The life of a digital creative is no walk in the park. Cranky clients, fire-breathing creative directors, and the occasional warping from design work to development (with a side trip into content delivery); these are just a few of the everyday trials and pitfalls of the industry. After a while, the whole thing can start to feel surreal, almost like a video game.

We wouldn’t be video game connoisseurs worth our Triforce if we didn’t do something to try and help. So along with our friends at Vitamin T, we’ve provided a walkthrough to help put the world of a digital creative into perspective.

It’s everything you’ll need to help navigate the careers and skill sets across design, development and content delivery. It is important to begin with a character that will maximize your talents, because even though you may end up knee-deep in code eventually, attacking development with the wrong skills at the wrong time can be an intense challenge. But don’t worry. There are infinite possibilities to explore, and a few odd secrets, as well.

Are you interested in becoming the next Twitter, but have trouble writing with brevity? Do you feel you could have made Instagram, if not for your fierce devotion to your StarTAC? Despite all this, you still have the opportunity to create the Next Big Startup, thanks to Vitamin T’s latest offering: the Starter Upper. It’s your one-stop app for starting up your startup, based on a tried and true method of entrepreneurship – simple addition.

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