speak to my experience. i've always learned by doing - the skills i've honed, the projects i've led, the things i've accomplished, all of it ties back to that mindset.

if i want it done right, i have to do it myself

okay, maybe that isn't always the best way to go about things. it works, but it works the hard way, which sometimes means burnout, and sometimes it just means "this thing i want doesn't exist the way i imagine it, so i guess i'll have to make it" (see the neurospicy workbook for another example of that pattern in action).

anyway, more than a year later, here's where that's landed us: a working farming loop, some basic animations, structures that are still waiting on personality. and this week, we started looking for artists.

stay tuned for more - i hope you'll keep growing with us ♥