CoRecursive: Coding Stories

Story: A Dark Room

Jul 3, 2023

40:42

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How Amir's Passion Can Push You Forward

2min

The Importance of Being Great at Your Job

2min

Ruby: A New Approach to Programming

2min

Ruby and the Future of Web Development

2min

The Creative Side of Programming

2min

The Importance of External Feedback in Open Source

2min

Amir's Dark Room

3min

How Amir Built a Game for iOS

2min

10.

The Value of Playing Your Game

2min

11.

The Importance of Communicating Expectations

2min

12.

The Importance of Feedback

2min

13.

The Blind's Guide to Accessibility

4min

14.

The Dark Room: The Best Selling Game No One Can Explain

2min

15.

The Power of Creativity

3min

16.

The Problem With Maintaining Games on Different Platforms

2min

17.

Dragon Ruby: A Fast Ruby Runtime for Small Game Devs

2min

18.

Dragon Ruby: A Proto Game Developer's Guide to Making Money

3min

19.

Amir Rajan and a Dark Room

2min

Have you ever been frustrated with your job? Maybe not burnt out, but getting close to there? You used to love what you did, and it felt so creative and empowering, but then it starts to feel a bit more cookie cutter.

Have you ever been frustrated with your whole life? The daily grind has taken what you love and it just doesn't feel the same anymore. Some of the magic just has slowly faded away. You don't know when it started, but it did.

Today's guest is Amir Rajan. He's hard to describe. Is he a developer? Yes. An artist who sold everything that he owned for indie game development. Yes. The subject of a New Yorker profile? Yes, all of that. And also, somebody who got frustrated with his life and left everything behind.