--- title: I should build a game | daily.dev description: A front-end developer reflects on their roots in Flash/ActionScript and shares a personal goal to explore game development as a hobby. They've built small HTML... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-should-build-a-game-hnhiy02w5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I should build a game | daily.dev og:description: A front-end developer reflects on their roots in Flash/ActionScript and shares a personal goal to explore game development as a hobby. They've built small HTML... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-should-build-a-game-hnhiy02w5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hNhIY02W5.png og:image:alt: I should build a game og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I should build a game **[dbushell](https://daily.dev/sources/dbushell)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A front-end developer reflects on their roots in Flash/ActionScript and shares a personal goal to explore game development as a hobby. They've built small HTML canvas prototypes and plan to dedicate a few hours weekly to game-related creative work, inspired partly by playing Slay the Spire 2. The project is framed as a deliberate, AI-free creative retreat. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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