== Why are you named Less? ==

Contrary to popular belief I don't think I'm 'worth less' or anything lol.

There are two components to this question


-- Why did you go by 'Less'? --

When I first started going by the name 'Less' I felt a wave of euphoria I had never felt before. I'm not sure if I consider myself trans... I don't think I experience Dysphoria (the gender sort anyway), But going by this name was such an undoubtedly perfect fit.

Considering how notoriously uncertain I am about even the most basic things to do with my identity (see imposter syndrome), the fact I could so firmly latch onto something like this was uncharacteristic of me. It was like it was my name all along, and I'd just forgotten it.

'Less' (under normal contexts) is neither a noun, adjective, or verb. Four letter names are cool. It's gender ambiguous. It's kind of voidcore. It's nice. Don't think about the meaning too much.


-- How did you come up with 'Less'? --

This one will be a bit longer...

Years ago I picked up the irrational ambition to make and release many games for free anonymously. The idea of someone scrolling through an unexplored corner of the internet and coming upon not just a bunch of free, sourceless games... But - if I worked hard enough - outstanding ones.

Why would someone pour blood, sweat and tears into a project that so few people are going to see? and without any kind of credit?

I'm not sure why exactly I was motivated to do this but I was probably inspired by the Era of flash games. Some genuine gems have come from flash devs (for free) and following the death of flash, most of those games are now dead in the water. I thought that was pretty, I guess. Even if just one person stumbled onto this project I hope it would've been their special thing, that they would have to live with the fact the rest of the world might never see it.

Oh. Right. The name.

So yeah lol I didn't go through with that idea (thank fuck) but it's always been special to me. But the name... Yes.

On the internet you can't be truly anonymous. Accounts need usernames and webpages need URLs. So we need a pseudonym. But what?

Well, the project would be authorless. Developerless. Nameless.

Name:Less

Obviously though I came to my senses and ditched the project but I got to keep the name. Neat.

Sorry if that was long-winded... Or probably pretentious. As mentioned earlier it's rare for me to be certain of anything. So I wanted to share it anyway. Thank you for making it this far!

== Imposter Syndrome ==

Imposter Syndrome is pretty misunderstood. But the main points are...

- It feels like I'm an actor playing a role who's forgotten what they're like off-script.
- It feels like everyone in the world is part of a hivemind and I am the only one excluded from it.
- I have difficulty owning my own successes. 


In full this makes self-expression of any kind - even the harmless kind - extremely stressful. Despite this, and I am working very very hard to challenge these behaviours and keep up social interaction. Making this site is a small step for that.