A mini vacation. - VN download- (Patreon)

Good evening my dears! I hope you have been doing alright as of late. 

Recently I found myself burnt out a bit with balancing work and life. After my struggle with the last page of the Sigj, I realized I was losing focus and happiness on the project. My stress level went through the roof to the point I was losing sleep and overworking my mind with revision after revision. 

You know how it is. Passion projects eventually turn unhealthy habits.

I've decided to step away for a brief period of time from the comic. It's what I generally do  when I reach a certain threshold that begins affecting the quality of the work.  

In the meantime I decided to spend the last couple of days taking a sort of...mini vacation. I decided to poke my head back in on the Visual novel engine, Cloud Novel, and see how it has shaped up since two years. Two years. Can you believe it's been that long? 

For those of you who have been here longer, you're probably familiar with some of my Projects like the VN version of the Sigj or Advent, the latter that I toyed around with for a couple of months. Though I had been vague of the details, I eventually had to call it quits on that particular project due to the instability of the engine's platform coupled with my 40+ hour work weeks. 

Long story short: Bugs constantly broke my models/assets, and eventually multiple files corrupted or went missing. I was angry and not trusting further work, and decided to float away to see if Cloud Novel would iron out a few things after a bit. 

 Believe it or not, the actual thing that got me into working on Visual Novels in the first place was a fellow by the name of Conan McPhee and their more infamous VN " Shark Dating Simulator XL " 

As a way to blow off some steam and offer up an homage, I decided to try and give my take on the strange story with my own creative twist with " Shark Dating Simulator XS " A take with completely original dialogue and alternative story elements. A link can be found below and followed if you want to check out what I've been doing with my off hours after work.

*Please note it's a Zip file, and upon extraction, you start it by clicking on the "nw-app" I recommend full screen!*

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vlfyfdu993lvmky/Shark%20Dating%20Simulator%20-XS-.zip?dl=0

This isn't a complete VN or anything, and really it only covers being on the boat portion, but who knows it might be worth a couple of laughs if you're feeling it. 

 I know a lot of you tell me to take it easy on myself and to rest when I can. I know I have a hard time letting myself actually find some rest. It's hard for me to not worry I might lose some of you due to radio silence. I've been this way for too many years. But I really do mean it when I say I'm so grateful for you being here and supporting me, especially when I feel like, well, a hot mess now and again. 

You take it easy, and treat yourself right. At least better than I treat me anyway!