Rain is what cracked my egg. I was in heavy denial that I was trans, despite chronically wishing I was "born a girl". It was the first time I saw a non-derogatory depiction of a trans girl and I thought "Wow, that's exactly how I feel...oh god." Now I'm happily living full time as a woman. Thank you

What I'm thankful for is despite the lack of views, which is to be expected for original works, unfortunately, reception to what has been shown has been pretty unilaterally positive. I'm hoping that translates to word of mouth but either way, I'm excited to play this for myself when it's done.

The tricky part of advertising it is gonna be finding the perfect elevator pitch, because the game manages to do A LOT. I guess that's what happens when you draw from different games, films, history, recurring problems in humanity, etc. In many ways, it's more unique than screenshots could convey.

When starting, I aimed for something as big (if not a little bigger) than a 6th gen collectathon wrapped in Amiga platformer clothing and with the tone/writing of an 80s action film. If nothing else, this showed me why games of that scale needed budgets and multiple people. Too bad I'm broke, lol.

As much as I wanna add more, I really need to cut back on what isn't needed. Yes, all of that stuff I mentioned is necessary. This game has been really rewarding to make but my god has it been exhausting. Luckily, I'll probably have an easier time promoting it despite hating self-promotion.

For the record, what's left is largely cutscenes (both fully animated and VN), final level select maps for each world (yes, in addition to the hub world), NPC's, the final stages where prior NPC interactions determine how they play out, and a smaller bonus game to earn points/objectives in the hub.

No mod. It's official. It's the recent Pac-Man World 2 Repac DLC www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFiu...

My PS3's Harddrive has corrupted a couple of times and now I'm trying to look into a replacement before I really use it again.

Probably afternoon/evening. Gonna be more of an informal thing

I wish it was easier to meet up with people. I wish I could afford to get out more often. I wish transphobia wasn't so bad right now. I wish this was easier, but I got to play with the hand I've been dealt and I can't pretend that I've been given a different one.

Way before HRT, I tried to distract myself from the dysphoria by deliberately putting as much on my plate as possible. Since then that's been my primary coping mechanism when dealing with hard times outside of my control. That's no longer working. Maybe it never worked.

I need to take the advice of my girlfriend, friends, employers, etc and be more forgiving to myself.
It's just hard to change habits when they're so entrenched.

I don't talk about my autism often, and I try not to, as cliche as it is to say, I don't like being defined by labels. However, with how much these habits I've built up have been hindering my ability to function, it's worth addressing.

Go nuts with your inspirations. Whether they be other games, theme parks, movies, books, illustrations, comics, history, opera, architecture, whatever. Work it all in there. Try to find things that elicit strong emotions in you and find ways to capture that feeling in a new form.

I think it reflects how film has failed to capture the imagination in the past couple of decades in the same way it did prior.
I also feel that the output in any medium is strongest when you're deriving inspiration from outside of it as opposed to just the more insular approach.