Weekly Progress Report (February 26th 2022)

I want to first and foremost express my heartfelt sympathy for the Ukrainian people.  I know a few of you are from there based on conversations we have had, and though it does little to nothing to help ease the stress that you must be currently feeling, I am thinking about your situation and I am hopeful that you will survive.  I am also in awe at the resolve and bravery of your people and leader, and I want you to stay alert and defiantly weather this shocking situation which is in no way your fault.  It is my sincerest hope that your family and friends and as many of your countrymen as possible, are able to remain free, alive, and unharmed.  Thank you.  

GN:TT – The new release is now done making the trickle down, so the $5 patrons now have it! You shall find it pinned in the INVESTORS ALL CHANNEL in Discord!  There are almost 20,000 words in the new Bad Ends alone, which include two commissioned Bad Ends and eight Bad Ends from the new Waxworks Mission!  The HTML version is Story Mode only but there are PC and Mac versions of the new Renpy Game Mode (SM is also available on Renpy) so if you want to play how DBB used to work, then you can play it on Renpy!

SB:C – The Trixie release is now done making the trickle down, so the $5 patrons now have it! You shall find it pinned in the INVESTORS ALL CHANNEL in Discord!  Enjoy all Trixie content AND the new Bad End menu with the first commissioned SBC Bad End!  I also showed off T5 Chieko in the Spoilers channel and will begin working on the Chieko SB:C release soon!

F:DoD - I have made further progress on creating the assets for an initial release of the Hearthstone-esque Anaxverse game.  Here is the finished design of what cards will look like.  I believe each Faction will have 4 minion types, a weapon type, and named characters from the novels that have tough stats or powerful abilities.  Infectulons won the pole by nearly 50% so, you investors have spoken and they shall be the next playable faction alongside Shadowed in the first release.

As with my other projects over the years, the first release is always the most time consuming as I have to build up so much to give you a nice healthy amount.  In recent memory you might recall the initial SB:C Justine release and how I had to build up everything, the menus, characters, make the intro movie and so forth, so as with past projects PLEASE BE PATIENT!  I know some of you love SB:C and some love my novels, and I will get back to work on them as soon as I am able.

As with those other projects, I believe after the first release of Decks of Darkness, subsequent ones will align with the usual release schedules.  This whole year has been off from usual, so long time investors feel free to express to the newer ones that I am always working and will get all this together as quickly as an autistic man with tenacious focus can!  Please remember that on all of these projects, I am the entire writing department, design department, production department, art department and every other department except the programming.  So again, I ask patience and believe it will pay off!

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WAITING FOR PROGRAMMER FANS:

F:SoS - I will do all the writing and art, but if you are a programmer that is really creative at RPG Maker MV/JavaScript, please let me know if you are interested in programming this title for me! (Unity would probably work too!) I can also offer perks like a Bad End for helping!

F:CoC - I will do all the writing and art, but if you are a programmer that knows Unity, I have the source code for the playable demo from two years ago. Please let me know if you'd like to help me make this game! I can also offer perks like a Bad End for helping!

F:DR - I will do all the writing and art, but if you are a programmer that knows Unity, I can purchase a premade system that you can tweak to make this Anaxverse game! I can also offer perks like a Bad End for helping!

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General News – I was shocked again by how fast the week went by.  I sit down in the morning and suddenly it is bed time as I make all this content for you!  I am very excited for this new game and think it will be a lot of fun to watch the different factions converting each other!  Some will be very interesting like Infectulon Cerebrum or Cereborged Giggler!  Anyway, back to work!  Thank you so much for investing in all this hard work!  As always questions and comments are welcomed here and in Discord, and thank you again!