Saturday Update (Patreon)

Hello again folks!

First off, I'd like to thank everyone for the kind and supportive messages I've been sent. I haven't replied to all of them, but I have read all of them.

Thank as well for your patience with me in this time.

I'm afraid I once again have very little to offer in the way of progress this week, as I spent the week until Thursday dealing with the closure of the discord server. 

I am having some difficulty returning to work quickly. I want nothing more than to just work on my game and feel a sense of joy in that again, but it's a bit difficult. I admit, this is the first time since before 2018 that I've wondered if I have the strength for this career, and fantasized about working a 'normal' job.

I have been recovering my health, both physical and mental. I'm beginning to be able to sleep and eat again almost normally.

However, I am finding a bit of difficulty using my computer. While the pressure of the server may be gone, social media is still a minefield of people hurling insults and anger at me. I've been called everything from 'malignant people pleaser' to """nazibob""", and I'd love to say that I just let it roll off my back, but I'm pretty sensitive. Every new click or scroll on social media sends a new wave of adrenaline and fear through me.

So, I've been trying to unplug as much as possible.

I'm really hoping that I can continue to recover this weekend and reduce my fear of my computer enough to have a normal work week next week.

I did manage to do just a tiny bit though.

A little while back, in the late server, a conversation between people gave me the inspiration to add some new dialogue to Day 3. At the end of last week, I went back and plugged in side-sprites for the new conversation, including one new expression.

I'll paste a bunch of snippets to try and make up for my lack of progress ^^;