Hi Everyone!

I'm new to game development, but I decided to join itch.io about a month ago and joined my first game jam, March of the Wizards 2k19! I did so with the intention to make (read: finish) a game and put it up for other people to see and play.  Art and Writing are my main skills, but I'm a novice programmer, so I wanted to push myself to learn GDScript and Godot.

The game I made for that game jam is called Mage Arcade, a short interactive fiction where you search an abandoned arcade for your missing friend, The Mage! I attached a detailed devlog to the game page, but, in short, I realized halfway through the two-week game jam, I needed to cut down on features and reduce my game's scope dramatically. The game went from dungeon crawler, to Sokoban, to an interactive fiction, made mostly of sprites and buttons to forward the story.  And I'm happy with how it turned out, so give it a shot if you have a few mins to spare!

Regarding GDC, I've known about it for years as I've been following the industry for quite some time, not as a developer, but as a player. While I don't think GDC is required by any means, I would like to attend at some point just to see what it's like. Additionally, I feel like it's something I'd really need to plan for, perhaps starting now for 2020! So who knows? Maybe I'll be there next year!!

Thanks for hearing me out and I look forward to being a part of and growing with this community. 

All the best,

Alan