Hi everybody. I am a full-time software engineer in the automation industry. I have recently published my first game on itch.io, Gordon City, and encourage you to check it out.
A while back I started teaching myself game programming as a way to merge my passions of programming and playing/composing music.
I know people say you shouldn't develop your own engine, but that was always part of the appeal for me as I love math and physics. The reality is that game programming was always meant to be for personal development. The rule I initially set for myself was whenever I had the urge to play video games, I'd program them instead. This actually worked out pretty well!
Eventually I started working with the drawings of my fellow contributor Mark and that became Gordon City. The feedback we've got from friends has been positive so we decided to publish. I'm not sure I expect a huge number of organic views/plays as it seems pretty easy to get lost in the mix on this site. But for now, I am happy to fly under the radar as I get acclimated to the online world of indie game dev.
I would welcome any questions, comments and/or constructive feedback. I also would be happy to discuss my career experience in automation, as that itself has been quite the trip.
Thanks for reading!
Donny