Hi, call me Keyiter, I’m from Poland and I work as a full-time Unity developer. Apparently working full-time as a dev is not enough for me as I spend my free time working more. Right now I’m developing Soul Blossom mostly as a passion project. I’m making it solo, publishing as KBeet Games.
Soul Blossom is a hand-drawn 2D puzzle platformer game. You play as a little soul with limited ability to fly. You gather a party of other souls, which can be partially controlled to solve more puzzles. Most of the riddles are centered around blooming flowers of various types to clear blocked passages.
Honestly I don't remember anymore how I came up with the idea for this game! I first started working on it around 4 years ago after playing lots of Portal at the time. It inspired me to try to make a puzzle game myself. I was just starting my gamedev journey back then and wanted to come up with something "simple".
I tried to work on it for a bit when I was working full time, but got burned out quickly. Couldn't find the sweet spot between working on games in my job, working on games in my free time, and doing YouTube videos on top of that. The project was put on hold for 2 or 3 years. I came back to SoulBlossom just recently, around the beginning of 2025. Opening the project made me realize how much I learned in those 4 years. I had to fight the urge to scrap it and rebuild everything all over again.
For the game engine, I’ve chosen Unity as the Soul Blossom was initially created for show off, while I was looking out for a full-time job, and it did it perfectly.
Probably burnout. Finding a sweet spot between working and working is not easy, especially since I can't just take a break from doing it completely, as I do literally the same thing in my regular job.
Don't fall for the same trap as I did - take breaks and don't feel guilty about them! When you take some time off, make sure to use it to its fullest so you can come back stronger the next day, or week, or however much time you might need. Otherwise it will be time wasted - you'll neither rest nor do any progress on your project.
We’re in a game dev because we wanna have fun working and make others have fun. If you won’t have fun making your game - others won’t have fun playing it.
-Keyiter
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