Throughout my time within my capstone class, I’ve changed a lot as a person. I started this year having no idea what I wanted to do, in fact, my idea started as making a real life Counter-Strike case to simulate the in-game gambling experience, it was a throwaway idea I had made as a joke, but it very quickly evolved into something I was much more passionate about. I’ve always seen myself as a very technologically sound individual. I can read and write code, I know the ins and outs of my computer, have built multiple, developed games, made a website, etc. But this? This was something much, much bigger. Modifying an Operating System was a very scary idea. It was a territory I’ve never dared enter until now. Will I ever do it again? Probably not, but I’m glad I did this for myself and others to use. Getting through this project starting from scratch, and ending up here writing this required a LOT of patience, willpower, and sheer determination. There were a lot of very difficult moments from when my SD Card died on me, meaning I lost some of my data back in December, to even now still trying to figure out how to get Sega games to run on this little thing. One of the biggest and oddly most difficult things I needed to work on and still am working on is controlling the device while in a game. Currently, there is no way for you to close the game whilst playing it, meaning you have to turn the device off, turn it back on, and wait 2-3 minutes while it boots back up to do something else. I have made save states, color shaders, and external game saves work, the last thing I need to do is find a safe way to close the game and bring the user back to the main menu before it’s “complete” (for now). This project has done a lot for me and has changed with me as I grew as a person. Nowadays moving forward, I’m working on a game. A horror game. I’ve wanted to do this for a long time but never thought I really had it in me to sit down and do it. After doing my capstone project though, literally making my own Linux distro branch, I thought I could do just about anything. I’ve been working on this game for a couple months, and will continue to do so with the encouragement and work ethic I’ve gained by participating in this project and class. I specifically hope for anybody who may see this to continue to pursue anything they might be fence sitting. If you have something you want to do, then do it. Follow your dreams, if you don’t know what to do to make it happen, figure it out. Can’t do something? Find a way to. The world is your oyster and you can do whatever you put your mind to. You know you can deep down too.