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  1. CW: Discussion of mental health

    Those of us who keep up with my personal stuff here probably remember that last month I underwent some cognitive testing because I was experiencing some short-term memory loss and other things that alarmed me and I wanted to at least rule out something like dementia. I passed the cognitive exams with flying colors, and an MRI did not detect anything amiss. But last week I’m pretty sure I figured out what’s probably at the root of this. It hit me, like a ton of bricks, actually, that I had pretty much checked out of everything, including things I cared about and brought me joy. #MarchMadness was beginning, for instance, and I was completely clueless. I never even folllowed my #Zags all year. There are other examples of this as well. At least I haven’t lost my interest in reading. I’m clearly going through a very rough patch of what Sarah and I call the D word, something that is always with me but I usually try to keep at bay as much as I can. I’m being proactive; I saw a psychiatrist on Thrusday and we’re exploring some potential med adjustments. It’s going to be a process. I’ll get out of this valley, I always do, but for now I’d appreciate thoughts/prayers/positive mojo. Thanks.

  2. CW: Discussion of mental health

    Those of us who keep up with my personal stuff here probably remember that last month I underwent some cognitive testing because I was experiencing some short-term memory loss and other things that alarmed me and I wanted to at least rule out something like dementia. I passed the cognitive exams with flying colors, and an MRI did not detect anything amiss. But last week I’m pretty sure I figured out what’s probably at the root of this. It hit me, like a ton of bricks, actually, that I had pretty much checked out of everything, including things I cared about and brought me joy. #MarchMadness was beginning, for instance, and I was completely clueless. I never even folllowed my #Zags all year. There are other examples of this as well. At least I haven’t lost my interest in reading. I’m clearly going through a very rough patch of what Sarah and I call the D word, something that is always with me but I usually try to keep at bay as much as I can. I’m being proactive; I saw a psychiatrist on Thrusday and we’re exploring some potential med adjustments. It’s going to be a process. I’ll get out of this valley, I always do, but for now I’d appreciate thoughts/prayers/positive mojo. Thanks.

  3. I've made some more progress on #DaddyDatingGame

    We're now at almost 30k words, and I need to actually code up the planner now

    Because people complained about it in #ZAGS, the planner in this game will have a fully automated option, where it picks random options to execute every week so you don't have to deal with it if you don't want to

    Progress!

    #GameDev #IndieDev #RenPy

  4. I've made some more progress on #DaddyDatingGame

    We're now at almost 30k words, and I need to actually code up the planner now

    Because people complained about it in #ZAGS, the planner in this game will have a fully automated option, where it picks random options to execute every week so you don't have to deal with it if you don't want to

    Progress!

    #GameDev #IndieDev #RenPy

  5. Okay but like super thanks to @sylphrin and @JshBet8 and especially PatchrickPlayer1 for their support today in his #ZAGS stream 😭​😭​

    All of you are amazing

  6. Okay but like super thanks to @sylphrin and @JshBet8 and especially PatchrickPlayer1 for their support today in his #ZAGS stream 😭​😭​

    All of you are amazing

  7. I'd almost forgotten that there was a lewd version of the #ZAGS theme song

    Apparently @tmfox had suggested lewd lyrics to me, and I wrote them up and sent them to my composer as a "haha isn't this funny?" and then a recording showed up in my inbox a short while later

    Still the best bridge ever 😅​

    (The lewd theme is part of the ZAGS soundtrack... I think I did a lyric video for them as an unlockable in ZAGS as well?)

  8. I'd almost forgotten that there was a lewd version of the #ZAGS theme song

    Apparently @tmfox had suggested lewd lyrics to me, and I wrote them up and sent them to my composer as a "haha isn't this funny?" and then a recording showed up in my inbox a short while later

    Still the best bridge ever 😅​

    (The lewd theme is part of the ZAGS soundtrack... I think I did a lyric video for them as an unlockable in ZAGS as well?)

  9. I want to make another big game that's like a proper dating sim (like #ZAGS -sized)

    I want the love interests to be hot daddies

    I wonder if I can swing some of my current project ideas in that direction 🤔​

  10. I think the #ZAGS planner feature (which has a bunch of unlockable actions and which also can trigger VN sequences with additional scenes and story) is my favorite VN thing I've ever coded up

    The more game-y thing I'm the most proud of coding (and designing!) is the snowballing door puzzles in Over The Moon, with a close second being the RPG engine used in Orcs of Mordick and #ZRWP

    But the games I've made that people seem to enjoy the most are the strictly (and straightforwardly) visual novel ones, like YAGS or At First Sight or Charles 2.0, to the point where it seems there's an inverse relationship between how much the programmer in me enjoys a project and how much my players do

    Trying to consider what this means for my 2024 #GameDev plans (including my continued desire to pick up an engine other than #RenPy )

    ...and particularly for a specific project where I've started commissioning art >_>

  11. A few updates relating to my games:

    #ZAGS is no longer available for purchase on itchio, but remains available on Steam and Google Play... it will likely not be coming back to itch, as there's no way to make it even remotely SFW (libido is literally a game stat, and all the CGs are explicit sex)

    (If you're interested in purchasing the associated swag, send me a message)

    #AAGS has received an updated demo to make it SFW, and preorders on itch have been closed for now... it will be available for purchase again (as a SFW game) once it's finished (and a patch to make it NSFW again will be available as well)

  12. Extending my congratulations to the UConn Huskies for their #MarchMadness triumph. You embarrassed my #Zags but clearly you were the best team in the tournament. Enjoy, next year will come around sooner than you think.

  13. Extending my congratulations to the UConn Huskies for their #MarchMadness triumph. You embarrassed my #Zags but clearly you were the best team in the tournament. Enjoy, next year will come around sooner than you think.

  14. Gonzaga decided they were beaten about three minutes into the second half 😳

    #NCAATournament #Zags

  15. at least one of my final teams is still in it. #zags

  16. at least one of my final teams is still in it. #zags

  17. My flagship #VisualNovel series about being gay and coming out in college (Yearning: A Gay Story and its sequel Zen: A Gay Sequel) are on sale for the holidays!

    You can get them on itch.io (where you can also pick up physical swag like stickers and magnets) or Steam, all at 20% off

    #YAGS: yags.bobcgames.com/?download
    #ZAGS: zags.bobcgames.com/?download
    Full bundle: itch.io/s/78921/yags-verse-mas

    Check out the full YAGS-verse here: bobcgames.com/?verse

  18. My flagship #VisualNovel series about being gay and coming out in college (Yearning: A Gay Story and its sequel Zen: A Gay Sequel) are on sale for the holidays!

    You can get them on itch.io (where you can also pick up physical swag like stickers and magnets) or Steam, all at 20% off

    #YAGS: yags.bobcgames.com/?download
    #ZAGS: zags.bobcgames.com/?download
    Full bundle: itch.io/s/78921/yags-verse-mas

    Check out the full YAGS-verse here: bobcgames.com/?verse