I was in the pool and thinking of how I can combine many different hobbies and learn how to code. So I came up with a project:
- Online and free
- Similar to Oregon Trail, as it will be pixel based and have story lines for the choices you make.
- Take donations and be able to sell merch
- Will help me learn to code
- Be able to do some public advocacy for sustainable transportation for Colorado.
- Might allow me to do it full time and be able to travel as I can interview people, be my own boss, and allow me to do something I am passionate about.
- Will allow me to do more YouTube stuff like live streams and edited clips.
I had previously written about my goal for an open source app for myself but I think this one project has more possible benefits:
- Be able to put all my learnings of Go, SQL, Python and cloud hosing into action
- Contribute to open source my own project and manage open source my own project
- Gain project management skills
- Sell add-ons or other features as a way to earn money. Advertise services from vendors or consultants.
- Offer a tip jar or way for support/payment
Also, after doing a bit of research, I could use Ren’Py to get story lines set up and then code it to include a map and rel time visualization of trains. I am just really excited to be able to have one project that interests me on so many levels. I was also listening to this video on how to get a developer job and clearly having one big project that is worked on with fully is better than many projects.