Oh good! That's so nice to hear. That makes me feel...really happy.
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As so, as I'm thinking this, I realize that I could be the one to initiate it. Because it would never occur to Coda to start actively soliciting feedback, so what if I did it for him?
So this is June of 2011, and I didn't hear anything from him for several weeks, I guess. Uh, and so out of nowhere one I day I get an email, and it's got a private link to a new game of Coda's.
You run a shop inside your body, selling your organs strategically to make the most money before you die.
Darling, let me tell you something. In your lifetime, you are going to clean a lot of houses. And among all those, a few of them will stick out as truly wonderful, beautiful experiences. And none of them will be the ones that were easy.
Dear Davey, thank you for your interest in my games. I need to ask you not to speak to me anymore.
So just to start you off, this is I think the first game he ever made, it's a level for Counterstrike, you can walk around here by the way, and mostly it's just Coda learning the basics of building a 3D environment.
He was in his own little bubble, sitting at his own computer all day, not really showing his games to anyone, not releasing them onto the internet, and so he didn't have anyone outside of himself to connect with. He had no outlet to ground himself on.
And then you stopped, and I didn't have anything left to show people. And I just had to be with myself. And as soon as that happened there was no feeling at all. Nothing. Less than nothing.
I have seen every thing. I have traveled the world. I have never told anyone
I never want to see again if nothing will ever be that beautiful again. I am crying now and plan on ripping my eyes out. I must go now to do that.
I know it's tempting but there's actually nothing over here. Sorry!
But this is the worse, most desperate thing I've ever been through! How could you possibly forget it?
Sharks are trying to eat you, simultaneously you are trying to eat the sharks
There are too many messages in this area.
I just saw a flying penguin, let me tell you it was the most majestic thing I have ever seen! I don't feel like living because nothing will ever be as majestic as that.
And I don't know why, but he decides he needs to revisit this prison, he's going to start over, use the same assets, turn it into something else. Okay, cool, here's version 2.
And lousy homes make... home-loners!
Some day I will meet the person who made this
A room that's warm, and nice, and filled with little ideas for games.
Never did like cleaning my own home. I might've got some demons I ain't ready to face yet. Oh, speaking of demons, someone's put this couch all in a mess. Would you come out and straighten these pillows here?
What are you doing?? You're deflecting, you're not saying what's actually on your mind. Stop dancing around it and have a conversation with this person. Do it again.
Some day I will meet the person who made this