My Multiverse: Parallel Lives
Friends say I live across alternate realities:
- By day: AI Club president teaching 20+ members (our school only accept clubs with no more than 25 members) math fundamentals while co-developing AI models for rhythm game chart generation (on-going this year).
- By night: Mad scientist in front of my music composition set, trying to explore new music clips with completely different style from before.
- Weekends: Independent game dev emailing composers worldwide to compose original tracks for Domain Echoing (My rhythm game), and maintaining my 5-year job as a Bilibili uploader with 150+ videos and 2.5M+ views.
Even with all the things I’ve done, I would like to focus on one specific activity and keep doing it in the future. Before I go to college, I want to experience what it’s like to be a professional game developer in all aspects during the summer program. The experience would be complete and real while different from developing a game on my own. My goal is to use this summer program to confirm what my ultimate interest is and what I want to do afterwards.
Execution: Thoughtful Velocity
I’m all about calculated intensity. Before any project, I dissect:
- Feasibility: Is this within my current skill orbit?
- ROI: Time/resources vs. potential impact
- Timeline: Setting milestones
Take Domain Echoing. First, I compared almost every popular mobile rhythm game. Most “innovations” I saw were just remixed templates—mine is an innovative gameplay with trackless 3D note charts. (It’s hard to explain here. You can play it on your own by clicking the link at the bottom.) The same goes for music: I don’t make pop songs or generic electronic music; rather, I aim for the ultimate listening experience!
I would say that all of my operations currently lack professionalism, even if I think they are the best I can do. I’d like to enhance my systematic understanding through a series of courses, not just driven by enthusiasm. Exploring alone will inevitably lead to some detours
Social Support?
Every future goals – game dev, AI training, hardware engineering, etc. – demands deeper knowledge. Beyond that, though, I’d like to meet more people. For example, game development, the people I’m working on game development with right now are people I’ve found online. It’s really hard to find the people with great interest on it, but if I can attend this kind of summer program, I’m sure I can find like-minded people. I’m sure if I can meet this kind of people, we’ll be able to contribute more in the future.