Studio Steadfast Journey 1
Hello there,
Thanks so much for being here! We are grateful to have so many joining us on this ride. Whether you’re a family member, a friend, a supporter or a skeptic, we want to invite you in to watch us forge the trail, and work on our mission: Bringing light to the gaming industry - and purpose to a great group of friends and family surrounding us, who are all jumping in to help make this a reality.
Since this is our very first newsletter - let’s jump in talk about how we got here.
Daniel McCrorey was working as an engineer with a great company, when he realized there was something more he was meant to pursue. After 5 years of working towards the position he was in, he decided to take a risk and pursue what God had laid on his heart. He began taking steps to create a gaming studio, where the priority was creating high quality games without the unnecessary (but typically included) mature content. Here’s a window into his thought process, in his own words:
“I have spent much of my life surrounded by a few things - strong Christian family and friends, adept and successful entrepreneurs, thrilling technical challenges, and video games. I wouldn’t have thought that I’d be stepping into an experience where combining all of these things would become my full time focus at age 25.
During my time as a Research and Development Mechanical Engineer, I slowly realized I had more of an interest in programming than I had recognized before. I was given some great opportunities through my company to work on projects related to coding that honed my skills, and kept contemplating how I could use this newfound interest in my day to day.
As time went on it clicked for me. I love solving problems, and one of the most frustrating problems I ran into as a kid was having a desire to challenge myself and enjoy new and engaging video games - but I consistently was not allowed (for good reason) to purchase and play the high quality games at the time due to the content they contained. Gaming is a passion of mine, I have a knack for it, but there is a lot of darkness in the gaming world.
The vision became more clear, and my excitement grew. I began having conversations with others, and realized that I was not the only person who had lived this experience as a child, or who has grown into more of a concern for this issue as an adult. With the gaming industry growing rapidly, it’s evident that this problem is also not going away, and that this gap in the industry needs to be filled. Someday I hope to have a family, and give my sons and daughters the chance to enjoy something I am so passionate about. Help them enjoy the hobby in a way where I could rest easy knowing that I can trust what the developers were making. That is what inspired me to start Studio Steadfast.”
Will this end with Studio Steadfast being one of the top gaming studios in the world? With hundreds of thousands of people uniting behind our mission and enjoying the content we produce? We have no idea. But above all else, no matter where things end up, God will be glorified, and it will be for our good. (Romans 8:28).
Our goal is to send out these newsletters every week from here on out, highlighting the highs - and openly sharing the lows of the weeks one by one. Our goal is to have full transparency in this venture, so as to give God the most glory and praise throughout the process.
Thank you again, not only for being here - but also for praying with us as we began taking actionable steps to launch our God Honoring Game Studio.
Check out our past newsletters here: https://studiosteadfast.com/blog