Hello! My name is Alla, and I am happy to share my story! I am from Russia and apologize for using Google translator sometimes
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I have a family - husband, son and daughter. From early childhood our son likes to make different games, and for the last 10 years (or more) he has been professionally engaged in gamedev. That is, at this point, I hope you have already roughly estimated my age
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And at last two years, my son insistently advise me to start making games too. At first it was perceived as a joke, because I am not a gamer and I can’t even imagine how the games are made. But he, turned out, to be very persistent and downloaded the Game Maker into my computer. I was pleased (all parents will understand)
. I read, and reported that I understood nothing !
Then he recommended to make a simply moving ball, which would bounce off the walls and shared several links of video tutorials. And I did it !!! Indescribable feelings !! Including understanding that, F!, but everything is possible !!! And the son advised to begin to understand further with the creation of a platformer.
And, it turned out, that I can create a character (with graphics from free sites) and it’s moves, but I do not know how to create situations for him, i.e. levels, and having been lured with it, threw this task to my husband
and (to my surprise) his imagination extends to this! That is, even here we complement each other!
So, at first, he painted on a piece of paper,
and I transferred it to the Game Maker. Like this –
Then he learned how to manipulate tiles and objects and everything became faster! Our daughter became our game-tester
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And under the guidance of our chef, in February 2019 we released on Steam our first game - a platformer- puzzle about a caterpillar going to be transformed into a butterfly.
Inspired by success, we created a sequel.
Then two physical games – puzzles Bomb_Bowling and Bomb_Bowling_2
And now we are working on the fifth game- "Smart Moves" . It is a puzzle with a strong roguelike feel.
This is a new challenge for us because complexity is increasing!
Conclusions - 1) It's never too late to start something new!
2) All you need is love! Including children and parents!
3) Even after 35 years of dating, you can find a new reason for surprise in a person! 
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