Honestly? I was tired of seeing talented people struggle with outdated learning methods. After spending years in the industry, watching friends give up on their game development dreams because traditional courses felt like torture, something had to change. Started small – just me, a borrowed classroom, and five brave students who trusted this crazy idea.

Those first months were rough. Equipment broke, lesson plans fell apart, and I questioned everything daily. But those students? They were creating things I'd never imagined. That's when I knew we were onto something special.

Word spread faster than we expected. Suddenly we had waiting lists, partnership requests, and honestly, moments where I felt completely out of my depth. The pandemic hit right as we were finding our rhythm – had to rebuild everything for remote learning practically overnight.

But here's the thing about challenges – they show you what really matters. Students kept showing up, even when technology failed us. They helped each other troubleshoot, shared resources, created study groups. We realized we weren't just teaching game development; we were building a community of creators who genuinely cared about each other's success.

These days, I spend less time worrying about whether this will work and more time thinking about how we can serve our students better. We're planning new programs for autumn 2025 – advanced workshops that go deeper into specialized areas like VR development and mobile game optimization.

The goal isn't to become the biggest training center in Azerbaijan. It's to remain the place where people discover they're capable of creating things they never thought possible. Because that moment when someone sees their first working game prototype? That never gets old.