Author: thewonderingvagabond
Join us on the often messy journey of pursuing a creative dream. All are welcome, but especially anyone who’s ever dreamed of quitting their 9 to 5 to travel full time, swapping their high-paced lifestyle for tending a veggie patch in the countryside, or chasing their artistic dream.
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Tutorial Hell is Real (And I Was Definitely In It)
In late 2022, I started to look into actual game dev and chose the Unity engine. I was sitting doing yet another Unity tutorial, and I…
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How I Accidentally Became a Game Dev (Thanks to Pixel Art)
I’ve always made art. While other kids were playing sport, I locked myself away inside drawing pictures, which turned into watercolors and eventually oil paintings as…
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The Fight Against AI is Real
My partner and I met while we were both volunteering for a project in Nicaragua. It was a small project focused on educating local kids and…
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We Found Paradise and Had to Leave for WiFi
We stood on top of the cliff at Punta Ninfas, gazing out over the endless ocean and taking in the endless sky. There was not a…
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Starting Over: The Livingstone Project
Date unknown – sometime before 20 May 1866 – My name is Tuesday, but that is not my real name. It is the name given to me…
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The Birth of Little Creatures (Part 2)
The idea was simple: write an interactive novel about tiny creatures protecting trees. Building a World on Paper Once I came up with the Wopua concept,…
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The Birth of Little Creatures (Part 1)
The doctors arrived in full white suits. They stood outside our van, clipboards in hand, clearly unsure what to do. They asked us a few questions that…
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Nobody Will Want to Hear This: Why We Decided to Start this Blog
We sat in a circle around a fire, passing the papaya-shaped cup between us. If you’ve never had mate, it’s this bitter green tea-like beverage that Argentinians…
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Stranded in Patagonia: The Lockdown Detour that Started it All
We crossed the border into Argentina on a Sunday. The borders closed on Monday. We’d heard the rumors about a pandemic, but we weren’t that worried.…