August 6 Update (Patreon)

Progress on the game is going well, but I won't be talking about it this week. I trust everyone will bear with me if I take a moment to reflect in a vague way. Next week will be a full progress report.

Many of you are new, so you may not be aware that a year ago I lost someone very important to me in an accident. It's difficult for me to imagine any other loss that would hit me as hard as this one did. Perhaps decades in the future.

This isn't really the place to grieve, but this subject isn't irrelevant to the work I post here. They were my soundboard for new ideas, my first reader for every scene, the first player of most of the projects I'd released. It's strange to have written and finished new ideas without their input, and I find myself wondering what they would think. We were very similar in many ways, so I can guess some things, but they'd have thoughtful criticisms and surprising reactions and novel suggestions.

In the year since the accident, I've done a lot of creative work. I won't go over it all again. They'd be happy that I kept moving forward and tried some new things. All accomplishments feel a little bittersweet while feeling such a painful absence, but they'd be happy that I'm able to do what I love.

So all of this is simply a reflection. Nothing is going to change, with the schedule or projects, but I wanted to write it. I felt it was important to acknowledge the primary aspect of my inner state right now instead of just going forward with business as usual.

Anyway, I recognize that posts like this can make things a little awkward. No one should feel any obligation to comment, and if you do feel led to write something, don't worry about how it comes across. Whatever your interest or connection, I'm glad that you're here. This has been a difficult year for me, but there was good in it as well. With all of your support, I hope to follow it with many more years to come.