Video preview + What I've been working on
Hi! if you are just here for the preview, it's for a video I'm working on about plateaus, mentality and how to approach stuckness in a productive way. These two segments aren't entirely finished, there is some footage that I want to but can't currently get, but that's just at the very end. The rest still needs some edits and music but besides that, I'm happy with how it's shaping up!
I've been chipping away at this since late last year and unfortunately progress has slowed to a crawl. For anyone who hasn't heard, my hand health has gotten so bad to the point where I couldn't use a mouse for anything for 3-4 months, and it's only just now gotten to the point where I can use one occasionally again. Editing with a trackball is one of the most tedious things I've ever attempted to do, I'm so bad at any fine movement that it's dragged this project out so much but I'm determined to get it finished. I think this video is some of my best work and it's nice to finally have something to show for it.
The other big project I'm working on is season 2 of my kovaaks benchmarks! These are basically finished and playable on https://evxl.app. Very happy with how these turned out, I think they are a massive improvement on season 1 and feel far more refined and intentional in terms of scenario construction. This will also have a video alongside it, but it won't be out particularly soon since I will be waiting for the aimlabs version of my benchmarks to be completed! They are wip and still private so pls keep this fairly secret, but I'm very happy with how they are progressing so far. If any of you are interested in playtesting for them and helping make sure the scenarios play similarly to their kovaaks equivalents, feel free to send me a message here or on discord!
As for the benchmark video itself, it is going to be a very long one. I want to go through each scenario, talk about what it's included for and how to approach it. The script is 3500 words so far and I'm barely a third of the way through, so that is going to take a LONG time to complete. Thankfully, I've got someone else to edit it for me, so that won't impede too much on my time to work on other projects.
Thank you all for your patience <3 The first part of this year has been really rough for me but I think I'm past the worst of it. I'm seeing a physical therapist now and my hand is getting somewhat better, so hopefully I'll be back to working at a normal pace soon.