A brief, honest update...

Folks,

As you know, I've been working on the start of my game and progress has been moving along.  As usual, my brain doesn't always work as fast I would like or it's hard to find the time to create it, but I have been making good progress.

I don't like to post personal or serious stuff on here, because I know this is not a personal journal of mine and you guys all follow me here to get progress and game updates.  However, I do feel the need to let you know that, unfortunately, a family member of mine has passed away due to COVID-19.  I realize I am not alone in this scenario, as millions are sick and tens of thousands have died across the globe.  This is an ugly virus where its victims suffer and die by themselves, because the hospitals are overwhelmed and obviously no family can be in the hospital for fear of spreading the virus.  Among all the bad parts, right now the worst part is that my family cannot gather together mourn and to comfort each other during this time.  We are grieving together, yet we stay apart.  Nor can we have a proper funeral service.  She was indeed elderly, but was in good health before all this and sharp as a tack up until her last moments.

I'm not posting this for sympathy, but to simply let you know I don't think I'm going to be around for a little bit and I likely wont be checking messages here or on discord.   I may wake up tomorrow and want to distract myself with developing the new game even more or I may wake up and not want to do a goddamn thing.  It's honestly too soon to tell, but I did want to be honest about this and not have any supporters think I'm ignoring them.  It's a weird feeling, because right now I'm not sure how to process the emotions that I'm going through.  I think we've all experienced death of loved ones, but this feels different.  Like my family member is just a statistic to be tallied on the evening news, yet every single person that has passed away and is part of the running tally is leaving behind family and loved ones, and the numbers keep on climbing.  So please give your family and friends a call and tell them that you love them.  We never know how much time any of us have left on this earth.

Stay safe, keep your distance, keep smiling, and wash you hands.

Sending love to all that need it,
Sumodeine