I've been in Tokyo for about seven months now, and I still haven't quite figured out how to explain what my life looks like to people back home.
I work nights – US hours, network security. The kind of job where "exciting" usually means something has gone wrong for someone. I live in a quiet corner of Shibuya Ward, in an apartment that is slowly, deliberately, becoming mine. I take long walks at night when the city gets still. I collect eki stamps, goshuin, train figurines, and as much Slayers merchandise as I can get my hands on. I am learning Japanese one kanji at a time, and I regularly embarrass myself trying to use it at the nearby konbini.
Somewhere in the middle of all that, I started making a game.
This blog is for documented all of that. The game, the learning, the slow process of building something from nothing in a language I'm still learning (GDScript, not Japanese, though both apply). If you're here for Godot content, welcome. If you ended up here because you were curious about what my life in Tokyo looks like, also welcome.
The game is called Nori Tetsu! She's a crocodile and she loves trains. I'll tell you more about her soon.