What I have been up to for the last 4 month.

Hey there, you probably expected to finally get your hands on 0.10P2

But as silly as it sounds I ask that you wait a bit longer, a matter of a handful of days.

In this post I'll talk about a lot of things and mostly the decisions I took regarding my future, so if you're interested in knowing more about the projects I'm currently working on, keep on reading, if you just want to download 0.10 Part 2 and don't give the slightest F about my old ass, you can stop there I promise the update is near.

So back a few weeks, I ended up getting in a bit of a weird situation in which I struggled to work, more than I expected, 0.10 Part 2 has been ready for 2 weeks now, hell I even started working on 0.11, and yet I still haven't built it because I have a few decisions to take regarding the future of "Stronkboi".

First of all, no, Tales of Unity won't be on hold, nor will it be abandoned, not today, not ever.

But I've got to realize that well, I'm burned out on that project, getting back in the habit of working on this universe just doesn't motivate me as much as before, now that doesn't mean that it's the end of ToU, but it does mean that first of all, I want to stop giving out release dates, building hype around dates ended up giving me more stress and false hope to you guys that I don't see a point in doing that anymore.

From now on, updates will be ready when they are ready and deemed perfect on my standards.

Alongside that I decided to work more slowly on Tales of Unity, taking my time to put updates together, a few days back when I worked on 0.11's script, alongside renders, I had an ABSOLUTE blast, that was so fun, and yet it it's such a rare thing lately that I've got to treasure these amazing times I'm working and loving it.

So, updates might not be as big as you want them to and I'm sorry about it, I'll take my time to get this project to the finish line, as long as it takes, y'know you've got a single shot at making a game forever good, otherwise it's just a rushed mess that doesn't leave a good taste in your mouth.

When I think about ToU, I feel so much pride, it's my first thing ever my first step in this world, something that will endure, and I can't stress enough how THIS IS FAR FROM OVER, I'll finish tales of unity you can be sure of that, now when I think about ToU I also think "What was I thinking." I sometime cringe at old dialogue and scenes, sometimes I realize that I'm in a story that perhaps goes too deep, and that I can do better, so much better.

And while Tales Of Unity might slow down (Honestly seeing my current release schedule, you might not even feel it) I want to use the time I'm not burned out to work on something else.

I teased it for a long time my second project, as most of you know, I am using HS2 for that project, and bit by bit I am learning it and I feel like I'm getting better, the software is hitting my poor ol' 1060 bad, but it's holding !

And another "game" means, I can learn from ToU and actually deliver something that followed a plan, while keeping me motivated.

I'll be greedy and drop a name, the current name for that project is "Project: Jericho" and I'll be honest but I've been working a lot on it lately, It's been like taking a vacation, new characters, new assets, new engine, new setting, and at first, this project was meant to come out after Tales of Unity 1.0, the complete version of the game.

But as I take a step back and consider my current work schedule and the time I have ahead of me, I feel like I can handle both at a nice pace.

So I am pleased to announce that Project: Jericho is currently being developed by my dumbass brain, and will at first only be available to Demon Lord patrons and above during an Alpha phase in which I'll gather the opinions of the people that trust me the most.

Following that, I'll publish Betas for Demon patrons, and the Lower Demons will have access to it.

It'll remain like that for a few month until I am sure that this secondary project is up to par, I want to give out the best I can provide and I feel like releasing it in small shots like that is the best way to handle it for now.

Expect a PATREON post reserved to 1$ pledgers and above talking about this project more in depth later.

Now, I know what you may think "Stronk, we saw it time and time again, two projects will just get you overwhelmed" And while that statement might be true, I feel like on the contrary it makes me productive.

Sometimes, I work only for 5 hours per week, sometimes even less, It's ridiculous, and yet ever since I began working on P:J, Yeah P:J sounds good for now, I became more productive, even on  Tales Of Unity, both project basically feed each other, I get ideas from both.

As I said, you might not even feel like Tales Of Unity actually gets impacted by that project.

I'll work on that project the same way I work on ToU, slowly at my pace, enjoying each scene and each piece of dialogue, and as a project gets ready for an update, It'll be posted.

For now I am planning the release of 0.10 Part 2 within the week as I just need to work on a main menu & on changing the music here and there alongside taking care of the Gallery.

As for Project Jericho, I began working a week ago, and I think it'll depend on how the first Alpha goes !

Now I also want your opinion on these decisions, good AND bad, these projects are my life's work, and it's thanks to people like you reader therefore you have a say in these decisions.

Sorry again if you got pinged on discord or disturbed somewhere else expecting a proper update, I promise it'll come out very soon, and if I take too much time I'll include the work for 0.11 inside of it and it already has gobbo content!

Take care of yourself and enjoy your day/evening

- Ya boi Stronk