KIDDING! Success is having people enjoy the game I carefully coded at 3am while questioning my life choices. It's that beautiful moment when a stranger on the internet plays my game and actually has a good time.
It's knowing that my project connected with someone, made them feel something, or at least made them forget about their problems for a little while. That's the good stuff right there. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
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How do you deal with burnout? #Devruary
Honestly? I just... step away. Stop coding. 
The irony is that as a game dev, I rarely have time to actually PLAY games anymore. So when burnout hits, I try to play games that are nothing like what I'm developing.
What advice would you give a new dev? #Devruary START. SMALL.
I'm talking Flappy Bird, Brick Breaker, Pong level small.
Trying to make GTA 20 as your first project? That's a one-way ticket to burnout town. Walk before you run. 
What feature almost broke your game? #Devruary Hack'n'slash combat system. College project. Peak overconfidence meets peak inexperience.
The feature died so the game could live (barely). Lesson learned: scope management is a SKILL.
#GJAsks Hide and Shriek deserves SO much more attention! I'm not the type to play multiplayer games, but GOD I can't stress enough how much fun I had playing this game. The concept and the gameplay itself are so simple, but they work SO. FREAKING. WELL.
What’s the biggest dev mistake you’ve made? #Devruary Not leaving doomed projects sooner, skipping version control early on, and... GetComponent() in Update(). 
I wasn't born a coding genius, okay?? And I guess we've all been there, right?? ...RIGHT?? 
#Devruary What engine are you using in your current game? Unity! It has been my go-to tool for years now. It gets the job done and I know my way around it pretty well. But if Godot keeps walking by with that big open-source energy... 👀
Which game dev inspires you most? #Devruary
Scott Cawthon. The man took a simple mechanic and iconic characters and created a CULTURAL PHENOMENON.
Don't agree with everything he stands for, but his creativity as a dev is undeniable. 
What lesson did dev teach you the hard way? #Devruary Expect the unexpected.
That "quick fix" will take 5 hours. That "simple feature"? A week. An engine update? Congrats, something broke. Always expect chaos. Plan for chaos. Embrace chaos. 
What's your favorite game that does a lot with a simple idea? #GJAsks Say No! More! The game is literally just pressing one button to yell "NO!" at your coworkers, and somehow that's one of the most cathartic and hilarious experiences I've ever had!
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