So for a while now I have been consumed by a single idea:

“If I could actually stick to one thing for 365 days, could I achieve the success I hoped for?”

Instead of getting distracted. Instead of giving up. Instead of deciding that I actually ‘want‘ to do something completely different – I stuck to it, I was consistent and at the end, maybe, just maybe, I got somewhere close to that dream that inspired me.

Imagine that! Me, the serial quitter, the person with a new idea/dream every week. Imagine that I was actually able to see something through until the end.

Well, if this at all resonates with you? Maybe this project might just be something you’d be interested in?

Who Am I?

My name is Darrell, I’m 33 and live in the UK with my wife and 19-month old daughter. At the beginning of this year, I quit my job as an insect scientist with no plan, so I figure out what I want to do with my life? 6-months later and with our life savings severely diminished, I am still working on that… but I’ve learned a lot along the way.

For the longest time have been obsessed with productivity and accelerated learning. Devouring books, articles, and videos concerning the subjects. But importantly, and probably because of my background in science, I believe that application and experimentation is the only way to test whether or not those ideas work.

This is why I am taking on this project. I want to know if I can leverage all the tips, tricks hacks, systems, mindsets, and principles I have learned, to see if they can actually help fulfill a dream I have had since I was a boy. To make my own video games.

I have no idea if I will pull it off….

There are going to be ups and downs, failures and successes but most importantly there are going to be a lot of lessons learned. Lessons that I hope others can learn from.

Feel free to follow along on my blog, or over on my Youtube channel where I will be updating you on my progress every week.

So here goes…

This is Game Dev in 1 year!
{starting July 1st 2021}