What I've been up to.

Okay, you might have noticed a lack of updates here other than the next day uploads. The reason is; I’ve been busy.

I’ve always wanted to make video games, but it’s always something I would do “later.” That’s why you’ll find SSDD on “poisonedminds.com” The idea was to have a number of projects on that site alongside SSDD but that project overshadowed everything else. The Flash Player going the way of the dodo didn’t help.

So I thought I would teach myself a game engine “later.” Later never happened. Later was always later. That was until my gallbladder tried to kill me last year. All of a sudden, I felt very mortal, and “later” might not happen. So I made an effort to make some games. I picked Unity as it made the most sense for what I wanted to do. Plus it's come a long way since the days of flooding Steam with low-effort shite.

Now, the plan was to make a load of small games that take a few months to make, tops. Like everyone tells you to do. But as I learned more and improved my skills, the first game got more and more features and improvements. It is the very definition of feature and scope creep.

I really wanted to shadow drop this thing, but considering how long this is taking and I'm neglecting the Patron somewhat, I thought it best to let you in on what I’ve been up to. I don’t want to give too much away just yet, but the game is set in the SSDD universe and I’ve been dropping hints about it for a while now.

Now as the idea was to make some short, crappy games in a handful of weeks, I was going to put them up for free. Now… Yeah... I would like SOMETHING for this. It’s still a short experience, and I want people to play it for nothing if they can’t/won’t pay as it adds to SSDD. Itch.io donations? Patreon rewards? I dunno. Have some ideas for the latter at least in the form of mentions in a rolodex (it’s set in the 80’s) and you character becoming a collectible.

I could make it "early access" too but I want it finished before I show it to the world. So "early access" would just be "gatekeeping." Also I want this to play in a browser, so it would be trivial to share the link without a login system I really can't be arsed to make.

We’ll see.

I'd like some input from you lot. Should I keep quiet about this or give some updates on what I'm doing? I don't want to give too much away, but I want you to know that I'm doing stuff and things too.