Tonight is the last night of 2011! Time flies so fast, not a lot of big changes actually occur in my life but definitely something changed in this year of 2011.
I quit my 4 year job on the year of 2010 and applied for new jobs but finding a job here in our country is especially if the job you are applying is far from you course and previous job experience.
I was hoping to get a job in the gaming or animation industry. I tried applying to an animation company and got hired for an intern but didn't turn out so good so I stopped going at that company. I had to travel 6 hours everyday back and forth. I had to train for them for 3 months and not receive any allowance or anything and after 3 months it's not even sure if I will get hired in regular. So that's the end of it.
I was kind of down for some few months because it was hard to get interviews and hired. You see your friends being hired and still working and parents and relatives asking you why you still don't have a job etc. But even if I was unemployed I wanted to earn money. I wanted to work!My way somehow
I tried my hand at freelancing and surprisingly I was hired to work on a game on facebook and receive monthly assignments. Salary was not that big but it was okay, at least I was earning in some way. Then I explored the net on how to make games. I took a short course in flash but no actionscript was taught to us. I looked on that just pretty much the basic ones for coding(I am not a coder type of person, more of the graphics person but I can code stuff too :D )I have always wanted to create a game and I never had the great programming skills but anyway I looked through the net and learned some actionscript 2 and actionscript3. I was able to earn money through FGL and sell my own game for a really good amount! It's actually a dressup game ^^; anyway even though it was a really simple game. I am glad someone decided to buy what I created!
After months I learned how I can earn through making flash games. I was hired again by a big flash game site and they asked me to make a flash game using their engine. It was a really great site. All the programming was done by them and the story art and animation was all my work. It took me 3 and half months to finish the game for them but the salary was really worth it! It's probably the biggest salary I ever got from working freelance. And this got me inspired :)
Starting from June to December were my most busiest months. There were actually a number of projects I am working with and almost stable salary. So it was really nice to know that you can actually learn to work with what you enjoy. Although the downside is the social life. I am a home buddy kind of person so this was not much of an issue to me. Anyway I learned a lot this year! I hope the coming year of 2012 will open up better opportunities for me.
My friend and sister and I are currently targeting to create a website with our studio name on it with our very own created flash games. I do hope it all works out for all of us! I will post it here when we finish it!
It was a good year and I am very thankful for everything. God always works his ways slowly but surely. Happy New Year to all!
