In late 2016, I got the idea of making an iOS app for World of Warships. It was a fun game, and I wanted to do something for it, just like what I did before. This is how my journey began…

Making iOS apps was the reason why I started learning programming in the first place in early 2013. After almost 4 years, I thought I was ready and started working on WoWs Info. However, I could never imagine how hard this path was…

I don’t regret my decision of making this app, but I have sacrificed too much for it. I was making the app while studying at UNSW, and it wasn’t easy because courses got difficult way too quickly. I wasn’t able to catch up and failed multiple courses. University life wasn’t enjoyable, but I like it because I was fighting for my dream…

In the end, I had to stop working on my apps to focus on my study. Otherwise, I might get kicked out of my university, and this is not something I wanted. The rest of my university life was interesting. It was all about hard work, challenges, and beyond. This is another story for another time…

The development wasn’t smooth as well. I got lots of complaints and issues. Monetisation was a huge challenge for me because I didn’t want to charge my users. However, I had no choice because my AdMob account was terminated. In the end, the app wasn’t as successful as I had hoped. It wasn’t all negative though, because I made lots of friends during the development. One of my friends didn’t know that I was the developer. It wasn’t all that bad I guess?

After graduation, I started working on WoWs Info again until I found my job. Slowly, I stopped developing and abandoned the app. I didn’t want to admit it, but the app was dead. The API stopped updating so I couldn’t do much anyway.

However, there is still something in me, asking me to finish it or at least make it better one last time. I was fighting alone for a long time, but I learned that I cannot do much myself throughout my development. Together we can achieve wonders!

After watching the first episode of Paripi Koumei, I felt like something was burning again inside me. What was that feeling? It was so familiar yet distant. What was it? Dream…?

4 years ago, I started developing WoWs Info without knowing what I was doing. At that moment, I remembered why… I wanted to pursue my dream. My dream was to become a super programmer and make the best World of Warships app for everyone.

I gave up my dream… What have I become?

This is why I have decided to work on WoWs Info one last time to make my dream come true, but this time… I am no longer alone…