When I was in High school I was crushing on a girl who was really into video games. Old fashioned Zelda video games to be exact. Myself, knowing absolutely zero

When I was in High school I was crushing on a girl who was really into video games. Old fashioned Zelda video games to be exact. Myself, knowing absolutely zero about game programming took it upon myself to create a 2d game for her in the 3 weeks before Valentine's day. So I crammed all the c# game tutorials I could possibly find until I made a top down game where I character collected hearts that spawned randomly on the screen. It turned out pretty crappy to be honest. It flickered because I didn't have rendering correct and the character teleported because I didn't fully understand smoothing motion using the game time delta. But it got me started on a path which lead me to today. She really liked the game, but in the end we weren't meant to be.