Due to circumstances outside of my control, I am incapable of working on Chocoblook! Namely, the fact that my computer has abruptly stopped functioning properly. So, uh... nothing else to do but call a hiatus.

This isn’t the worst abrupt hard drive failure I’ve ever faced; no personal data has been lost, so I’ll be able to resume work once I’ve replaced it. Unfortunately, I don’t know when that replacement will arrive. Hopefully not too long! But given the circumstances, I’m not gonna make too many promises.

So, in summary: Desktop dead, have to wait for replacement. Chocoblook will return when I am able to make it on something other than an ancient laptop. See you whenever that is!

It wouldn’t be Chocoblook without one last delayed update!

Another December, another full year of Chocoblook! I’m sad I don’t have any fancier art to show for it like the previous anniversaries, but I am on break.

This is the third anniversary I’ve spent in Waterfall, which I think is the best encapsulation of why I’m so exhausted with the place. It’s fun to draw, but boy has the pacing not been great at all. I’ll be glad to see it go, and hopefully have the next section more tightly written so that it doesn’t drag on even longer. This is a story I’m excited to tell, even if the execution could be more carefully put together.

I’m very sorry to drop this all of a sudden when up until this point I’ve been certain I’d update today, as well as having plans to finish Waterfall by the next Chocoblook anniversary, but unfortunately circumstances have made it clear that doing so would involve sacrifices I’m not willing to make.

I won’t be getting into specifics, because it’s nobody’s business but my own. All I’m willing to offer is that it’s partly a matter of burnout, partly a matter of having other obligations, and partly a matter of the next few pages being vital to the story and me wanting to make sure they all work together properly.

The pertinent information is that Chocoblook will be returning a little over one month from now, on January 4th. Barring any changes, the rest of Waterfall’s pages will be posted on schedule following that, and then there will be another, longer hiatus before Hotland begins.

can’t do chocoblook, deltarune fucked me up. seeya friday.

y’know how i said friday? saturday. next page is saturday.