So you wanna know more about me, huh? Okay!
My name's Polaris Storm. I'm a writer and artist who started getting into game development in March of this year.
I like writing stories and sharing them with the world, and indie game development has been a combo of that, a multitude of arts I have enjoyed and combined, and a much, much easier and less mentally taxing barrier of entry than the indie writing world has been in my experience. So I've enjoyed using my writing and art to tell stories via video games!
Also, I believe that games are an extremely powerful way to tell stories. They are interactive fiction, in the broadest sense. And they're a wonderful sort! You could sit down and analyze a game's story just like you could a novel, but the interactivity and hybridization between art forms brings a deeper connection. That's my mission with Games from the Lightside: to use videogames as the powerful storytelling medium they are.
If you wanna learn a bit more about me and why I do this, check out my manifesto for the Manifesto Jam 2026 and Neo-Twiny Jam 2026: