Kavrynto 

I’ll start from the very beginning. I finally decided to take this path, even though for a long time I didn’t really want to.

So, call me Kavrynto.

My journey will start with Rust Paint and, eventually, end with a proper farewell. But more on that later.

I’m a 3D modeler, and now I also want to learn animation. I’m self-taught, and I want to keep improving by trying things in practice rather than only studying them in theory.

I don’t want to become the kind of asshole who completely ignores their audience. I want to listen to people, read feedback, and take criticism into account. At the same time, I’m not going to abandon my main goals and ideas just because someone disagrees with them.

There will be roughly a seven-day gap between Boosty and itch.io releases. New versions will appear on Boosty first, and around a week later they’ll become publicly available on itch.io.

While playing other people’s games, I kept noticing the same thing: something always feels missing. I think it matters when a developer actually plays their own creation and understands what works, what feels annoying, and why certain things might not be enjoyable for players.

You might be thinking: “A lot of developers say that.”

Maybe. But everyone sees things differently.

I don’t want to just watch from the outside and talk about what could be better. I’d rather try something myself, evaluate it, and then make my own judgment.

That’s exactly what has always bothered me.

There aren’t many projects that genuinely appeal to me. If we step away from game development for a moment, a good example is 2b2t. What fascinated me about that server was the idea behind it: almost no rules.

At a time when most servers were full of restrictions like “cheats are forbidden,” “insults are forbidden,” and countless other rules, 2b2t gave players a completely different level of freedom.

I’m not saying I want to copy that approach literally in everything I make. What I like is the idea of freedom itself that a project doesn’t always have to force people to play exactly the way someone else decided they should.

I’d also be happy to occasionally help newcomers and other beginner developers if I like their idea or if helping them doesn’t take too much of my time.

We’ll see where all of this leads.