Quick Update (Patreon)

Hello all,

Just wanted to explain properly what’s been going on. Originally, in mid-late April, a visiting family member from overseas caused a minor disruption to my work schedule, given that I had to take some time to spend with them and be generally present for some related family events. You know the drill.

This initially wasn’t a particularly big concern, and things were still generally on track as I had previously reported. However, just as they were departing on Friday the 29th of April, I received the unrelated news that my grandmother’s health had take a turn for the worse. She passed away earlier this week.

Sadly, this wasn’t much of a shock as her debilitating battle with dementia over the past 5 or so years kept her generally bedridden and unable to recognize even her closest family members. So while I was not emotionally affected by the news of her passing, as I had personally made peace with her horribly tragic fate some years ago, I hadn’t counted on the various related affairs chipping away at my time as much as they have. As such, I’ve honestly struggled to get a full day’s worth of work in since the 28th of April. Which has been the cause of this extended delay.

Now, I know what some of you may be thinking. Honestly, it’s the reason why I didn’t mention it until now. This almost certainly sounds like a sort of “dog ate my homework” last minute excuse to some, thanks to the timing of it all. And I feel you, I too have supported others who seem to always have the perfect excuse for everything. And I know that my track record these past 2 years has been particularly woeful. I hate being “that dev”. These “frequent” ALPHAs were meant to be my triumphant return to a consistent new release every 1-2 months that I have been hoping for, for so long. And it hurts me, a lot more than it should given my current circumstances, that I’m here stumbling so often over these first two builds which don’t even contain that much content to begin with.

I figured it would be best to simply keep my head down and get ALPHA #2 out before explaining the situation to lessen the credibility of any such accusations, but now that we’re this embarrassingly far into May, I needed to let you know what was going on. In general, I’m in about the same position as when I last posted...

I have a couple days left now to get some work in before I travel interstate for the funeral. But with a few related things still left to take care of, I unfortunately can’t guarantee anything. But I’ll try my best.

Thank you all once again for your patience, support and understanding.

~ Jim