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Global Game Jam 2010: My Experience

Posted on Jan. 16, 2018

I've always wanted to be a game programmer. I will directly attribute my skills (and blind spots) on coding to my early attempts at making a game engine.

Too bad I've never made an entire game. Its always demos and proof of concepts for my engine. That changed when I joined the Global Game Jam on 2010.

Global Game Jam (GGJ)

I was an admin for the Manila Chapter of IGDA (International Game Developers Association) during 2009 - 2011, and we were coming up of ways to promote the local game industry. One of the admins …

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Categories: Global Game Jam

Self improvement

Posted on Jan. 6, 2018

2018 goal

For 2018, I've decided to do more writing. Let's see how long this will last.

Self improvement

I am a big fan of always improving. Its satisfying to me to look back and say, I did not know this before, but now I know; and knowing is half the battle.

Bruce Lee flowchart to self improvement

I relate to this motivational poster and want to do more of this.

In previous years, I used an excuse that I have too many things to do and not enough time. So on 2018, I'll also be experimenting with "a …

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Categories: Essays