The first time you build your own game

...it isn't about pixels or engines or code. It's about seeing something you'd only dreamed about finally come to life. Watching it move, breathe, exist — because you'd imagined it.

It’s a strange kind of freedom, that moment.

Like stepping out into the sunlight after being in the dark for far too long.

You realize you’re not just playing someone else’s story anymore -

you’re writing your own.

And you find myself thinking about that feeling - hoping more people get to experience it.

That rush of creation.

That quiet disbelief when you press Play, and your world actually begins to live.

That's why we're building the Baldr Engine - a way for anyone to find that moment.

That first spark.

That quiet miracle when imagination turns real.

I hope to see it happen again someday.

And I hope it feels just as magical for you as it did for me.

John Thornewill

17th October 2025