Tightening up our headphones
When I was two I drove my mother crazy drawing all over the walls with
whatever I could find. My mother was hoping to get revenge when I had
my first child. She'd often call me to remind me of what a terror I was
(always with a hint of pride in her voice), that she couldn't leave a
single pen or pencil unaccounted for and that I should watch Tristjan
like a hawk. He never did get into my drawing tools. But then I had
twins girls. And Mom got her revenge.
I always thought I'd be an artist when I grew up, as did all my school
mates. But I choose Interior Design, ultimately directed to this field
because of my High School aptitude tests where I scored abnormally high
in spatial perception. I kept my art private.
After 8 years in the Interior Design industry I am saying goodbye to
return to my first love and join my husband in the internet/gaming
industry.
It all began abruptly February 1st of this year. The board of
directors of Cambrian House agreed to let my husband bring the Gwabs (a
PC desktop fighting/puzzle game) team to our home to push the game to
completion and send it off to distributors. That weekend, our live-in
nanny got settled in, we finished our basement renovation and we moved
a team of 5 to our basement.
A little more than 3 months later and Gwabs is finished - we're
looking for distributors, Michael has put on another Startup School, we
built and designed our website and sent our first app to the iTunes App store.
There were tears and laughter and lots of late nights and hot
chocolate. But we got through it unscathed and have a renewed faith in
the magic we can make when we put our fingers to the keys, tighten up
our headphones and work.
Camille Gross-Sikorsky
