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Can't wait for next release, I hope you are doing okay The_Alex <3
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Nope... not planning on abandoning this. Just struggling with health issues.
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Getting better thx! But still not able to really work. 80% of the day I have to stay in bed. And my laptop is not capable of rendering...
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I am obliged to ask as a member who liked your AVN and also as a human, how are you? Or rather, what is happening to you?
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getting better thats good, i wish you wellGetting better thx! But still not able to really work. 80% of the day I have to stay in bed. And my laptop is not capable of rendering...
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Thx for asking!
This year doesn't seem to be my year. At the turn of the year, I had heart problems. No heart attack or anything like that, but it was enough to force me to take a break from my day job and my side job. And it was (and still is) very scary. Unfortunately, I still don't have a final diagnosis.
For the last few weeks, I've been dealing with "just" a slipped disc (not sure if that's the right term... spinal problems).
Since this week, I've been able to do something other than lie down again. However, I can't stand or even sit for very long, and my biggest problem at the moment is the availability of specialists. The earliest appointment I can get right now is in September, and I don't plan on taking it easy until then. Still, I have to be careful because if I don't do the right thing during recovery, I could trigger another incident at any time.
All in all, it's nothing dramatic – but it's enough to prevent me from pursuing my hobby (developing the game).
jackdanniels
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Godspeed, man, everything will be alright.Thx for asking!
This year doesn't seem to be my year. At the turn of the year, I had heart problems. No heart attack or anything like that, but it was enough to force me to take a break from my day job and my side job. And it was (and still is) very scary. Unfortunately, I still don't have a final diagnosis.
For the last few weeks, I've been dealing with "just" a slipped disc (not sure if that's the right term... spinal problems).
Since this week, I've been able to do something other than lie down again. However, I can't stand or even sit for very long, and my biggest problem at the moment is the availability of specialists. The earliest appointment I can get right now is in September, and I don't plan on taking it easy until then. Still, I have to be careful because if I don't do the right thing during recovery, I could trigger another incident at any time.
All in all, it's nothing dramatic – but it's enough to prevent me from pursuing my hobby (developing the game).
gymnopedies
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I understand you. I suffer from the same lumbar hernia. The only thing that makes me feel better is, believe it or not, regular workout. What helps me the most on a daily basis is doing the camel-cat yoga position just 10 times every morning. It's the only medically proven way to reduce friction between the discs. I hope you recover soon from mountain sickness... (the mountain of years we've been carrying around, lol).
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Mountain sickness, yup that sounds familiar!
Right now I do workouts three times a day. But these damn discs take their time to recover. I managed to get an appointment at a specialist next week. I think the next step will be some MRI snapshots and the we will see. But I think the only thing that will help right now is patience. But many thx for the advice!
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It has been almost a year now with no updates. I was very excited about this game, but unfortunately my enthusiasm has faded due to the lack of progress. What once looked like a great game now feels abandoned.
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To put a post on patreon with the title "Was this just another scam project?" behind a paywall says a lot tbh
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It's how you'd like to understand that title. I'm trying to explain the situation that lead to this point und I made clear that you should not support this project right now, because I can't promise any date in the near future where I will be able to deliver new content. So tell me - where's the scam?
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Hmmm, I never mentioned a scam
I just stated my honest opinion...
And the point is rather that, I should have paid for the information you have now provided me with
I do not see the issue with sharing this publicly
However, it is your game, your rules, all is well...
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Okay, I actually have to apologize. Patreon is not my main platform, and I haven't earned a single cent there yet because the billing method was set to “per update,” which I never triggered. I really didn't have that on my radar until now. But there's really no question of a “paywall.”Hmmm, I never mentioned a scam
I just stated my honest opinion...
And the point is rather that, I should have paid for the information you have now provided me with
I do not see the issue with sharing this publicly
However, it is your game, your rules, all is well...
In addition, I had only posted the post I quoted myself (the one in which I advise against supporting the project at this time) on SS. My mistake as well.
I have deactivated the Patreon tiers with immediate effect. The only places where I continue to maintain the project are itch.io and SubscribeStar. On SubscribeStar, this post has been up since June 9, in which I clearly state that I cannot say when the next update will come. And the post has been readable by everyone from the very beginning.
So I'm sorry that this has created a false impression. I let people say a lot of things about me: that I'm lazy, that I have my priorities wrong, and even that I have no talent, but I definitely don't want anyone to think that I'm only interested in users' money. That has never been my intention, and it never will be.
There's no question that the last update was too long ago, and I'm the least happy about it. I hope that I'll be able to get the latest version online soon and, above all, that the update frequency will increase again at some point. And I hope that you'll stumble across this thread again and be happy to see a sign of life.
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I would like to add something else:
I started this project because I really enjoy playing these kinds of games and because I thought, “I can do this too, and I can do it without people thinking I just want their money.” Well, here we are.
Like so many others, I vastly overestimated how much work goes into a project like this. It's not enough to just know how to use a program to recreate scenes and then put the whole thing into a game engine. There's so much more to it than that.
And I recommend it to all of you:
Try it out for yourselves before you judge others!
You get results very quickly, and they're not bad at all. But turning that into a long-term project, constantly improving without having to start over again and again, and perhaps also doing community work at the same time, is really more work than you might think.
I started this project because I really enjoy playing these kinds of games and because I thought, “I can do this too, and I can do it without people thinking I just want their money.” Well, here we are.
Like so many others, I vastly overestimated how much work goes into a project like this. It's not enough to just know how to use a program to recreate scenes and then put the whole thing into a game engine. There's so much more to it than that.
And I recommend it to all of you:
Try it out for yourselves before you judge others!
You get results very quickly, and they're not bad at all. But turning that into a long-term project, constantly improving without having to start over again and again, and perhaps also doing community work at the same time, is really more work than you might think.