Welcome to the forum, @Dylan!
This is a good place to meet great people, there are plenty to choose from. And making a name for yourself won't be hard, so long as you put the time and effort into it. You say you're making your first commercial game, how many games I you made previous to this one?
As for your avatar, that isn't something exactly easy to choose for someone else. We could give suggestions, but they would be random. I recommend finding something or someone you think would be a good representation of you. For example, my avatar is from my old VX community character. Or if that isn't an easy choice for you, then simply choose an image you like and could live with being connected to on the forum. =)
I hope to see you around!
I made a game in high school, it was fun, but it being my first game it wasn't exactly great, but I was proud of it. Unfortunately, it's since been lost to history :(
I've been working on my current project for about 2 years. Development has been halted a few times for a number of reasons, but now is the best chance I've had to work on it and it's been going great! I recognize the challenge of having no previous games made that people can play, but I'm ready to take on that challenge and prove that I have what it takes to make a great game. I say "I", but I mean we, as in my best friend Chris James. We're both working extremely hard on getting the game out to the public as soon as possible.
I do actually have a smaller project I'm working on as the main project comes together. I hope to have that announced by the end of the month. Can't wait to share more information!
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Hello Ghost and welcome to the forums ~
Good luck with your game. That's cool and I'm looking forward to seeing you around. Feel free to ask if you need anything. Maybe you could ask Amy for an avatar ? She might be super busy and stuff but she definitely makes the cutest ones

Anyways have much fun around the forums and good luck~
Thanks! Could you uh, maybe link me to Amy please? I'm not sure how to find her.