Dev Diary, December 9th, 2022 (Patreon)

I've been talking about taking some time off after Leap of Faith, and nothing came off it. On this Monday, I woke up to a particularly awful message about me and the game, and although I've got quite hard skin against opinionated comments differentiating from my own, this one really hit home.

I normally appreciate different opinions and welcome them, but this was very hateful and derogatory - a very personal attack not only against me but also against the inspiration for the game which you all probably know by now.

As mentioned, I've got plenty hard enough skin for this to normally bounce right off, but since it didn't, it made me think that we're just shy of one month from three years that I've been doing this, and all those three years I've never taken any time off rather than a sporadic day here and there.

So in the wake of that message and my reaction to it, I decided to take the week off and power everything down including myself, and I felt it was a very good decision.

I will be back to work on the game Sunday morning, and I am looking forward to it. But now I'm enjoying the time off with the missus, as she will be offshore during Christmas. Though in case I decide to take any real vacation in the future, I will let you know beforehand and pause the Patreon billing.

With that said, I hope you enjoy the weekend too, and I'll be back with a normal update next Friday.

Stay safe out there.

// Drifty