So me and Marina got married! In a year our first son Peter was born. Marina's relatives (especially her mom) strongly insisted on keeping the child far from any «baby-sitters» even for short. But we couldn't stay at home all the time because we tried to serve in the church actively. So Marina's mother became the only one baby-sitter to our child. Though it was only about two or three hours a week, but it was a bit hard because all that time we were listening reproaches that we were worshiping korean (of cource we were not) and many other reproachings. It had become an onerous burden. We prayed and sought for a way out because it was useless to argue or to prove something. Then we decided to ask my mom and grandmom to move to Kiev. Formerly my mother was against the Bible, but till that time he had sincerely believed. Yet they agreed to move only if there was a place to live. So we decided to buy an apartment not far from us. But how? We had never had savings, 3000-4000$ maximum. Then I decided to talk to my boss, explain him everything, and ask for credit. Though the sum was pretty big he'd agreed. And on a vey amazing conditions at that. He didn't took anything from my salary, only from my awards, still those awards always were to the max. So the credit was paid back very quickly. It was hard to call that a credit, because it rather seemed like a present. Isn't it a mirracle? Do such things happen? Praise God! Besides we'd bought an apartment right before new jump in prices, so in half a year it costed two or three times more expensive. My mom and grandmom moved to us soon and helped us very well in everithing. God gave us a like-mindedness in everything. Yet it doesn't meen that we didn't have conflicts at all. My mom and wife have almost opposite characters. So sometimes there were offences and misunderstandings. But when it happened I asked everyone to gather around the table. We read from Mtthew 5:23,24 «Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift», then we hug one another and asked forgiveness and after that we loved each other even more. That word's really been keeping and strengthening our family.

    Several more years past. We started to create a new fantasy-style game «Heroes of Annihilated Empires». I did not like a lot in that game. I had to fight against any kind of scenes close to erotic in movie clips. Once we had to change one movie clip entirely. And that was not the only thing that I didn't like. I have to hand it to my boss, he tried to follow my demends. But still it was hard. I wanted to change my job, but it was very hard because millions were invested in that game so to quit was equal to betrayal. Our relations were always established not on a contract but on a trust, so it was against my conscience just to quit. I'd finished the first part of the game. But sellings were not good, so it could hardly cover expenses on its development, though all previous games were sold pretty successfully. We began to develop the second part 'cause we had a contract on three parts.

    Right at that time my wife had an idea — to make a game based on John's Bunyan «The Pilgrim's Progress». We wanted to tell people about the Christ interesting and not obsessively, especially to those who would even hold the Bible in his hands. Me and some of my friends gathered to think about the concept of the game and the script. That was rather nontrivial because in the book the way of Christian was perfectly streight, so what gameplay could we do in the game? There are a lot of dialogs in the book but unlikely reading of big dialogs would be interesting for those who play. Then a lot of ideas appeared. For example, an idea of «assignment» of initial character and set of bad habbits, and for a player it becomes a taks to find different ways to motivate and reform heroes' character to save him from the upcoming furious historical events and death eventually.

    At the same time I was deep in thought about the essence of Christianity. The key question in that search was one verse from the Bible Mtthew 7:13,14

    «Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it».

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