Conference and Growing Moral Support Studios
This past week, I spent my time traveling for a Salesforce conference for work. That meant zero code changes to my project.
However, even though it was a Salesforce conference, it got me thinking a lot about my own passions and aspirations—specifically, my long-term goal of owning my own business. The conference was great, but it reminded me that I don’t want my career to be about championing someone else’s products. Someday, I want to champion something I’ve made.
Whether that means starting my own video game business, selling assets to help others make games, or creating something else entirely, I don’t know yet—but I do know that I want to build something of my own.
A Fresh Spark of Motivation
When I got back from traveling, I had another reason to celebrate—one of my best friends graduated from LaunchCode! So, of course, we threw a graduation party for him. Naturally, the two of us ended up talking about our aspirations to someday sell our own software products.
Now that we can work on projects together, I feel reenergized about Moral Support Studios—not just for making video games, but also for SaaS products and other apps that could help improve people’s lives.
Right now, his first project is building me a new website for Moral Support Studios. My homework? Finish a wireframe for him to work from. Once that’s done, we’re going to start working on some small apps together—he’ll be learning C#, and in return, he’s going to help me with unit testing! I can’t wait to have someone to collaborate with again.
Balancing Corrupted Virtues with New Projects
Working on these projects will take some time away from Corrupted Virtues, but I told Nick that the best way for us to quickly increase our productivity is to make LOTS of small things.
My biggest struggle has been trying to make things too big, and that’s just not realistic when we both have families, full-time jobs, and other hobbies outside of coding. That’s why I think it’s crucial for us to participate in Game Jams and Hackathons—quick, focused projects that push us to build and learn fast.
Of course, I’m not giving up on Corrupted Virtues, but I’m excited to work on new projects with my friend as well! When I switch gears, I’ll need to figure out how to keep blogging consistently while making sure my posts don’t feel confusing or jarring as I move between different topics.
Wish us luck!