@SkilledFella - @Dungeonation

Q: How did you discover Newgrounds?

A: Access to computers at a fairly young age and a fixation on Mario landed me on sites like Scratch as well as Newgrounds! Though I thought Newgrounds worked like Scratch, where you could author Flash content through the website. Got my gears turning creatively, at least. And after that I probably became one of the youngest people to ask for Adobe Flash! Even if no major projects became of that era of my life, kinda cool that a kid took out books at the library to teach themselves ActionScript. I also stuck with Scratch primarily for making things for a VERY long time.

Q: A story behind the name Dungeonation?

A: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon + Funimation (which I never even watched anything on)

Q: How did you get interested in making art?

A: I've always liked doodling little cartoons, but when I saw artwork I liked as a teen I'd get way too envious over it, and try (too hard) to improve without really getting anywhere. Nowadays I feel like I could draw pretty good if I was more consistent and disciplined.

Q: How did you get interested in making games?

A: Video games are a pretty sweet medium, and as soon as I discovered tools for making them (Flash, GameMaker, Adventure Game Studio, RPGMaker, Scratch...I went around the block!), I was having just as much fun making games as I was playing them! Some hobbies just stick hard. Just like back when I started, I still get immense joy from creating when I'm not burnt out. Usually when I'm at my computer I'm makin' stuff rather than playing games.

Q: How did you get interested in making music?

A: I come from a very musical family and one day I just started to get experimental on the piano. Then along came Undertale and, inspired, I made the jump to LMMS, and later FL Studio, slowly developing more and more skill and confidence. My music sounds very video game-y but that's been perfect for what I do, for the most part!

Q: What is a collab for you?

A: Combining your powers with someone to make somethin' even better! I really like directing people in a project, I'm naturally a very casual yet motivated director.

Q: Do you like making content?

A: Oh yeah.

Q: Do you have any experience with Newgrounds?

A: An old IRL friend of mine who also made games told me long ago not to join Newgrounds because of how critical they were of people's work. Granted, this was during the era of harsher reviews on the site, but they also said not to use GameMaker either, and I ended up not listening to either of those things!

Another good NG memory is after I joined and before gettin' more involved in 2020 - meeting my first NG friend, Megacharlie, and collabing together. He's a pretty cool and talented dude! We shared a lot of ambitious energy.

Q: Any advice for people?

A: MAKE STUFF! Find things that brighten your soul's light and incorporate it into your work. Make fanwork, even! Be disciplined, make it fun, and you can learn anything given enough time. Make it, and people and opportunities will come! Don't go chasing fame or social media engagement. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF, as long as it isn't illegal/amoral and harming yourself/others, DO IT!