Great idea for a list! Became a parent of a wonderful little boy last year and haven't gotten much game dev done since then :D But, it's just about to start again, so I'd love to be added 😊
"Are you a mom, or expecting to be one? Do you work in games? Do you wish you knew more gamedev moms? Being a mom in an industry with so few of us can feel incredibly lonely. Let's swap stories..."
Hi there! Can I be included to your starter pack?😊I have a son (9 years old) and right now I try to show him the world of complex games (we are right now on HoMM series and goes well)😎
Writing about games during half-term with my 6YO twins literally under my feet and pulling my home office/games room apart really was a piece of piss… oh… my mistake. The opposite of a piece of piss (and I kinda loved it!).
Our first half term this Oct was a whole new horror for us! He's been in FT nursery so was a shock to have him for the whole week! Fortunately everyone in the studio had a holiday for 3 days so we did too, and the in-laws came to look after him from Manchester! Looking for holiday clubs now!
Oh yes. When I had my son I basically had to put my solo dev project aside for 6 years. It’s only in last few months I was able to actually find time (?!how?!?) to start again. I’m the full time parent and it’s a 24hr a day job. Big love to all the parent devs.
For any parents tight on time/budget, just wanted to share all of my personal compositions are Public Domain and so you are very welcome to use them in your game, no strings attached: https://johnoestmannmusic.com/albums/
Great idea for a list! It's refreshing to know there's others out there also juggling bringing up kids with making games.
I've got a three year old and a six month and one of my driving goals is to make a game timeless enough that they can enjoy it when they're older! Any chance we could be added?
2 days away from the terrible twos, would love to be added before all hell breaks loose in the house and I need to put out an SOS to know how to deal with it.
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I was actually thinking recently about making a game dev parents Discord..
"Are you a mom, or expecting to be one? Do you work in games? Do you wish you knew more gamedev moms? Being a mom in an industry with so few of us can feel incredibly lonely. Let's swap stories..."
https://johnoestmannmusic.com/albums/
I'm a parent of two teens. I don't talk about them often in public though.
13 and 11
I've got a three year old and a six month and one of my driving goals is to make a game timeless enough that they can enjoy it when they're older! Any chance we could be added?