The Beginning

Hi, I’m Kaden (better known online as exoplanetary). I’m a recent college graduate and a hobbyist game developer. I’m also attempting to get a job in the gamedev industry.

In this post, I wanted to talk about what the purpose of this blog is, what you can expect to see here, etc.

The main thing you’ll see on this website is a bunch of devlogs. I’m planning on making several games/demos over the summer. I’ll try and get a post out every week or so about what I’ve been working on.

I’m doing this summer game development project for a couple of reasons. First, I’d like to have some more stuff to add to my portfolio. Additionally, I want to bolster my skillset a bit (e.g. learning Unreal Engine or something). But on top of all that, I’m also trying to prove to myself that I can actually finish games. The vast majority of my game development output over the past couple of years consists of demos that I either scrapped or put on indefinite hiatus. I want to actually finish and release some stuff.

On top of the devlogs, I’ll also occasionally make posts about things that are interesting to me. These will usually be related to game design, but you might also occasionally see some posts about things I’ve built in games I play. These posts won’t be as frequent or regular as the devlogs, but they’ll be a nice extra for anyone who wants to hear my thoughts on things in the gaming world.

Don’t really have much else to say in this post so I’ll end it off here. Thanks for reading, you can expect to see my first devlog sometime this next week.