Man.<\/p>\n
I started following Infinite Ammo way back in 2004-2005 or something? Two guys making a \u201cconsole\u201d game straight for Windows and PCs? And the game is called Aquaria and allows you to play a mermaid in a Ecco the Dolphin type of game? I was interested and excited.<\/p>\n
At that time RSS and bookmarks were the only way to connect with someone. Alec seemed amazing. Coder, designer and composer. I didn\u2019t have issues to understand that he was constantly working. You have to when you do those three things well. Which he did.<\/p>\n
I think he \u2013or the folks around him- launched the pajama jam where you jam on your favorite instrument after waking up. I participated.<\/p>\n
I wanted to connect with Alec and those awesome independent game developers because they looked like they were \u201cgetting it\u201d. That is, doing things I would love to do and polish and polish more.<\/p>\n
Making good games. Selling them well. Staying independent. This looked like was I exactly wanted to do.<\/p>\n
Alec never left success, basically. From Aquaria to now \u201312 years\u2013 he seemed destined to always be in the light. Always working on not necessarily the hottest games, but always *good* games or prototypes. It\u2019s pretty hard AF to do.<\/p>\n
We started to follow each other somewhere in 2007 on Twitter. This is where Twitter was amazing and an actual social network. Everyday for the next decade and more, I would read his tweets and he might have read some of mine. <\/p>\n
I could tell sometimes that he had a dark side. But most people do AND he lived in Canada, the country with at least 6 months of winter. So I didn\u2019t see anything wrong. I remember being in the room during an indie game conference \u2013Horizon Conference back in 2014\u2013 where he was showing up Night in the Woods. He was funny. A classic, chill nerd. I briefly exchanged a few words with him in a semi star-struck vibe.<\/p>\n
I was super happy for Alec and his team when Night in the Woods, finally came out to a torrent of accolades and commercial success. It looked like that game could have destroyed everything. 5 hard years of work, Kickstarter and everything, I wasn\u2019t sure this would pan out well. But it did and I guess he did some pretty great work on it.<\/p>\n
This week was insane. I had no doubt he would seek to commit suicide after the news broke out.<\/p>\n
So it\u2019s a mix of Fuck This World, Fuck Him, Thank you for the Games, Why can\u2019t we break abuse loops, Why Video Games Anyway?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just hard. I\u2019m sorry for everyone involved closely with his life. May y\u2019all reach peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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