My 6 year old is the creative director. His design document: "mega blast." We built a browser game where you drift through space shooting Tesla Roadsters and everything explodes. He says it needs more explosions. He's always right. astroavocado.com

spent an hour optimizing code so the game runs smoother. Levi's feedback: "dad it's too easy now." I have made it worse

Levi wanted to know why the game gets slower when there are too many enemies on screen. I explained rendering pipelines and draw calls. He said "just make them disappear faster." He's not wrong.

the hardest part of indie dev isn't the code. it's pretending you didn't notice someone played for 47 seconds and left

in our game you shoot Tesla Roadsters out of the sky. so naturally I had to see what the game looks like on a Tesla. my 6yo creative director approved. wants it for real now. no, son.

Me: should the powerup last longer Levi: no dad then it's not special he's 6 and somehow understands game balance better than most design docs

I survived 443s in Astro Avocado 🥑🚀. Play: astroavocado.com/play @AstroAvocadoCom @Astro_Alex

You've survived three waves. You're confident now. Then an avocado pit drops and suddenly you're moving so fast the Chaos Fluffs can't catch you but neither can you stop and oh god the Starship is right there

Levi (age 6) explaining the Chaos Fluffs: "they fly in from the side, electric lightning, and then they fly away SO fast" accurate. verified. no notes. astroavocado.com

The drift physics don't care that you're trying to dodge. You slide past the Tesla Roadster. You slide past the Chaos Fluffs. You slide directly into the Starship. You are now a meteor.

My son asked why the spaceship can't just stop. I explained physics. He said that's boring and made it drift instead. He's not wrong about the physics part.

One random Saturday afternoon. My son's room was a mess. The closet became a portal. Invisible chaos creatures stole socks. So we built a game. 🚀🥑 astroavocado.com