Enter the Glitch — Day 1 of My 52-Week Challenge
Enter the Glitch
Intro — Why I’m Starting This
Welcome to the glitch. My name’s Nyx, and this is the start of a 52-week challenge where I rebuild my life through art, coding, game development, and tech. For years, I put everyone else first — family, survival, just making it through each day. Now it’s finally my turn to create something for myself. I’m documenting every step here: the wins, the failures, and all the chaos in between.
1. The Backstory
For a long time, my life was about surviving and supporting others. I spent years in situations where my own goals and dreams were on pause, pushed aside while I focused on taking care of family and just getting through the day-to-day. That season of my life shaped me, but it also left me with this gnawing feeling that I hadn’t really built something for myself.
Now, that changes. This challenge isn’t just about learning skills — it’s about reclaiming my time and rewriting my story. It’s about finally putting my energy into a project that belongs to me.
2. The Vision of NyxtheGlitch
NyxtheGlitch is more than just a username — it’s a world I’m creating. The “glitch” represents chaos, creativity, and breaking free from rigid systems. It’s about embracing imperfection, distortion, and unpredictability — and turning that into art, code, and stories.
This brand lives at the intersection of tech, creativity, and storytelling. It’s where I’ll experiment with design, game dev, and digital art while also building a VTuber persona — a digital alter-ego who embodies the glitch aesthetic and brings this world to life on stream and video.
In short: NyxtheGlitch is both me and something bigger than me.
3. The 52-Week Challenge
Originally, I thought about doing a 100-day sprint. But looking at my schedule and the scope of what I want to build, I decided to expand it to a year. That gives me the breathing room to learn, to fail, and to keep moving forward without burning out.
Here’s what I’ll be working on over the next 52 weeks:
Learning Coding Fundamentals
From simple scripts to game mechanics. Starting with the basics and building toward something playable.Learning Digital Art
Practicing fundamentals like anatomy, perspective, and color while developing a glitchy, tech-inspired style.Game Development
Bringing art and code together to build projects — culminating in a playable game called Glitch Runner.Tech Fundamentals & Certification
Alongside creative work, I’ll be diving into the technical side of computing. That means learning about networking, cybersecurity, and system fundamentals. I’ll be studying for CompTIA certification over the next year and sharing that journey as part of the glitch. It’s about strengthening my knowledge, expanding my career options, and connecting the technical with the creative.
This isn’t a straight path. It’s a glitch-filled journey — messy, unpredictable, but always moving forward.
4. What You Can Expect Here
This blog will serve as a journal and a roadmap. Every week, I’ll post updates on what I’ve learned, what went wrong, and what I built.
Alongside the blog:
YouTube & Shorts: Behind-the-scenes looks, experiments, and reflections.
Streaming: Sharing the live process of drawing, coding, and creating.
Digital Creations: Wallpapers, downloads, and experiments released along the way.
Tech Breakdown Posts: Explaining concepts I learn while studying for CompTIA, in simple, glitchy terms anyone can understand.
This space is for anyone curious about learning new skills, building from scratch, or just watching the chaos unfold.
5. The First Step
Every journey has to start somewhere. For me, it’s here: writing this post and scripting my first video. It’s not perfect, and that’s the point.
The glitch isn’t about polished beginnings - it’s about showing the messy process and proving that progress matters more than perfection.
This is Day 1. By Day 365, I want to look back at the glitches, the failures, and the wins — and see a world I built for myself. If you want to follow the journey, stick around, subscribe, and let’s see how far the glitch can go.
