you can finish projects a really long time after starting them

{(print: "<script>$('html').removeClass(\)</script>")(if: (passage:)'s tags's length > 0)[(print: "<script>$('html').addClass('" + (passage:)'s tags.join(' ') + "'\)</script>")]} (link-reveal: "<h1>three years, one game</h1>")[<h3>[[//a timeline of An Afternoon Rippling//|intro]]</h3>]

(link-reveal: "<h2>hello I am</h2>")[ (link-reveal: "<h1>marcie lacerte</h1>")[ <img src="http://marslizard.net/gifs/mn.gif" height="280px"> <img src="http://marslizard.net/chaos/NYC.gif" height="280px"> [[→|my work]]]]

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(link-reveal: "<h2>Conclusion to my Life's Work</h2>")[ (link-reveal: "LESSON ONE")[<br>net art 4ever (link-reveal: "LESSON TWO")[<br>self-taught (link-reveal: "LESSON THREE")[<br>mentors <3 (link-reveal: "LESSON FOUR")[<br>h8ers (link-reveal: "LESSON FIVE")[<br>irreverence/absurdity vs respectability/conformation. <br><br>OR, [[chaos and order.|questions]]]]]]]]

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[[<h1>QUESTIONS?</h1>|activity]]

(link-reveal: "<h2>a brief introduction to my professional work</h2>")[ <img src="http://marslizard.net/gifs/gbs_liszt.gif" height="280px"> <img src="http://marslizard.net/gifs/qz_beach.gif" height="280px"> <img src="http://marslizard.net/gifs/npr_loop.gif" height="280px"> <img src="http://marslizard.net/gifs/qz_mao soccer.gif" height="280px"> motion designer at great big story (prev. quartz and npr) [[→|my videos]]]

(link-reveal: "i kind of work in journalism")[ <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2LzyRcLJdlg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yNgC9aVXN80" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> (link-reveal: "and i also freelance")[ <img src="http://marslizard.net/gifs/fmri_swallow.gif" height="280px"> <img src="http://marslizard.net/gifs/sol_house.gif" height="280px"> (link-reveal: "sometimes i work on indie projects")[ <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/225479756" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/194343519?color=fffb00&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> [[→|an afternoon]]]]]

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[[<img src="http://marslizard.net/afternoon/timeline/1.png" width="100%">|timeline 2]] [[production diary|diary]]

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[[<img src="http://marslizard.net/afternoon/timeline/finish.png" width="100%"> <img src="http://marslizard.net/afternoon/timeline/stock.jpg" width="100%">|lessons]]

(link-reveal: "<h3>since publishing</h3>")[ <ul> (link-reveal: "<li>organic online response</li>")[ (link-reveal: "<li>support from indie game community</li>")[ (link-reveal: "<li>donations</li>")[ </ul> [[→|reflection]]]]]]

(link-reveal: "<h3>advice on how to finish something a really long time after starting it</h3>")[ <h1>foremost: financial stability comes with psychological stability</h1> (link-reveal: "but also...")[ <img src="http://marslizard.net/afternoon/timeline/tweets.png" width="100%"> <ul> (link-reveal: "<li>keep a production diary</li>")[ (link-reveal: "<li>don't over revise; there's a balance between true cringe and truthful/necessary cringe</li>")[ (link-reveal: "<li>make personal projects & support personal projects</li>")[ [[<li>literally if i can finish this deranged labyrinthine brainchild of a game with zero budget and zero coding skills, then you can finish anything if you believe it’s worth it</li>|end]] </ul> ]]]]]

<h1>thanks for listening!</h1> <iframe src="http://www.marslizard.net" width="100%" height="600px"> </iframe> website: marslizard.net email: marcielacerte@gmail.com

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