The name JohnDoeNews is now mostly known for me as a game developer in the RPG Maker community. However, this name was chosen long before I even thought game development would be something I'd ever try.
This was meant to be my personal website. I used it to share poems, stories, and drawings, and to just write what was on my mind.
Then I got into game development, and it turned out an addiction that overshadowed all my other creative interests. Writing, drawing, dancing... They didn't appeal to me as much as game development did, not anymore. Okay, truth be told, dancing never really appealed to me, unless we're talking about dancing in a club with booze and women. But even that stopped before I became hooked on development. I even stopped playing games, to create games
So, everything I created since then was game-related. But I still published everything under the same name as before. It took a few years before I even removed my old stories, drawings, and poems from my website, to make it exclusively for talking about my games.
By now, the name JohnDoeNews was far more known in the game development community than it ever was anywhere else. I mean, have you ever heard of JohnDoeNews the poet? I guess not, unless you're my mother. In which case: Hi, Mom!
So, that name always bothered me. After all those years, I finally did something about it: I bought www.johndoegames.nl.
On JohnDoeGames.nl, you'll find my games, each with a dedicated page. The HTML games can be played directly on the website. You don't need to download anything. The games are free, and there are no ads.
I can hear you think: "No ads? Free games? Yeah, right! How is he making money?" And you are right to be suspicious. But I honestly don't make any money with those games. I have a full-time job that has nothing to do with games or computers. This is just a hobby.
I do hope to sell some complete games in the future, and I already sell some plugins created for RPG Maker MV, but it doesn't seem like I can quit my day job anytime soon.
So, check out the new and improved website. You can just click "Games" in the top bar to get there, and click "News" to come back to my personal website. Because I'm not getting rid of JohnDoeNews; I'm just bringing back its original purpose: to update about all my creative projects, including, but not limited to, my games.
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