106 - Episode 09 Scheduled For Next Monday! (Patreon)

Hello, Bros. How is it going? I hope everyone is doing well. Thank you for your support. Hugs and kisses. Love you all. Namaste. Welcome to another Monday Post! <3

First things first: if all goes well I will be releasing Episode 09 of my hit educational game Star Channel 34 to the general public next Monday. Release of the Android version should happen on the same day.

Time sure flies. Public release of the previous episode was on October 7th 2019. So, 4 months ago. It kind of sounds like it took me a very long time to develop Ep.09, but it's actually the opposite. I managed to produce this one in a rather timely manner. The reason it's been almost 4 month since last release is that two and a half of these four month I spent being sick and not able to work.

Story time. I didn't want to talk about it while it was still going on, and to be honest I am still worried that by talking about it now I could jinx something and get sick again somehow. But at the same time I need to share at least some details with you.

To keep it short I developed some sort of chronic pain syndrome in my ass muscles (of all places). So I literally could not sit on my butt for longer then 10 minutes at a time. It was brutal. I tried to write and code while lying down but it was hard being productive under those circumstances and drawing was out of question of course.

The tests. I went to many (MANY) doctors and spent a hefty amount of money on all sorts of tests. I went through 3 different MRI tests! Had my blood drawn, underwent multiple ultrasound examinations (including one exclusively for my balls). Also went to 2 different proctologists and learned that I definitely do not appreciate it when people stick foreign objects up my ass. I also went to a couple of neurologists, a traumatologist, 2 different osteopaths and  probably some other doctors I am forgetting to mention.

The depression. The worst part about all that, apart from wasting a lot of money (thank you for your support guys), was that none of the docs could tell me what was causing the pain. So, to sum it up: I could not work, my ass was hurting and nobody could tell me what the problem was. I started to get really depressed. Some of the Monday posts I had to force myself to write while standing on my knees in front of my desk.

The miracle. Eventually I got lucky though. I went to one neurologist and although she also could not tell what was wrong with me, she prescribed me some pills. At this point I lost all the faith in doctors but also was willing to try anything. I bought the pricey pills and 3 days later my pain started to go away. And one week after that I was already working on Episode 09 while pondering over how happy I am just to be able to sit on my ass again. 

The conclusion. I went to see my doctor last month. She says that the pain was probably caused by some sort of mental strain, but since the pills worked it was obviously a muscle spasm that caused my ass nerves to misfire. I am still taking the pills, but my pain is gone and I am already working on Episode 10. Guys, if your ass does not hurt when you sit on it, please appreciate it - it's a wonderful thing. 

Now about Episode 09. There are few things I want to mention. 

The interface. Starting with this episode the HUD will change a bit. I relocated some of the buttons and simplified a few things. I guess some of you may not like it, and some of you will, but my hope is that most of you won't even notice. The change is here to stay though. I gave it a lot of thought and new HUD really made my life easier while I was working on Episode 09.

The Stars. I also low-key boosted the popularity stars gains from the shows from 1 to 2 popularity stars per show. Thanks to this you will be spending 50% less time sending girls on missions. Again, most won't even notice this I'm sure ^_^

The "H" button. Also for the first time in the history of my games the "H" button will be working properly. All thanks to Arcticman who patiently walked me through the process of implementing that feature :)

New BG. One of the new backgrounds is still being worked on so for now I had to use the WIP version. If all goes well it will be replaced with a proper background by the time of the public release.

That's it. This is turning into an extremely long post already. I think I'll just wrap it up here. Thank you for your support guys. See you next Monday. :)

P.S. I sent out a thank you letter to all my Patrons. Let me know if you didn't get it.