OG Astroneer
Madly in love
Artist, flâneur
Co-founder @ses_dev
Director @astroneergame
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I started Astroneer as a personal art project 5 years ago this week. It was going to be this small thing I'd do and probably post on Twitter. A lot has happened in those 5 years. This'll be as thread, no doubt.pic.twitter.com/j0jAyDw2e0
System Era started with 4 people. We formed the company and on evenings and weekends for the better part of 18 months built a demo of this low poly game we wanted to make that featured some crafty voxel deformation. First deformation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSuoKNTP6jQ …
We launched the game with 6 people on Dec 16, 2016. I remember, flying in to Seattle the night before, feeling like if we sold 20k units over the weekend I'd be happy. I woke up 7 hours after launching to 21k units sold. We couldn't believe it.
I was so excited I hugged Paul (in nothing but pajama pants and no shirt!) and then proceeded to do Steven Seagal axe-kicks all over his apartment I was so happy.
We grew the company to 7, 8... A few months after launch, 2 of the original members of the team left System Era. One went to pursue new passions in life and Paul, my best friend and whom started System Era with me originally, died tragically.pic.twitter.com/d42ScuYSQ8
At one time we, as a team, were handling: a growing company, the loss of a friend and founding member, new team mates joining the team, new family members (Brendan had a baby right at launch!), moving offices, and, at that time, about 200k people playing our live, buggy pre-alpha
And if I haven't mentioned it yet, I wasn't living in Seattle during any of this. I was in Toronto, working from the basement of my house. Trying to help run a company and direct a game remotely is a hell of a thing.pic.twitter.com/1StPPkNhrG
(My family and I eventually moved to Seattle from Toronto, Canada and have been here now for nearly a year. I still remember the moment our things arrived and how that lifted so much pressure off of us, as a family, to just begin to settle in.)pic.twitter.com/JiqdKxaWD1
A year later, and, we are now at about 17 people. And we're still growing! So much so we're moving to a new office with 2.5x the space. It's probably expected of me to say this, but I fucking mean it: Our team is incredible and I am thankful for every day I get to work with them.
And if you're off to PAX 2018, you're going to see our best work in the new planet we're showing off and all the improvements our new Planet technology brings to the game. Holler at me if you're in town and would like to check it out, I'd love to show you.pic.twitter.com/qDAXlGw6ox
I am extremely happy that it turned out this way man, I believe in you guys and hope for the best future possible. I might not have put in a thousand hours, but I care deeply about Astroneer just as if.
If I had one request as a fan: Be bold, never hold back. With Love 
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