pond nugget on Nostr: 2½ years ago (summer 2022) jonas had a dream for a bitcoin tech game. While it was ...
2½ years ago (summer 2022) jonas (npub1dq9…2pg8) had a dream for a bitcoin tech game. While it was an exciting idea, I almost ran the other way because I knew just how big of an undertaking it would be!
This the (brief) story savingsatoshi (npub1vy6…27hr) from where I sit.
https://trybitcoin.satsie.dev was my best attempt, and that was nowhere near a fraction of what this game needed to be.
I couldn't build it, but I knew I wanted to help. Lucky for us, we picked up some pretty talented friends along the way - GBKS (npub1kuc…0eyw) BenAllenG (npub1994…65x6) pinheadmz (npub1mxv…0ah8) art (npub1a6n…s58k) , the mysterious 6 cats that run the Spiral (npub1spr…8s72) account, ecurrencyhodler (npub12s5…t6jr) jtwoodhouse (npub1c3m…raek), and so many more.
When I had my second baby in June 2023 we were in the middle of chapter 3. I was going on 6+ months of maternity leave with no plans to return and save Satoshi (sorry!).
You can imagine my shock last spring when I saw how much progress the team made while I was gone. Their continued dedication and excitement was contagious!
Once my baby started sleeping through the night I seized my opportunity to jump back in. Every night after the kids went to bed I would spend a few hours helping in whatever way I could. My bandwidth was extremely limited and calls of any kind were off the table but the team was responsive and enthusiastically matched my energy.
Along the way I've had the honor of doing a little bit of everything - lesson content, story writing, development, QA, marketing, workshop hosting, and project management. I even designed a (failed) plushie for the story's villian, Thomas Vanderpoole!
Saving Satoshi has made me a better open source contributor in all those areas.
It's wild to me that today the 10th and final chapter of savingsatoshi (npub1vy6…27hr) is live. This game is truly a labor of love. Give it a try, tell us what you think. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did building it.
https://primal.net/e/note1hhhszpfg9zd6xrz5k658h4q25jvz05gsxdxnq0jnw4j38pq7h45s7tkj94
This the (brief) story savingsatoshi (npub1vy6…27hr) from where I sit.
https://trybitcoin.satsie.dev was my best attempt, and that was nowhere near a fraction of what this game needed to be.
I couldn't build it, but I knew I wanted to help. Lucky for us, we picked up some pretty talented friends along the way - GBKS (npub1kuc…0eyw) BenAllenG (npub1994…65x6) pinheadmz (npub1mxv…0ah8) art (npub1a6n…s58k) , the mysterious 6 cats that run the Spiral (npub1spr…8s72) account, ecurrencyhodler (npub12s5…t6jr) jtwoodhouse (npub1c3m…raek), and so many more.
When I had my second baby in June 2023 we were in the middle of chapter 3. I was going on 6+ months of maternity leave with no plans to return and save Satoshi (sorry!).
You can imagine my shock last spring when I saw how much progress the team made while I was gone. Their continued dedication and excitement was contagious!
Once my baby started sleeping through the night I seized my opportunity to jump back in. Every night after the kids went to bed I would spend a few hours helping in whatever way I could. My bandwidth was extremely limited and calls of any kind were off the table but the team was responsive and enthusiastically matched my energy.
Along the way I've had the honor of doing a little bit of everything - lesson content, story writing, development, QA, marketing, workshop hosting, and project management. I even designed a (failed) plushie for the story's villian, Thomas Vanderpoole!
Saving Satoshi has made me a better open source contributor in all those areas.
It's wild to me that today the 10th and final chapter of savingsatoshi (npub1vy6…27hr) is live. This game is truly a labor of love. Give it a try, tell us what you think. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did building it.
https://primal.net/e/note1hhhszpfg9zd6xrz5k658h4q25jvz05gsxdxnq0jnw4j38pq7h45s7tkj94