Hey everyone!
My screen name is Sofaspartan. I’m a graphic designer by trade, but over the past year I’ve been teaching myself GameMaker GML to see if I could turn one of my lifelong creative dreams into reality — making my own retro platformer.
I don’t come from a programming background, so a lot of this has been learning by doing: experimenting, breaking things, fixing them, and asking plenty of questions along the way. Bit by bit (pun intended!), I’ve been building BitJump, which has grown from a small art test into a fully playable prototype. It’s been a super fun way to learn the logic side of game development while bringing together my love for design, animation, and nostalgic platformers.