ever since i was thirteen, the same year i obtained my first personal computer, i've had one purpose, one goal in life; to make video games.

of course, telling people this only lead to them laughing at me, and telling me that it would get me no where in life. in fact, even though i was completely sincere and passionate about it, my own parents encouraged me to find a line of work, "more realistic."

this went on for many years, and so i kept my game development dreams to myself for quite the long time. up until i was seventeen, i had made many games (none which ever were released) but, none of them would be enough to spawn a real career in game development.

this was, until i turned eighteen. that's when i decided that i was sick of hearing people always tell me that what i was doing was pointless, and that i was going to go no where in life. so, i started my journey to start a real game development company.

i had known a few developers, but was only good enough of acquaintances with two of them to ask them about joining my team; but they both believed in the vision i had, and accepted gracefully.

treesun studios was registered in march of 2011, and since then, we've opened our website, and begun planning, and building games.

now, i try to be realistic with myself; and because of this, i know that just trying to make games for the pc in our spare time might turn out to be a large flop, especially because we have no capital, no following, and we're just another group of indie developers.

up until the end of last year, we still really didn't have anything to show, and we still had no money.

but then, something extraordinary happened. a good friend of another treesun developer offered to cover our startup costs and first year expenses if we could produce a game demo that would be financially viable.

so, we got to work.

in all of my years of game development, i have never once felt such an ambition to make games; and, i don't think it was just because there was the possibility of money, but the possibility of my dreams coming true.

so, here we are now, almost a year after starting treesun studios, and in the process of opening an office out west. i find it, so surreal that i have such a great opportunity to do what i love; and i'm very grateful of it. but, i'm struck by a terrible truth.

there are so many great independent game developers out there, who's dreams are just as big as mine, but who may never have the chance to make a career out of it.

so, that's what i want to change.

my vision is that someday, hopefully sooner than later, treesun studios will be able to support game developers who otherwise, would be forced into giving up their dreams to work some white collar job.

what's worse, is for the most part, to be successful in the game industry, you have to go to college, and then find a job in a large entertainment corporation, which in my opinion, is just as bad as white collar work.

so, i started the treesun indie support fund, which would supply game developers with enough capital to work from home and spend their time doing what they love.

and although its capital is minimal at the moment, as we start generating more income, we will be putting a substantial amount into this fund.

i would also like to be a 'publisher' for indie games, to help increase exposure and profits to the developers (we've already begun negotiating agreements with advertisers, insiders, and multiple indie game sites).

i hope that from this, we can encourage game developers to follow their passions, and possibly make a career out of it.

all in all, i want to help fellow game developer's dreams come true.

if it takes one year, or five, this is my vision, and i will do whatever it takes to make it a reality.