I have spend the past week working for the company ‘Tevent‘. They are a startup company based in the UK, currently in their first funding round and making an MVP. They are a platform for organizing events / conferences, but provide this completely online:

A new contract

With me working for them as a freelance software developer, I am able to fund my game development efforts.

I am very happy with this new project. They allow me to work on exciting new tooling because they use the Microsoft Service Fabric platform. They are a tech savvy company. So there is much emphasis on the use of the latest code practices, for instance next level C# 9 features.

Using ‘gigs’

In the weeks preceding this contract I had to work tirelessly to get a new contract. I tried a lot of my known contacts with software developers in the Netherlands but that did not work out. Eventually I got my ‘gig’ accounts up n running again on platforms like Upwork and Fiverr, and there I had more success.

These international gigs nets me less revenue than the usual ‘local’ contracts, but they are much more flexible and way more suited for remote work. The lower revenue is a thing mostly because I still need to invest a lot of time on acquisition and its harder to recoup that time on smaller gigs.

Back to game development

I am currently not working on game development, and that’s bothering me. So I was thinking about that the other day: when will I get back to development on my games? Well, it depends on two factors: 1) I have to replenish my financial buffers, and 2) other contractual obligations come first, Tevent has yet to launch their platform so there is pressure to deliver.

I think I will be able to squeeze a few hours per week in when I am fully up to speed, maybe end December. It always takes me a few weeks to acclimate and get my schedule aligned. And there are a lot of holidays in December with a lot of (exhausting) social stuff happening.

So, stay tuned! See you next week.