Growing up I was fooling around with different level editors together with my siblings & then playing what we created.
I seriously started getting into game development after going trough a rough time & escaping to the world of "Oblivion". The included modding kit started my journey into gamedev - it was a great way to create "refuges"/ worlds to escape to :)
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@PapaKevo I'm trying to get a thing goin' where people share their "getting started with gamedev" stories using #gamedev #mydevstory, so feel free to throw something in if you want to better introduce yourself. 
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@willnationsdev @K1mpp4 #mydevstory #gamedev
During my teens i played too much of Lineage2, and then one day discovered fan-made server emulator written in java. That switched on my tinkering spirit. Soon after started learning c++ while experimenting with #irrlicht. Anything-games stuck with me ever since. Noone is paying me for doing these things (yet). I hope contributions to #opensource game engines count as "being #gamedev".
Growing up, gamedev wasn't a "real job". Went to Baylor University planning to go into Japanese Christian missionary work (grew up loving anime), but reconsidered since I wanted to feed myself. Knew my only other interest that could pass for feedable was gamedev (programming), though I'd never tried it. After 1st year, switched majors into CS from Philosophy. Fell in love. Struggled through. Graduated. Got a job as a web dev. Now I gamedev in my freetime.
#mydevstory How i found #gamedev
Childhood cancer. Spent time in the hospital and due to the treatments and was not able to go outside.
Playing a lot of different video games. Obviously I played a lot before, but when I couldn't see my family I played and chatted with people in #irc. A 12 -year old can sustain himself for a few weeks playing games. And games helped my struggle. I want to make sure that people who go through what I went through, can play cool games too #introductions #pt2
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@K1mpp4 Sounds like this one deserves its own hashtag to start floating around. #mydevstory ?