January 1 Billing Paused

Hello!

I decided not to charge anybody for this month because I haven't made enough progress to justify getting paid. I was thinking about it since you guys gave me feedback on my last post which, together with the messages on discord is what solidified this decision. Even if I don't reply, just know that I do read everything on the server. I just thought I'd be able to respond better in a post here.

It's completely true that fucking around with the colours was not the right move at this time. I should've moved on/ left it until after the game was done/ started doing it when I start working on the remaster.

Instead I doubled down and spent most of this month doing them (and afterwards the backgrounds as well). I thought they'd be well received but my stupid ass didn't think about the fact that not everyone has the same display. Mine has never been colour calibrated so it's obviously going to look different than the next person's.
As I stated in a comment, a zip file with the original png's will be made available for download.
Still, it wasn't beneficial for everyone therefore it's a huge L.

Another time sink, which in hindsight was avoidable, was setting up the sprites. In short, I used to save the sprites as a single image, with different copies for every expression x every outfit, which was always a dreadful process saving the images. Whereas now they're broken into layers and made into what you see in game with code. I thought I knew what I was doing but clearly not. InfiniteCanvas can attest to that. At least they should work as intended now and I'm able to move on.

The only thing that could've been a saving grace is if I got to, let's say, the halfway point with the dialogue. But that's not the case either. I still only got a few scenes done, about 10k words' worth. Normally that would be fine but for this update that's barely anything.
In the Christmas period I had to de-mold (is that a word?) the apartment because the stuff appeared everywhere. Then my friends were in town and I was able to meet them for the first time in about half a year. Hangovers are getting harder and harder. These all meant another couple of days without progress.

So that's that. I'd like to apologize for being ignorant and so close to the end I still proceeded to do things nobody asked for. Had I stuck with what worked before I might've been able to deliver this month. Had I not gotten hell bent on redoing the art I could've delivered in October. It's become a vicious cycle and it only ended because I was satisfied with the art.
Call it perfectionism, and while it's true that I want to make the game the best I can, all of that comes from a place of insecurity and wanting to feel some form of self-satisfaction. Which I honestly did feel when looking at my art progress this year and those moments being so rare, are worth a lot to me.
Still it's debatable if it was worth the price of losing most people's trust. Probably not, and honestly if I managed/ thought things through better we might not have ended up like this.

It's no use to be regretful though. What's done is done and I'm ready to make more mistakes in 2023.
Once again, thank you for all your support! Everyone, have a happy new year!
BP

P.S.: The images are from sprite testing.