Devlog (November 2022) Q&A!?

Hi all! I just want to give an update as I'm aware I've been a little too quiet lately. The first part of this is gonna be a personal ramble, so if you want to skip ahead to the more important content updates - just scroll down for the BOLD.

In short, the past month has been really rough. Suffering from back-to-back illnesses which pretty much stopped production for a solid two weeks, to major PC problems which have been suuuuper frustrating.

Mentally, it's been a tough month - so I've found myself not sharing as much or connecting with people like I usually do. I've also felt distant in personal relationships/friendships too - which has been a struggle. For those that know more about my background, you'll know I never really had friends or people that I could rely on until starting this creative journey on Straight!? with Aaryn.

November has felt really lonely. But I'm optimistic December will be better and on that note - here's a content update for you all wondering WTF is happening at Apollo Studios!?

New Hope:  Script work is still underway as this a very complex transition in the story. However, I don't anticipate it taking much longer at which stage I can start doing a breakdown of the scenes, what you can expect and also a teaser trailer ;)

(CG's this time around should take much less time to complete - which is awesome as that has always been the most time-consuming process.)

Short Stories: You're probably wondering what happened to the short stories. Unfortunately due to being ill and then the subsequent PC problems it meant the short stories became low on the priority list. However, expect them to start back up in Dec!

Hollow: Full steam ahead on the production of V0.1 of Hollow. The reception for the game was more than we could have hoped, and your support for this story means the world! Adam is hard at work building sets, and prepping for the new CG's.

New Hope Unlimited: I was hoping to have a better announcement for this, but unfortunately the PC problems I was having really stunted the production of a new mini-game. The script for it became corrupt and the backup was also lost as I worked on trying to resolve the corruption. Thankfully, all the CG's that were done have been recovered. All going to plan, I can re-write the short and have it released sometime in Dec :) A preview of the some of the CG's can be viewed above!

Q&A: Lastly, I want to announce that I'll be holding a Q&A for both New Hope & Hollow! If you have any burning questions you'd like to ask about the production, inspiration... (or anything else) then put your questions below! Make sure to clearly state if they're for New Hope, Hollow or both.

I'll be recording two videos for each game discussing each question and answering them. With Adam as my special guest on the Hollow video :)

As always, thanks for your support. I really appreciate everyone who's stuck with me. Here's to manifesting a productive and festive December!

-Blayke <3