Intro

Hello everyone! 👋 I’m new to the community and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Malcom Broadnax, I’m 35, a self-taught engineer, and originally from Milwaukee, WI — whoop whoop! 🙌 I started my creative journey as a comic book artist. Growing up, it was all about drawing, drawing, and more drawing! I wanted to be like my heroes — Jim Davis (Garfield), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), and Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) — and even submitted my own strips to newspapers (rejected a billion times 😅). But I never gave up. Eventually, I found a little success online, which I loved… until the site hosting my work shut down. I was crushed. The thing I’d poured my heart into for years — maybe it wasn’t my calling after all? While reevaluating my skills (or so I thought), my brother asked me something that changed everything: “Why not make games?” My response: “You have to know how to code to make games — drawing isn’t enough.” He said, “Then learn to code.” That one sentence launched me down a new path. I dove into tutorials, free resources, and game dev forums — and I was hooked. I started small, learning to build websites — frontend first, then backend. Just 6 months later, I created my first game! It was a wild feeling. Since then, I haven’t looked back. Today, I focus on building solutions for myself and others — developers, founders, and enthusiasts alike — who are trying to solve real problems. Thanks for reading! (P.S. To keep this short, I skipped a few details 😄)