Hello my friends

The idea of burnout was brought up in one of the comments by a supporter, which wasn’t too far from the truth.

I sat down to write, and just wasn’t feeling it. Admittedly I had a lot going on, but if I feel like this, it is a sign of potential burnout. So, I shifted focus. Being burned out one thing doesn’t mean you are burned out on all things, just that you might need a change of pace.

Instead, I focused on learning. I had 2 tools I wanted to learn in DAZ Studio, (3D posing software) but ended up learning 3.

I also spent time learning Blender (3D modeling software). This is the next logical step for me. (Unless I could afford Maya.) I don’t plan on using it real soon, but would like to in the future, and this prepares me for that.

Also slowing me down, and adding to my stress levels, is the fact that it is tax season and I was woefully behind. (I mentioned this before.) One of the problems is that I keep making it more complex, and keep putting it off. So, I have been scrambling to get the documents together, and put together notes that I need. Tuns out I owe a LOT more than expected.

Also applied for a job. Yes, just one, but I have a good reason to believe I’ll get it.

I’m done whining…Any Progress?

No.

Stressful 2 weeks, and nothing moving forward with the game during that time, at least in creating the actual game.

I did create a few expressions for the characters based on the expressions they had on the show. I try to use those scenes as a reference so I can get them to look as close to the show as possible. But I always modify based on the scene.

Honestly, I have probably been overdoing it with the number of images for the characters I have for the last update. I like to give them a little more personality, and really wanted even more but I held myself back.

Getting back to writing

Don’t be worried about me getting back to writing. As you can see from this post, I don’t seem to have much of a problem putting words to paper. (I even rewrote it, and still had to edit it down.)

I have much of the story planned out, and a bunch of ideas brainstormed that I can draw from. I have plans. I have plans within plans. Yes, I am the Kwisatz Haderach.

Wait, a Dune reference for a Gilligan’s Island Parody? (Great, now I’m thinking what happens if we merge the show and novels?)

Goal for the next game update – 25^th of June

There needs to be more consistency with the updates, so I decided that I would put out a schedule of about every 3 months. Hopefully I can get that down further.

In the past I would keep going until I had whatever sections I created done, but now if the time is coming up, I will release the parts I have done.

Next update – 25^th of June (Earliest release for my supporters.)

Public Release – 2^nd of July

Final Thoughts… TLDR:

This is definitely a long update. Hopefully not too boring.

To sum up, nothing done on the game, other than creating expressions.

Focused on learning to improve my skills. I am happy with my progress.

Tax season sucks, and I need to be more organized.

Since I update of the first and third Saturday of the month, the next update will be posted on May 7^th.

As always, enjoy life.