Goodbye 2020! (Patreon)

And that's the end of 2020. It's been a weird year for most of us. Filled with uncertainty where we've had to adapt to new routines to accomodate for the world wide pandemic.

For me it started with the news of my uncle having got cancer. One of the healthiest guys I've known, who never smoked a single cigarette in his life, got lung cancer. A few months later, on the very day that LoF chapter 2 was released, he died.

And even with the world wide pandemic and my uncle in the back of my mind: for me, it will always be the year I decided to publish my first story, and it pretty much started with me downloading Daz studio and began rendering almost right from the bat. Looking back at the 25.000+ renders I've done since that, it's been a lot of work. But satisfying work.

The girl up there you probably know well by now. At one point I contemplated removing her from the story. To release a Visual Novel that deals with depression and having a girl that is about to jump from a bridge frightened me. I was afraid I'd give the wrong impression. She's not in the story because I wanted more views, clicks or likes. She's in the story to highlight a much worse pandemic than that of the Covid or cancer. One that can't be supressed by face masks, vaccines or any treatment at all.

I was on that bridge myself once. Not to jump, but to talk a girl out of jumping. It was one of the most powerful experiences in my life. That girl, an 18 year old beautiful woman with all of her life in front of her, who for some reason found life so painful she didn't want any more of it.

Not long after that night, she did succeed. From that very same bridge. She's gone, but left a life long impression. I'll never forget her.

So wherever you are in the world right now, I hope you're doing well. Later tonight I'll raise my glass to you all to thank you for being a part of my journey. And for the support you've given me along the way. I've said so before, and I'll say it again - you give me the tools to make a better game.

May you all have a happy new year.

Cheers

// Drifty