PixelFade: Going All In (Patreon)

Hello Patrons,

Hope everyone has been having a great week so far! Today, I'd like to share a little bit of history followed by what the 'big' news is that has been getting hyped. So without further delay, let's get into it!

PixelFade started off as just a hobby project way back in 2014! I'm sure some of you guys remember our first iteration of ACE Academy which was known as Kendo Crush! at the time. Back then, I had also just wrapped up school and started my first real job.

I've been working full time at a day job and doing PixelFade most weekdays and some hours on the weekend. After ACE finished up, we went off to Crystalline, KAS and then Ethereal Enigma. What you may have noticed is that we had a big jump in scope and ambition between ACE and Crystalline, however Crystalline to KAS and also EE was more incremental. The reality is that while PixelFade has been growing, so has my responsibilities in my "IRL career". Due to time constraints, I basically had to spend most of my time dedicated to PixelFade on the 'business' and 'programming' side; this didn't leave much room for creative growth or innovation as we saw from ACE to Crystalline.

This is where we come to now. I have decided to depart my day job and focus entirely on PixelFade. This company is something special not only because of the amazing people that make the projects, but you, the PF community, that always shows us unconditional love and dedicated support. I think it is long overdue for me to give PixelFade my undivided attention.

So what does this mean? Whereas I was only able to give PixelFade 1-2 hours a day, I can now dedicate a proper schedule and work day to all facets of what we do. Be it creative innovation on the technical side, more coherent and engage stories, better and more flexible choice branching...etc, I now have the time to improve everything that we do!

There will be two more posts this upcoming week, one will be Astra specific (with new art assets!) and the other will be the two major feedbacks our projects always get and what I and the team plan to do to improve upon them for Astra.

That's all for now, thank you for listening to my TedTalk. Please feel free to leave your thoughts and comments below and please look forward to the upcoming updates!!

- Dishu

TL;DR Version:
PixelFade has gone super saiyan!!!!!!!!