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One door closes, and hundreds more are opened.

I don't often get the opportunity to do these kinds of posts, but this one is filled with nothing but GOOD news all the way! I'm grinning like an idiot while writing this.

First things first -- to everyone who doesn't check Discord: I've found a new place. To everyone in general: I've finished moving, cleaning, unpacking, and settling into the new place.

2025-06-28 12:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post

The Alpha, the Omega, and everything in between.

Hello.

As you all know, there were supposed to be two releases in 2024. It's May 2025, and there's still no release in sight. I was also in a cave for four months. This is officially the longest I've ever been silent online. What happened?

Simply put, I challenged myself; I was weak and I lost. No fancy way to frame it, so let's get that out of the way first. Took me a while to fi...

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The Gallery UI... in all its glory (and status update).

AHHHH, MOTHERF-----!!!

*Ahem* I mean, uh... Merry Christmas!

What a year. 

I don't know how it was for you guys, but for me? It was tough; no tougher than last year, sure... but still, between me almost dying, family drama, and dealing with my constant failure, this year was a different kind of beast.

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Day #14. (Gallery Extra) Queen of Spades.

I know it's technically still day 13, but... well.

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Day #13. (Gallery Extra) King of Clubs.

Wanted to post this one before midnight but got bushwacked by my own thoughts (as usual) telling me to go read about fothermucking Taoism mid-work for no reason. It's actually kinda tight, not gonna lie. I'm glad I read about it.

Anyway, here's an idea I got today through blind luck. I'm turning characters into poker cards, now. I'll do more of that in the next days. I really liked the c...

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Day #12. (Chapter 1) I wasn't thrown into this earth with a lot of time to waste.

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Day #11. (Gallery Extra) One keeps you fed, and the other will feed on you. Pick one.

Fell asleep at the wheel again. Was sorting some shit out. Business as usual from here on and more artwork tomorrow. Also, news soon.

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Day #10. (Gallery Extra) Harmony.

I missed a day so I brought four.

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Day #9. (Chapter 1) Shoot.

I'll be doing some gallery extras next.

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Day #8. (Chapter 3.1) Return to sender... in twenty minutes.

Tried to draw spit by hand. W or L?

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Day #7. (Chapter 0) The things one pulls themselves out of.

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Day #6. (Chapter 1) Not even a month in...

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Day #5. (Chapter 1) Birthday girl.

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Day #4. (Chapter 0) Special delivery: Two cans of comeuppance.

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Day #3. (Chapter 0) The things one gets themselves into.

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Day #2. (Chapter 0) A little aftercare after a scare.

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Bad news. Even worse excuses.

Never in my life have I ever hated writing; until now.

No good way for me to say this, but in my arrogance, I've underestimated the workload. Hate to sour people's nights with this post, but some of you will notice I missed my release yesterday. The game wasn't ready, so I've decided to push the release date back until it is. I wish I'd told you guys about the delay sooner but I only rea...

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Bad news.

Short version is: I'm pushing back the release date. It's still releasing in 2024 if it's the last thing I do, but there is no way I'm making this release today. I'm so, so sorry for deceiving everybody like this.

I'm entirely beaten and I can't stay awake any longer. Will still be finishing 4.1, but won't make release tonight. Need more time. Will give long version and status update whe...

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Reflecting on my evolution as a visual artist (also, art preview).

Hello! I hope you've all been well. I wish to welcome you into a part of my method that I've learned much about this year. I'm talking about the visual aspects of my studies as a game designer, and understanding what distinguishes passable visuals from great visuals. While I'm at it, I might as well give everyone a preview of my animations for the Steam build.

Walk with me, will ya?
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My plea, and my promise (Unsevered Steam trailer and release date).

This is it. We're finally here — the biggest, most crucial moment in the four years of this project's lifetime.

Unsevered has entered its release campaign and is now available to wishlist on Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2320480/Unsevered/

As I prepare myself for...

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Road to Steam release and a brief follow up on stuff.

'Sup peeps. How are y'all doing? Just wanted to make a quick post to announce (very happily) that I'm finished setting up the Steam page for the game. That includes the trailer, which is more of a cinematic intro at this point since it runs for four minutes. I'll be sharing it with you guys, along with a release date, as soon as Steam finishes reviewing my page, which, according to them, takes ...

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Update on the project and some personal shit.

Fuck. I've been drafting this thing for an unreasonable amount of time. Well, fasten your seatbelts, folks. I've got important info that's well enough to justify breaking almost eight months of silence on the platform -- pretty big stuff packed here.


Hi, it's been a minute. I missed y'all. I hope you've all been staying healthy in the past seven(?) months I haven't been around here, a...

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Collection of good news.

Hello, folks. It's your favorite absent father who shows up maybe once a month, hopefully bearing good news. Today is one of them days. I know we don't see each other very often, but the love is still here.

I've secured a source of rendering power.

In the past couple of weeks or so, I've dedicated myself to racking up the funds for a private clo...

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"We're definitely, uh... I think?" Game updated to 4.1.0... sort of.

Download links and full changelog on Discord.gg/RcrAdam2zH.

How are we doing today, folks? I hope you're all well. I've been silent for a few... days? Weeks? It's hard to tell. But you guys oughta know by now that if I'm too quiet, it means I'm extra focused on cooking. Here's t...

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I'm back at it (and counting my losses).

After hours of backup and (failed) recovery, one huge mess up on my part, and 700 gigs of corrupted data later, I have my PC all ready to go. I backed up whatever I could, but because of one stupid mistake (and a shitty design choice on Microsoft's part), I lost everything in my main HDD. I also lost a huge chunk of my user data since, for some reason, only the 'local' folder of my 'AppData' fo...

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I think I might've lost my main HDD and everything in it.

I wish I was joking.

Recently, my PC has started to show signs of poor health. That has manifested a couple times through blue screens. In the past few days, however, they got more frequent, until I started getting one every single day for the past four days. I even (completely in vain) created a restoration point in case anything bad happened. Today, while I was working on the new art ...

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Getting hotter.

What's up, my neighbors? I feel like we're all close enough that I can start using the hard R, right? On the same topic, there's another hard R I'm thinking of, and I think you know which one I'm talking about. Why don't we say it together?

Release of 4.1!

About four or f...

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Capella's Setup Act II - No more back pain (also, small update).

You guys probably won't remember this since I only mentioned it once (and it was last year), but I didn't have a chair to sit on while using my computer.

I basically had to sit on my bed and use pillows to support my back while working/gaming. In theory, using my PC from my bed sounds comfy ('cause it was, lol). The problem is, most of my life resides within my computer (lame, I know), ...

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"...I already said yes. 'You in a hurry or something?"

Hello, ladies and gentlemen -- welcome! Have a seat, kick up your feet, and let's dive into it.

First short story.

As I've stated in a previous post, the last artwork I uploaded before 4.1 would signal which character the next update would focus on. For those of you who ...

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2023 hiatus.

Not really. I had you for a second there, didn't I?

I know I'm late to the fun of April Fools' but consider this my yearly little prank. I'm not stopping anytime soon. I did, however, spend a few days in a state of something I can only describe as the "artistical shitterâ„¢". I haven't posted in the last week or so even though I already have most of the art I'll be uploading (for now) re...

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