{"id":17475,"date":"2025-01-27T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/bundle-of-joy-a-game-about-the-frantic-monotony-of-early-parenthood\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:38:40","slug":"bundle-of-joy-a-game-about-the-frantic-monotony-of-early-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/bundle-of-joy-a-game-about-the-frantic-monotony-of-early-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Bundle of Joy, a game about the frantic monotony of early parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"

The relentless skill challenges of caring for his newborn baby reminded developer Nicholas O\u2019Brien of his day job. He explains how turning it all into a game helped him cope<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t remember much from the first weeks of parenthood \u2013 a colicky baby and extreme sleep deprivation will do that to you \u2013 but I do vividly remember one night with my baby son when absolutely nothing I did seemed to help him. I walked him around: he screamed. I tried to feed him: he screamed. I put him down: more screaming. So it went for a couple of hours. I remember thinking: this is like a text adventure video game where none of the answers are right.<\/p>\n

Game designer and college teacher Nicholas O\u2019Brien had similar thoughts. His first child was born during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York City, and he and his partner were trapped at home, on the endless merry-go-round of menial baby-care tasks. It was getting to him, like it gets to all new parents. \u201cI didn\u2019t have a lot of social or emotional outlets besides my partner,\u201d he tells me. \u201cI felt like I needed to create something about how I was feeling, work my way through it by making something.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe relentless skill challenges of caring for his newborn baby reminded developer Nicholas O\u2019Brien of his day job. He explains how turning it all into a game helped him cope
\nI don\u2019t remember much from the first weeks of parenthood \u2013 a colicky baby and extreme sleep deprivation will do that to you \u2013 but I do vividly remember one night with my baby son when absolutely nothing I did seemed to help him. I walked him around: he screamed. I tried to feed him: he screamed. I put him down: more screaming. So it went for a couple of hours. I remember thinking: this is like a text adventure video game where none of the answers are right.
\nGame designer and college teacher Nicholas O\u2019Brien had similar thoughts. His first child was born during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York City, and he and his partner were trapped at home, on the endless merry-go-round of menial baby-care tasks. It was getting to him, like it gets to all new parents. \u201cI didn\u2019t have a lot of social or emotional outlets besides my partner,\u201d he tells me. \u201cI felt like I needed to create something about how I was feeling, work my way through it by making something.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The relentless skill challenges of caring for his newborn baby reminded developer Nicholas O\u2019Brien of his day job. He explains how turning it all into a game helped him cope I don\u2019t remember much from the first weeks of parenthood \u2013 a colicky baby and extreme sleep deprivation will do that to you \u2013 but …<\/p>\n

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