I cried writing this but, I think it’s time.
I’M LEAVING MAKECODE. And the forum.
I may drop a reply or two every now and then, but it’s official. I had a blast making games, chatting, competing, but there’s only so much a high schooler can take. Ever since I started coding in 6th grade, my mood has been shifting. In elementary school, I used to be the happy, positive guy that always gave off a cheerful aura. Now my mental health and self-esteem aren’t doing well, and I’m 50% sure I have Depression, even though I haven’t been checked out yet. The stress of school, fitting in, and my future hit me hard, and now I’m “the guy who sits alone doing stuff on his computer”.
I always had a passion for entertaining people. Thus, I fell in love with game development. I always pushed myself with MakeCode to make GIANT PROJECTS like Pixel Smash, Mono, Cybershift, and other stuff to entertain the people. Then I’d post the games here. It would always make me smile seeing how many good things people were saying about my game, as well as things I could do better. Now, I feel overshadowed by “Post your games here” topics, random replies, and random & pointless arguments breaking out in EVERY. DANG. TOPIC. like this:
and games made with ZERO EFFORT. I feel like I’m one of the ONLY REMAINING PEOPLE who make CONSISTENT HIGH-QUALITY games on this site. @Taser summed up how I feel perfectly here:
I simply CANNOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE. This place used to be so fun to be on! Now every time I log in, I WANT TO SCREAM. SO BADLY. EVEN IF I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS. I tried. SO HARD. TO TRY TO BALANCE THIS PLACE BY MAKING COLLABORATION GAMES SO ADVANCED THEY CRASH THE EDITOR. B
but now I know…One person alone can’t save this entire site.
You may be wondering: “What’s going to happen to PIXEL SMASH?”…The truth is…I don’t completely know. I’m still going to mess around in the editor & make smaller projects & check on the forum from time to time so I MIGHT update Pixel Smash? I don’t know. All I know is, I can’t just abandon the largest topic on this site.
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I…also have something I want to get off my chest…
I…@PixelDoodle… Joined Underaged. I was 12. (Which explains why I’ve been here for 2 years and I’m only 14.) I even posted a few games. I just…Didn’t know that I had to be over 13 Until a few months AFTER I made my account. I just…laid low. Nobody noticed. I am very sorry @moderators. I hope you all can forgive me.
Well…goodbye everybody…@PixelDoodle…Out.