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Good morning/afternoon/evening wherever you are in the world!
I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving Day holiday (for those who celebrate it). Down my way, things have been pretty rough. I've been less active than usual this month due to numerous things I've been dealing with outside of Serenity. I've lost a few patrons due to this inactivity and I apologize for that. This is not how I usually work and those who've been with me a long time know.
In the interest of transparency, I'll say that Serenity 1.3 writing has been at a standstill for the last 3 weeks or so. I lost another family member (to cancer) and then lost one of my dogs. It seems lately, death is all around me. Frankly, I haven't been in any mood to write my happy story because well, I am not happy at the moment. I am working on that. It is very hard to write when your heart is flat from loss and unhappy things. And I won't do that to my story. Serenity was meant to be an alternate place you can go to forget about real life and I take that seriously.
I'll get passed this. And only then will I be able to fully wrap my head around the story once again, and write it without the weight of my heart pressing against me. I am posting this publicly so that all are aware (including those who have left) of what is going on. And I apologize for the lack of activity. Know this... Serenity is my life outside of real life. But I have no control over my heart when real life interferes with that delicate balance.
Due to all of the above, I don't think there is any way I will have 1.3 ready before Christmas like I wanted... like I said I would. And perhaps I shouldn't make such promises in the future. This release was to be quite a bit longer than the last one (a lot more images and script), especially when you take into consideration that I added a small branch to the story that you can explore. Given the fact that I put a lot of time and thought into this story, the writing process alone takes longer than before and each update has been bigger because I always want to reach a certain point in the story with them. In my mind, if that takes longer... it takes longer. To me, quality over speed is best practice.
With all of that said, I am slowly working my way back to Serenity, and hope not to be too long beyond Christmas with its release. Keep in mind that right now, zero images have been rendered for it and tomorrow is 1st December. With the time I know I will take trying to make my scenes look their best, I already know it won't be ready before Christmas. So, for now, I will say something I hate saying because it sounds smartass... But it will be ready when it is ready.
Meanwhile, to those of you sticking with me... thank you so much. Some of you have been more than understanding and supportive anytime I've had delays or issues and I appreciate your kindness and patience. You know that I want to complete this project, and I fully intend to do that. Just sometimes things happen we can't help.
I'll be doing 2 desktop backgrounds and releasing them for patrons together (for the November and December backgrounds).
Love you all,
...Fire