Timeline 1

  • First digital game experience turns into analog creation

  • Loves to draw and make stories, games

Age 4

  • The Tru Show -toy and game reviews inspired by the evan tube. Runs for over 3 years.

Age 5

Age 6

  • Saw something on Youtube and has to make it

  • Bought a comic from a kid for $1 -gets obsessed with the idea

  • Learns scratch at school - Game dev begins

Age 7

  • First scratch coded game

  • First comic book sale

Age 8

  • Nintendo cardboard consoles - all models

  • Continues to write and draw

Age 9

  • First release of Last Life Comic book club

  • Sketches out ideas for his video games

Age 10

  • Codes first GB Studio game for the gameboy

  • Summer at Friday Harbor, WA learning to help at the family owned hotel- yard work and laundry

Age 11

  • Game of life is born

  • Pixel art turns into first merch- hoodies

  • Starts filiming with friends

Age 12

  • More gaming

  • Sells pixel art merch to friends & family

  • More GOL

Age 13

  • Starts High School

  • Summer at FH- working and creating merch for hotel gift shop

  • Be Tru Brand launch

  • First popup at Friday Harbor, Wa

  • First Game Jam entry

Age 14

  • Spring break at Friday Harbor to update gift shop merchandise

  • Summer popups - Phliz coffee, Lululemon

  • Puts Mount Rock on an actual cartridge- 4 yrs in the making

  • Custom illustration jobs

Age 15

  • Spring break at FH to launch collection 2

  • Summer to Kyoto, Japan to study game design

  • More popups in NY, Cali and Korea

  • Gets official business license

  • 2 more games: Archaea and Overdose

  • Gamejam entry #2

  • Devlogs for game dev on youtube

  • Films/edits several youtube channels for video edits

Age 16

  • Summer at FH working in the kitchen and as barista over 77+ hrs

  • 1 week county fair at FH for cafe making matchas for over 500 drinks

  • Presentation and demo at elementary school library to 80+ kids to test his mini games

  • More popups- timeout, dawn’s, medio cafe

  • PS38 activation event to pass out 70+ charms with game qr code

  • 2 summer maker workshops

  • Featured in NY Mag for teens in their rooms

  • Xtool collab to edit 13 videos for paper+cup deisgn

Time line 2

Timeline

The Tru Show 2015-2018

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