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Well...

Jokes aside, I’m doing fine now! I’ve had a tough year personally, and then the whole, you know, world wide pandemic thing you might have heard about. But me and my loved ones have stayed healthy, and I’m getting my shit together! I hope you all have stayed safe!

I needed a break from creating games, and now I feel like I can finally get back to working. I’m working on a game for my master’s thesis, and then I have gazillion ideas for other projects I wanna do. Swan Song is on I hiatus, currently I can’t focus on a project that big. But I will return to it once I’ve done some other stuff first. I do wanna make it happen!

I don’t know what I’m gonna do with this blog. I do miss making dev updates and the community. But I feel like most people have left tumblr, but maybe I’m just imagining it. I dunno, we’ll see once I get some stuff underway.

Yes actually! The places are different part of her childhood and her fears. 

The dollhouse, is her toddler phase, playing with toys and such. The forest and house are her grandparents house and the forest nearby where she used to play. These were her preschool years, and the time she first started feeling lonely. The cloud kingdom is the imaginary world she created, her safe haven. And the school is, well, school she went for the first grade.

I AM ALIVE!

I’m really sorry for the radio silence. Last year was more or less rough for me. I barely got anything creative done. Still figuring things out and stuff, but everything is already so much better than it was one year ago.

What comes to Swan Song, I haven’t worked on it for over half a year. I want to continue working on it as soon as possible. I’m never giving up on this project!

Also I’ve been spending less and less time on tumblr. I can already feel like this place is dying. (Like the new blue?!?! what were they thinking!). I’m not only one thinking this, right? So yeah, I might abandon this ship sooner or later. I wanna continue making devblogs, but probably somewhere else. I’ve been keeping an eye on pillowfort.io, but it’s still in closed beta. We’ll see.

Haha I’m sorry XD Good to hear “the Groke was effective” Actually all the monster in the TV are based on characters I was afraid myself as a kid:

- Groke from Moomins, like you. I bet everyone was afraid of her :D But she’s nice. No need to be afraid of her.

- Santa Claus. Yes. I was afraid of Santa.

- Clowns. God dammit I was afraid of them and still am, all thanks to this tv show

- The long bear is from the show called “Pikku Kakkonen” and I was afraid of the ending of this little short  that warns kids not to walk on thin ice. The way he says “Beware thin ice” still makes chills go through my spine

Thank you very much! :D I’ve always felt that my coloring is the weakest part, so I’m happy that you like it! 

I’m alive! The game is alive! You are alive. Let’s update. How are you?

I’ve been taking a long break, but getting back to work. I’ve realized I work better if I don’t keep posting updates all the time. You know, once you post something wip, it feels like you’ve already completed it yada yada.

I’ve been mainly working on graphics. Found a good pipeline that works for me, and I’ve almost finished all the maps (All bases are done, just need to a dd details) And character graphics too. After I’ve finished the graphics, I can focus on everything else!

I’d like to get the demo out by the end of this year, but I don’t wanna promise anything. I’ll keep working hard.

None of them has (at least canon) love interest. Majority of them are still kids too ^^’

I think Hailey and Oliver’s story is told, so I don’t have any plans for a sequel. I’m trying to focus on other projects. :)

And heck yeah I love Undertale. My favourite character is Mettaton’s leg

Just do it!

It’s already great that you have a story and characters in mind. Now start refining them. Plan what you wanna do.  What engine do you want to use. If you have no idea, just pick one and start practicing making something! It doesn’t have to be anything great, just get the hang of making games. If you don’t know how to do something specific, find tutorial or ask some people. Most people are happy to help!

And most important is to know this: Even veterans don’t know how to do everything. They also need to use different resources to solve problems. The also need trial and error to get things working.

So the most important thing you can do, is to just start making. Something, Anything. Best ideas come while your trying something out.