18 year old self taught freelancer

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Hi, I am SulaimanWar(Not my real name obviously)

I was born in Singapore in the year 1998, and played video games while I was still a toddler. I had a lot of good memory as a three year old playing Starcraft and Age of Empires with cheats. My parents bought educational games for children but I rarely play those, choosing to play RTS games instead.

In 2005, my dad bought the original Xbox for the family and that's when my true passion for playing video games begins. I had fond memories from titles like PGR 2, Crimson Skies, Voodoo Vince and Grabbed by the Ghoulies. However, none of these matched my inner flame for games like Halo 2. It's the first game where I would play so passionately almost everyday and just taking in the story.

I didn't discover the internet until a few years later when my dad got his first laptop. I soon discovered Facebook,Google and Youtube. When I was 12 I tried to learn how to use Blender but failed miserably as I do not understand what is being said in the tutorials. It was not until two years later in 2012(I'm 13 at this ime) where I watched a documentary on the making of my favorite childhood game, Halo 2.

Making of Halo 2

This documentary made me curious about the technology and how video games work. This is the start of my journey into video game development.

And I was obsessed over it so much that my teachers would get annoyed because I would bring my laptop to school everyday to learn and work on games

In 2013 I joined a group on Facebook dedicated to Unity

Unity3d Game Developers Group

It was and still is the biggest group on Facebook and I posted my work. People were impressed and that motivated me further. The admin was impressed by my work and after a few months I was promoted to admin at age 16.

2014 was my golden age. It's the first time I was hired to help make game(Unfortunately, none of the projects I worked on were complete. I still get paid though). And it's at this time when I decided that this is it. This is what I want to do with my life.

I continued an abandoned project back in 2013 but never got anywhere. I eventually gave up on it when I came up with my current project.

Now, at age 18, I feel that I am a very seasoned all round developer. I can't wait to show you all more of it. I've come so far to get into this industry and I hope this is my breakthrough and it can never happened without the support of my 3 apprentice, followers, family and friends.

I am always open to any feedback and contact. I hope you can support me by following this project and liking my page on SulaimanWar Productions


Thank you for your time to know a bit more about me and have a nice day

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