It was a lazy Saturday morning when I first started creating my game. Dressed in pajamas and with a steaming cup of coffee, I learned the basics of GameMaker (the game-making software I am using): how to create code, how to add sprites and make them into interactable objects, and I learned how difficult is really is to create a game from scratch. I had to find pictures, use editing tools to turn them into images that would work as sprites, and add them to the game. After that, I had to turn the sprites into game objects and create code that responded to the player’s actions as they interacted with each object. I spent hours trying to create something as simple as a button, but when I did it was very satisfying to see the progress I had made. With each new idea that I came up with, the game changed significantly, even though some changes were invisible on the surface. For example, instead of having objects load one by one at specific X and Y coordinates, I learned that I could create entire rooms using a much simpler tool and have the game load them as the previous room was completed. Similarly, instead of creating a sprite for every number that would be used in the game, I created sprites of the numbers 0-9, and made each of them the same size. That way, I could create any combination of numbers very easily. Even though it could be frustrating to do troubleshooting, it felt like I was making progress with each new thing I learned.