[PROGRESS REPORT] A Glitch in the Matrix
Alright, you might read some of this and decide you know what I'm gonna say, but I urge you to finish the post before you jump to any conclusions.
The important stuff: WCA is not dead. It's not being abandoned. We absolutely intend to finish this game.
HOWEVER. This past month has been a bit rough on both the technical and emotional sides.
First, my motherboard is going out. It's been going out for quite a while. My PC is... something like 6 years old, and it's on its last legs. Now, you might think this is where I'd be like, "I need your help, please give me money." But uh... no lol. I already bought a new PC and a new desk, and they're sitting in my office. So no worries on that front. After this coming Sunday, I'm gonna be dismantling my setup in my office, and over the next couple of weeks after that, I'll be working on building the desk and transferring all the programs I need from my old computer to my new one.
The emotional side is a little complicated. I think I've been psyching myself out on this, NEEDING the rest of this episode to be some of the best content we've put out, and sort of forgetting Hank Green's 80% rule. It's been pretty difficult to make any progress because everything I do just seems Not Good Enough. I'm just not happy with it.
Which makes me think we're all pretty burned out, so I'm thinking we just take the rest of the year off, catch a breather. I can work on the desk and the new PC in the meantime, and we can just chill out and maybe let some of the stress melt away. Come back fresh-faced in January, y'know?
So if anyone drops off the support sites, totally understand. We hope ya stay at least on the Free tier, so you get notified when we pick this back up. Thanks again for everyone's patience.
Speaking of supporters, though, Phoenix thought it might be a good idea to host a dev AMA in our Discord to sort of relight our fire, our passion for this project. Fun part about ADHD is that none of my motivation is internal lol. I get excited about things when OTHER people are excited about them. So he thought it might be fun to have me answer questions submitted by people, and be around people who are talking about the parts they love about WCA. If you think that's a good idea, or something you'd like to be involved in, let us know.
Oh, and Nightblind is on Spotify now. You're welcome.
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-Vic
