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It’s my birthday tomorrow! Yay! I’ve been meaning to give you guys an update on how things have been going on my end, and since my age is about to go up another number, now’s as good a time as any. At the start of the year I made I think 6 or so New Year’s Resolutions, so I wanna cover those. from most important to least important. -Finish Brawl Minus 4.3 I’m putting this one out of my personal projects first because I feel like people are counting on me for this and anticipating this the most. I’ve been out an SD card reader for a while and am getting myself a new one for my birthday, so I’ll be able to get back to Wii testing, which will help us with Subspace fixes now that we have a lead on it. Also trying to figure out more costumes to include, but besides those there are plenty of other major hurdles that keep us from release. It’s still 2019, but I’m going to focus on this one more actively rather than re-animates and Smash videos like I’ve been doing. I can’t just keep this waiting forever. -Johou Battle Getting it finished this year is pretty unlikely. It’s in the same rut it’s been in since October, that being the replay system being coded. So long as there’s no replay system I can’t really get good bugfixes going, which is keeping the game in limbo for longer. Commissioning a replay system is more often than not out of my price range, so I’m stuck still. I have other stuff to focus on in the meantime, but in my free time I will be seeking solutions. Maybe if I find even better work I can afford the commission. Here’s hoping. -Smash Ultimate meme videos This one isn’t a resolution, but I’ve been thinking about this one so I’m gonna talk about them anyways. I’m probably gonna stop making these, or at least the full length videos. It was fun and it lasted longer than my silly Smash 4 attempt thanks to Ultimate’s in-game ability to record replays as .mp4s. I still have a lot of clips from a planned Joker video, and I will be posting those on my twitter. I’m pretty proud of the End of 2.0 one so I think it’s a good note to end those on. Maybe I’ll pick it up again in the future, but for now I’m gonna take a break from these. -ReAnimated Collabs I picked up a good amount of these purely out of spite of the Kirby one. I made 4 parts so far, and will continue to work on these as animation exercises monthly (outside the Summer months as I will be focusing on Clock Day then). I’ll let you guys know which ones I’m in as they come out, and I can’t wait to show you all them! Now for the personal stuff -Find a job with better income I can actually mark this one as done: I started Substitute Teaching back in January, and now make more a day than I ever have. Problem is it’s only $100, and that’s not really enough. It’s still a step forward and lets me be more aggressive on my loans though. I went to my school for advice but they still as of yet haven’t given me feedback on my resume. -Keep Losing Weight! Started the year at 187, am currently 172. 15 pound loss, just gotta keep going! -Reach 202 Twitter Followers Currently at 130. If you don’t follow me on twitter now, you can find me here! -Vidya Backlog hitting 0 again Yakuza 0 and Smash kept it from going down for quite a while, but I beat Yakuza so I can at least progress again on other games (at least until I get to Yakuza Kiwami, but I digress). I’m currently playing through DMC3, and it’s a blast so far! Honestly I wish there was more of me, there’s so much stuff I want to do but only one of me to cover it! I’m also interested in things like re-animating Agents of K. Corporation and other projects, but I gotta focus on what’s on my own plate first while also aiming to make enough money to survive. Wish me luck as I continue my quest to be so awesome, make cartoons, and much more! Cheers, ~Pin Clock

This week in Johou Battle, new score mechanics that can be found in Touhou have been added here! Grazing rewards you points for having close encounters with bullets, and star points, which reward you for finishing enemy attacks with a lot of bullets ! Go for the high score!

I mean it! No side is safe! Not even the bottom!

Two more Ichirin animations redone! Hopefully I’ll have the last three worked out next week so I can get back to creating more new stuff!

Time for the first ever Johou Battle development update! This week I want to talk about Bombs. These are special attacks that are activated when you press X at any given time, and makes you INVINCIBLE!  Ichirin’s Bomb, Traditional Era of a Splendid Old Man, puts Unzan right in the spotlight, and PLENTY OF FISTS right into Jotaro’s face! These fists will also clear most bullets in Ichirin’s path, protecting her from any harm that might come her way. They also deal a decent chunk of damage! Jotaro’s Bomb, Star Platinum’s THE WORLD, stops time right in its place for what feels like 5 seconds. Most bullets within a certain range of Jotaro will vanish instantly, so feel free to move around and clear some of them out. Just keep in mind that certain projectiles will not vanish this way, and continue as normal when time resumes, so steer clear of those unless you know you’ll be safe! These Bombs may be extremely powerful, but remember you only have three of these per life, so use them only when you’re in trouble! If you’d like to join in on the discussion for Johou Battle, you can join the Discord server here: https://discord.gg/9Acrxn I’d also appreciate it if you supported me on my Patreon! You’ll even get exclusive updates on the development of the game, which you can see here: https://www.patreon.com/PinClock