Heroes among heroes... (Patreon)

I touched this topic in the video above, but I want to expand on it a bit more.

After all, where else are you supposed to get any information on how my games are getting created? The behind the scene info and such.

So let's talk about a guy named Lyk. That dude was with us ever since the early days of "BHB". And I mean THE ORIGINAL "BHB" from years back. He never expected any money form me of course. And I didn't have any back then to be honest. We all were doing this just for the heck of it. Those were the times... 

Oh, and I probably should say what exactly Lyk is doing for me (and us all).

Lyk is my proofreader AND editor.

Remember that Lara Croft scene from "Magic Shop"? The one where you find Lara in a dungeon all tied up? Well, back in the day I remember being very surprised when Lyk said that he had to go an extra mile with her to make sure she sounds British enough. Yes, without Lyk's help my rendition of Lara Croft would probably sound like if she grew up in a Russian neighborhood of England. 

Don't get me wrong, I do my best with the texts I'm writing (ALWAYS!). Every freaking time I make sure that I write them to the best of my ability. But even your absolute best is not quite good enough when English is your second language...

Over the years I had a lot proposals and promises and help from all kinds of people... It is always very flattering. But the hard truth is nobody of the people contacting me are ever actually ready to do the work. On rare occasions I do take a chance with somebody, give them a task and almost every time I never hear from them again. That is why as the years go by I start to really appreciate the very few people I know I can expect to get the job done professionally and on time.

Oh, and on a side note, your, guys, job as a supporters is to support me, which you are doing masterfully and with finesse, so I am not talking about you here of course.

Back to Lyk. I realized something recently... The way I work I send lyk my texts as a part of the in-game code. And that is what he has to work with. He has to fish the lines of dialog out of the lines of the script. I am sure that makes his task more difficult but it makes MY work easier, so that is how we do it. 

So that thing that I came to realizing... You know, every once in a while, somebody may say that some small part of my game was a bit boring (burn the heretic!)... And he may be right... But he was still playing the game, you know with the pictures and some sort of sound at least... 

So, you know, after that person beats the game and it takes them 8 hours maybe, that's it. That is how they experienced the story. But Lyk is basically playing all my games by just starring at the codes and imagining what is supposed to be happening on the screen right now. As far as I know he never even plays the finished versions of my games, because what's the point? Every single thing has been spoiled already. 

By the end of the day Lyk takes my half-baked stories and turns them into something wholesome. But he is never too liberal with the original material and usually refrains from changing a single word unless absolutely necessary... And I appreciate that too.

Well, that is that. Thank you for the years of service, my friend LykD9. Here is to many years to come!

P.S. Lyk's Patreon page shows barely $100+... It's been like that forever... And big part of that number consists of my own pledge to him. In the meantime idiots like "SadCrab" and "CartoonClub" who do nothing but piggyback of my work rock big numbers. 

So, if your pledge to me is $1 then just ignore this :) If it's $5 or even more... Maybe you could consider taking $1 form that amount and giving it to Lyk. This is just a suggestion of course, and don't worry, you won't miss out on any content from me because of that.

And I am not ordering you to do this or anything of course... Just listen to your heart and do what you think is right. 

You guys are already beyond awesome in my book anyways.

That is all I have to say for now. Better get back to work.

I hope you enjoyed the video :)

-Akabur-

LINK:  https://www.patreon.com/Lyk