...and not, at the same time!

But sewiously - Smiling Friends season 3 confirmed, Punch Punch Forever goin' past the pilot, GETTING THIS GAME (Friday Night Funkin'), the rise of micropublishers, dare I say...that Digital Circus thing?

The "shift in vibes" that started in 2020 continues onward - it's a really exciting buzz that I'm sure you, reader, have felt! Even with big social medias beginning their downward spiral, the advent of buzzwordy AI that companies have a firm grip on the teat of, industry layoffs, the CEO of Spotify having 4x the net worth of Paul McCartney (?????), and things OVERALL SUCKING RIGHT NOW (though they always have been)...creative people have STILL GOT IT!

Personally I would love to work in a creative industry eventually - after Randy 2 I wanna start thinking about that kinda stuff. Freelance? Landing a pipe dream?! I think I need to work more on my non-game engine programming skills, too.

Speaking of Randy - after Punch Punch Forever episode 2 I really started to reassess the punch (ha) the comedic bits of the game have, as PPF is fairly on-brand with my sense of humor. I'm pleased to report the finished game will be Funny!

We've also started getting more organized about drawing stuff for the game and I've started to put the important beats of the whole game to (digital) paper instead of keepin' it all up in my noggin. I'm pretty confident I can fill the whole cool game outline so far with Awesome Coherency and Decent Dialog!

So that's been going good! And I hope your work has been going good, too.

Remember: People have been talking about the nearing demise of humanity...since cuneiform tablets!

<3 -DN