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Mr. Lucha

@luchalutra.bsky.social

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Indie Dev, looking to share my craft, and connect with other devs and folks who love the medium of video games! The guy your lemon drink warned you about. Profile art commission done by @teoft.bsky.social Banner art commission done by @zeroand09.com

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Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · Apr 3

VERY IMPORTANT LIFE UPDATE. Good news I promise! I have attached the full explanation as attachments (alt text friendly). But here's the gist:

-I put in my two weeks
-I will now have more time to work on my project(s)
-I am ready for work in the industry
-If you know of any work, paid/unpaid, lmk!

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Update:

I figured this would be an easier way to say everything at once, instead of making a massive bluesky comment chain. I have some big news to share.
As many know, I have been doing my indie dev work when I could after my full-time job work shifts (so basically the late hours of the weekdays). and it was taking up a lot of my mental bandwidth to do. Part of the problem is that the job I had was completely divorced from anything dev related. So, to compensate, I had to take it upon myself to teach myself literally everything when I could. It was tough, but I was making do.

However, as time went on, it became apparent that if I kept going at the route I had been on, it was never going to be an easy jumping off point to start considering work in game dev, be it directly related or an offshoot of it. To put this in perspective, I graduated April 1st of last year with my bachelors, and it’s April 1st now, again. A whole year, and I had told myself I would have been actively seeking work a few months after graduation.

Quite a wake-up call to realize that. All this to say, as of last night I made a very important decision: It was time to rip the band aid off and throw in my two weeks. That’s right: In two weeks, I will be officially on the hunt for work myself.

It’s admittedly a bit scary. I don’t feel like I am ready, but in reality, I don’t feel like I ever “would” be ready. So, with that news, I want to give everyone an update on what this means:

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As far as indie dev goes: I will be able to pour a LOT more time into learning what I need to make my first game. This is not going to change. It was ultimately the most important part for me when I was making this consideration. I am in my late 30’s, and this learning stuff is getting more tough as the years go on. I just need more time, and this is one of the best ways to get that. Work on my game(s) is not going to slow or stop: It’s going to increase.

As far as work goes: It’s going to be incredibly important for me to find work in something game dev related. There are a couple of reasons for this. One being, building up valuable and much needed experience so I can start capitalizing on my time spent, and start building up a much stronger foundation to make things a lot easier on me. This is probably going to be more on the coding/programming side of things, or something of that nature. Or a job related to it.

As far as bluesky goes: Nothing changes, you’re stuck with me lol. If anything, I would be more active, but I am not going anywhere.

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How you can help: I will be jobless, but I will be fine for a while, but of course the sooner I find work, the better! If you happen to know of any work, be it paid, or unpaid, please just keep me in mind and toss it my way! I am not picky. I don’t have a specialty, but I do tend to do better with coding/programming stuff where I have the most experience in. I am also an Unreal Engine dev, and I do not use Godot or Unity. The sooner I dive into the industry, the better. Otherwise? I am going to be working on my own stuff in the meantime!

That should just about cover everything. But, I really want to make sure everyone is on the loop, and I know long papers like these usually mean bad things. It’s not: Just traditionally long winded me spouting off some updates and happenings.

That’s all, I will see ya’ll on bluesky. Very excited for the future!

-Lucha

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 46m

I didn't know you made one for publishers too, that's awesome!

and thanks btw! This stuff helps out a great deal. I know I have used these to find follows that I otherwise would have scraped for.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

I've really been digging the casual dress series so far!

(I mean, it's less so a series, but I hope you get what I mean).

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

I am so bad at discord. I really would do well with that, but I just can't manage too many at once. Bluesky helps me with the short form much easier, and easier to keep track of convos.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

Yesn't:

A meme where one of the people is saying "he's probably thinking about his game project" and the other is saying "Tom Hardy really should star in a movie called "Foolhardy" where he plays a court jester that is testing the limits of his role as a court jester". It's the meme of the couple laying in the bed.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

Hound nose helm's let's fuckin gooooo

(pssst, you should totally do a Sallet next, the best of all helms)

I am not biased and you have no proof.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

pickerwheel.com
Basically, exactly what the tin describes. You are going live now, so this won't be the best use of time at the moment to play around with probably, but in the future, it's definitely an option.

Anyways, I won't be able to attend the stream att, but I wish you the best! Have fun!

Picker Wheel - Spin the Wheel to Decide a Random Choice

Picker Wheel is a wheel spinner for a random picker. Various functions & customization. Enter choices or names, spin the wheel to decide a random result.

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Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

Hi Emily, if you are still curious on the best path forward, some streamers I have watched in the past used websites that allowed you to make a wheel of the games. I will try to get you a link really quick.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

Dracula totally would say this.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

and that's basically the long and short of it, in terms of how I see it. :P

Sorry for the novels! But I wanted to cover all bases.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

It will "always" be worth it to me to talk to people, from all walks of life, in a structure that allows for open communication.

That's even how I met you! How I meet everyone, really lol. Humans are awesome, but you can't know people if you never speak out or make the first step.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

I can only really do that by just being myself and talking to people organically when the mood strikes. Because that's a key factor to me. I see this platform no different than any other social outing. I am not naturally an extrovert, and ironically am more introverted, but here I can reach people.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly. Like I would much rather have reached out to the right person, the right time, who was feeling alone, who never gets engagement or ever getting to talk to someone...

...among the reality of possibly irritating someone with a massive following thinking I am just trying to force engagement.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

and even that's not completely true, because it's not purely proving to others, it's proving to myself too.

It's a whole mess of things. I think you did a great job explaining it with precision.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

I don't even want it to be good at this point. I don't even know what I want other than the fact I have a project that is complete and to prove to others that yes, among all the shit posts, memes, anecdotes, and shares, I "was" worth following along with, because I did the thing.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 1h

Whenever the first game comes out, it will by on its own accord be its very own miracle. The truth is, my game dev journey and boat has been taking in water the moment I kicked off from the shore, and I am just doing the best I can with what I have, which is currently nothing.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

Checks out on my end. I am doing all this in my mid to late 30's, coming from a background of zero artistic merit or talent (aside from experiences in writing), and trying to manifest this all from nothing super late in the game. I am inundated with mental health issues among other responsibilities.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

The off chance I ever do come off as being a bother, and they either A) never tell me or B) DO tell me, then that's an easy course correction, but I would be remiss if I didn't put my effort out there for others in the off chance of putting people off with me talking to them. If that makes sense?

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

because the reality is, people do come on here, and wish to engage. That's just normal human conditioning. Maybe not "everyone" but enough. Otherwise, why bother at all? So for the majority, I do this. I try to give people a dialogue, or talk at length, because to me that's a value-

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

Oh I still deal with anxiety, for a lot of reasons in how I approach and interact with people. I STILL think I pester the hell out of people when I drop by and reply to stuff. I don't think I will ever shake that, but my approach has changed to fearing it, to accepting the off chance that I do-

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

This is my favorite thing I have seen today. Thank you. Awesome concept!

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

But let's be real, they wouldn't be on Fox if they weren't cowardly weak minded parasites, so this is just par the course.

and it's all a "joke" when you put their feet to the fire, for literally the same reasons: Cowardice and inability to handle any kind of heat for their actions.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

If I had to guess, it's because blue is considered an "unnatural" color, so it's coded language to dehumanize people without being brazen enough to just come right out and say it. Which is ironic, because it isn't like they couldn't. They have the lion share of depravity and deplorable behavior atm

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

But on topic, I am sorry others have dragged you down with their stuff. That's always a bummer and try as we might to combat it, they still get through. If any's consolation, I hope you do have a great day despite everything, if nothing else, to spite those who would bring you down.

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

Unrelated, and I am sorry you are in a terrible mood, but your display picture, I have seen that face burned into my deepest psyche cause I play PBS exclusively for my cats and they always get excited when it shows that character (and daniel tiger, CAN'T IMAGINE WHY).

Mr. Lucha @luchalutra.bsky.social · 2h

Damn dude. You can't catch a break. I am sorry.