I roll to dodge 2022... I rolled a 12.
Added 2023-01-02 01:11:54 +0000 UTCFortunately the DC was 12. So I made it by the skin of my teeth. December and peak was rough. The job itself is pretty simple. Take things and put in box. It's just a matter of rate and working so many days in a row. Buuuuut... I made it. I was lucky enough that they gave me a modified schedule so I could take care of my dog, Panda. She took me going back to work really, really hard.
Still, I made it through, Panda's still around to be the most lovable butt ever. So now it's time to think through to 2023. 2022 was rough and so I need to reassess things. I'm more thankful than ever for my friends and everyone who has helped support me through it. I'm more worried than ever that things are going to get worse due to the stupidity of the federal reserve strangling the economy to deal with inflation. So I'm going to stick with Amazon for a bit longer till things stabilize.
I'm still working with NoStudios on Faultlines, mostly doing supplemental stuff while we work towards putting out more gameplay stuff. I hope we see a tutorial level this year where you can see all the basic game mechanics at play. I think once people see what we're trying to pull off, people will be really excited for it.
Writing wise I'm torn. Homelands is sitting there like a ghost going 'you need to finish meeeee...' and I want to. But 3 months of writing atrophy has made it difficult. I have noir I could try to finish, or other stories too. I need to get writing on something and do more than one chapter of Homelands. Please, please, please engage me here or on Discord to needle me to write. I beg you. Playing Valheim is easy. Writing is hard. Poke me to do the hard thing.
In any case, I hope I'm wrong, China doesn't melt down, Russia doesn't do something even crazier, or democracy dies horribly. I want to believe things can get better. But in the mean time, I can only do what I can do. I just hope its enough.
Thanks for sticking with me through all this. I survived two months. Now I need to start advancing.
Somber
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Happy New Year. We had Pestilence and War. Logic would dictate that Famine is next. XD Panda is one strong little dog. Alirght, if you want to get poked once in a while I'll try to do the poking. ;)
NTG
2023-01-02 17:37:39 +0000 UTCBeyond that, I wish you the best year possible. I plan to treat 2023 as a new book, with only 365 pages within it, I plan to make 2023 a book I am proud of. (Hope that metaphor isn't too terrible for you.) As I said, I only have the best wishes for you. Be safe, be happy.
Guard M
2023-01-02 01:30:15 +0000 UTCFirst of all, Happy new year Somber, this is your first poke from me to write Homelands... I'm kidding mostly, like all obstacles take the first step by writing whichever one you can.
Guard M
2023-01-02 01:23:04 +0000 UTC
