Next Steps

Well! I graduated!

Growing up, I was told that the pipeline to becoming an “adult” goes like this:

School -> College -> Job

The thing is, the job market is not doing so well right now. The creative industry is probably in an even worse condition! Despite my efforts and endless applications during the months leading up to graduation, I was not able to secure a job right after college. That’s okay though!

It just means I have to pave my own way, and I am not surprised, I think creative careers involve a lot of self-advocacy and individual pacing. I’m writing this post as a promise to myself and whoever else is in my position — or interested in hearing about games — that I will keep consistent with this blog. This summer, in addition to applying to jobs, I want to get into the habit of existing more in online spaces and in relevant game and creator communities. Alongside posting consistently on my social media accounts, I want to have a blog where I review games I’ve been meaning to play. In addition to reviews, I want to do level design/game design studies on some games too! Maybe I will even write some progress posts on game projects I am working on as well…

So expect those things from me soon! I’m also hoping to start making videos soon as well.

In the meantime, you can see what I’m up to on other social medias:

Twitter: https://x.com/calamanshark

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calamanshark/?hl=en

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/calamanshark.bsky.social

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@calamanshark

See you in my next post!

-Wilby