On The Recent Lack of Releases

Hello, everyone.

Making a public post so everyone can read this.

I've been hoping to write this once I managed to complete the latest KoS update, but that's been taking longer than I hoped, so here I am, writing some words on the subject of the slow and uneven release schedule through the past few months.

This is something I should've done sooner. I used to be quite good at communicating with my patrons, but that's a skill that I've been losing as of late. If I had to say way, it's probably because I was ashamed of citing excuse after excuse for the delays over the past few months.

However, even if it means having to give out excuses again, I realized it's better to just be up-front and communicate properly.

The last year has been difficult for me in many respects. There's the burnout issue that I mentioned before... but it's not just that.

Health-wise things have been uneven, and starting February there was a very big change in my living situation that has been difficult to balance with my work here as a developer. I don't want to go into too much detail, since it's something deeply personal, but it's a change that has forced me to change practically everything about my life. As a result, time to sit down to work on these games I love was minimal for several months. And when I did have the time, I was too exhausted to make any significant progress.

It was frustrating, and depressing, and everything kind of just built-up on top of each other to keep me trapped in a never-ending spiral of frustration. Both over some of my personal circumstances, and my inability to work on my games with the same amount of time and care that I used to.

I want that to stop. And I will make it stop. I deeply wish nothing more than to go back to how I used to be.

Thankfully, it seems like I've found a solution to allow me to work steadily on 'King of Summer' (and other games) again. While I can't promise I'll be able to return to weekly releases soon, I think I'm at least on the road to by-weekly releases (which is definitely an improvement over the current 1 month+ cycle).

And of course, I promise to start communicating a little bit better going forward, although I might fail from time to time.

I want to thank you, all of my patrons, for supporting me even during this dry period. I know it's been frustrating for many to not get the same amount of content as you used to, but believe me, the most frustrated person here is me.

I sincerely want to keep making these games, to make new stories, to finish KoS (it's so close), and I'm making a big effort to ensure I'm in the right space health-wise and energy-wise to ensure this.

There's plenty more of naughtiness for me to give, that's for sure!

So once more, thank you everybody... for your support, patience and kind words. And I hope you can start looking forward to everything I have in store.