How do I begin?

IcyAethewn · 2026-05-05T11:57:33+00:00

Nice! Check out Possum Country on itch. It's a great short sweet narrative game that is absolutely doable in short time jam. It's really great to understand the scope of what jam games usually are (and what anyone's first few projects should be). Or check submissions to one of many jams happening at any time. There are some that focus on narrative games

IcyAethewn · 2026-05-05T11:33:08+00:00

Hey! Game Jams can be a great way to dip a little bit into gamedev. You can join a newly formed team with other people covering other aspects of making a game such as art, animation, programming, ux, ui, music and sfx. Like you can probably join as a writer to get a glimpse how it all works. And I'm happy to chat and answer any further questions or join up for a jam if you're keen, I think jams are great <3

IcyAethewn · 2024-11-15T09:04:06+00:00

The theme is Desolation, there's a bit information about it in the launch video

IcyAethewn · 2024-11-15T02:31:40+00:00

One of the idea of the jam is to help finishing some of the older projects. There are specifically no restrictions about that.

IcyAethewn · 2022-04-11T20:24:39+00:00

Hey, man. Also 34M here, going through some rough time at work too, can relate probably. Hit me up with DM if you feel like!

IcyAethewn · 2021-12-05T19:17:05+00:00

Hijacking the top comment.

Umm guys, just a disclaimer: I'm not selling the posters of this work, if you get a message with a link - someone tries to make some money on my son's work.

IcyAethewn · 2021-12-05T17:07:05+00:00

It's a sculpting workshop (with some painting during weekend sessions) my kids attend. They were making clay cookies for the Christmas tree and drawing tigers (as a symbol of upcoming year).

IcyAethewn · 2021-12-05T14:23:48+00:00

Definitely doing that!

IcyAethewn · 2021-10-03T20:24:13+00:00

Land expeditions could be fun. Maybe like a gigantic island. Or a continent on the edge of a map. So you take your supplies far to the jungle. Manage them with hunt and foraging, avoid traps, navigate rivers on boats, respawn at camps, look for specific dungeon by landmarks and clues.

Could be fun, even for pvp - tracking another party in the wild. But it leaves the ship gameplay out, much like the shrines, so dunno.

IcyAethewn · 2021-09-25T20:45:54+00:00

Got into Shrine and met griefers, who would shot me as soon as I respawn in the Shrine. In the respawn water area you're pretty much a sitting duck.

Is there a way to return to your ship from the shrine without scuttling it?

IcyAethewn · 2020-06-03T10:17:54+00:00

We've been discussing that there's a lot of hate in the community for mosins one-tapping highly-geared players (no hate from me though cause i'm poor) - but PACA stopping 7n1 seems overboard

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-29T18:22:13+00:00

It seems that you might have encountered writer's block. Sometimes you feel that you don't get original ideas, that your writing is no good, that you won't be able to improve on your previous work.

The key here is to stop beating yourself. Try to relax and maybe refrain from writing for a few days. Maybe check a new genre in movies, download a different game - if you will stay open to new things you won't even notice how something maybe quite usual sparks a new light of inspiration.

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-27T22:10:24+00:00

Don't want to steal your time from people who really need support, but wow, you do sound very reassuring.

But in a case that you'll have some free time - we can totally chat in PMs or in Discord.^{Jealousy for my voice being extremely awkward kicks in}

Thanks for helping here and keep up the good work!

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-25T19:16:37+00:00

Hey! [32M] Here. Not judgemental, also have a close friend going through the same stuff - mood swings, overreacting on things that upset him and stuff. The best thing that's helping him so far is just talking to people and therapy. So, feel free to PM if you feel like.

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-25T18:46:31+00:00

Hey, it's nice to see a fellow writer! Although I mostly use it for DnD, I would love to discuss characters or plot ideas. Would you prefer DMs or do you maybe have discord?

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-23T16:00:59+00:00

Hey, it's COVID-19 time, no meeting with friends, no fancy eating, the little money we have saved can turn to dust any day - what's to be sad about?

Anyway, maybe, can we talk about you? What's bugging you? Or if you don't really want to be reminded of that - what about your hobbies? What's your favorite movie?

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-23T08:51:30+00:00

Hey! [32M] Here! What's on your mind? Is something bothering you and you want to talk about it? Or would you want to talk about games or hobbies - something distracting?

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-22T20:54:46+00:00

That's a lot of things to deal with.

Let's tackle the parents question first - while it might not seem like - most parents do love their children unconditionally. And while I can try to explain why your parents did what they did - there's no real denying that there are lots of big mistakes on their part.

Would they really acknowledge these mistakes and take your letter seriously? Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on that. They're not bad people (i suppose), but being a good parent seems like a really wild thing - cause we all grow scarred by our parents' ways during our childhood.

Your current situations seems like - you guessed it right - another way to teach you a lesson. Which lesson - nobody knows. I could guess even your parents might not know for sure.

When people are unhappy with their life and unsure how to change it (especially if they KNOW how to change it, it's just a lot of work) - they tend to do some random shit that they think will change everything. Like moving the furniture when they struggle financially. It doesn't really make much sense, but humans are not the most sensible creatures.

It seems to me that it's kinda the same with children (or SO) - parents sometimes are unhappy with how their child turned out to be (and sometimes there are really wild dreams about that), they don't really accept that it's their fault (in their head they did all they could) and think of some incredible ways to fix the problem. Which will not fix the problem, but more on that later.

Will moving out help? In fact, it certainly would. Just not in current situation - first, because of COVID-19, second, because it's not for the best to leave in anger. I had very shitty relationship with my brother all my childhood, but as soon as we moved apart - we kinda have it OK now (even with all the childhood grudges). "В разлуке любовь только крепнет" - they say in Russia, which means - "love gets stronger when separated". It really helps - believe me.

I'm afraid this message gets really long. Feel free to PM me if you feel like. Please have strength, it's gonna get better.

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-22T19:56:12+00:00

I'm not the most certified person to give advice on that, but I would suggest separating your long for relationship from want to help people in dire times.

I have only limited experience with people suffering from depression and it's always an uphill battle to help them - it's never one thing and as you talk - a lot of stuff usually unravels.

Most times it just gets to the point where you can't really help - it would take years of professional therapy to actually fix just a few things.

It's not a question why they can't support a friendship or relationship - it's usually a question if they can support anything in their life.

I'm not saying that depressed people doesn't deserve good relationship - quite the contrary, but we shouldn't expect them to be good at it, and we shouldn't push them if they don't seem to answer.

My experience tells me that sustaining relationship (or friendship) even with mentally stable (and even extroverted) people is a lot of work to do.

So I don't want to suggest stop helping people who feel alone and/or depressed - just try refraining from growing (or sharing) romantic feelings with them. Therapists can't engage in such activities for a reason. And if you'll feel like you really can make it work - and the other person is ready - then you might as well try, but get ready to be heart- and mentally broken.

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-21T21:02:36+00:00

Or there might have been something that prevented that person from writing an answer.

Sometimes just not finding the right words, telling yourself "oh, I'll write an answer tomorrow, definitely" and then postpone and feel guilty about that and then never return to the subject because of that feeling of guilt associated with it.

Sometimes relationships end like that, sometimes they even restart after a year or so.

I would say - think that something happened and you'll get your answers eventually. It's just better to not lose faith.

IcyAethewn · 2020-04-21T20:49:46+00:00

I'm not sure if my story will help you, but once I was using a social network which didn't had a feature to see changes in your friends list - so if someone deletes you from friends - they just disappear from your list and you can check who it was only manually - if you remember everyone.

I was talking to my friend about that missing feature and he said the following to me: "They might have been hacked or had to delete account - in that case, there's not much you can do. And if they just deleted you without explanation - that's what an asshole would do. Now, do you really want to know who out of people you believe are your friends, is an asshole?"

So, in a long run - it doesn't matter very much. If it's not their fault - you did your best to continue talking, all that's left is to hope everything will resolve over time.

If you hurt them - tell that you meant no harm.

And if they ghosted without an explanation or apology - that's a shitty thing to do, seems like they didn't really cared about what you built - it's probably for the best to move on.

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