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Okay, so I’ve been getting a bit worn down for the past couple weeks, and the stress-to-fun ratio of this project has been skewing towards the unpleasant side. Since I fundamentally do love making games, I really don’t want to get burned out by this. So, I’m taking a brief vacation – a week or two at most – and after that I should be returning to my weekly schedule with renewed energy and enthusiasm. I’m still full of ideas, and before too long I’m sure that I’ll be itching to make stuff once again. (I said “a week or two” because I may in fact not have the patience to go two whole weeks without making a game!) Meanwhile I may post the occasional toy as the mood strikes me.

Thanks for sticking around – you folks are awesome.

Coding an RPG is a nontrivial task. Don’t worry, I’m still making this thing (and not chickening out and making a game about rocket-propelled grenades, either). Just giving everyone fair warning that this is going to be none of punctual, elegant, or balanced.

Sorry, recuperating from PAX. Game later. x_X

So I’ve been moving to a new apartment this weekend, and haven’t really had much time to work on the game. I’ll be getting it done as soon as I can, but this is a game I want to get right (because it’s got an awesome title and guest-star music), and so it might be delayed by a day or two. Just a heads-up to my loyal fans. =)

EDIT: Or not. ;D

My game for this week will be whatever I end up making for Ludum Dare. You can follow my progress over there. This is gonna be fun.

Income has been sparse lately, so I’m trying something a little unusual: people who donate to the site get to pick the titles of upcoming games. Here’s how this’ll work:

• You make a donation through my nifty Paypal button. Use the “add special instructions” link to request a game title.
• I will keep a chart of donations made (and corresponding titles) in the sidebar. At 11:59 PM Pacific time on Sunday, the top-ranked donation determines the title for the following week’s game, and that title gets removed from the list (moving the next one up the chart). Ties go to the earliest submission.
• You determine the title, but I make no guarantees about how I’ll interpret it in making the game. However, chances are very good that it’ll be a substantial source of inspiration – if you want “Dragondot’s Extreme Beach Volleyball”, I’m not likely to make it a shmup.
• This should go without saying, but: nothing spammy (“Game #N: visit www.enlarge-your-mmo-gold-in-8-weeks.com”), patently offensive (according to my own judgment), libelous, or trademark-infringing. If this happens I may, at my discretion, email you to offer you another chance to choose a title. This is something fun I’m doing to thank people for supporting my games, not a service I’m selling.
• I will be selecting donation-titles on July 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th. If this experiment goes well, it will continue past that point – otherwise, it’ll be back to my usual idiosyncractic naming.

A change I’ve been planning for a while, and current circumstances (roommate moving out) make it worthwhile to do so now – new games will now be posted on Sunday nights rather than Wednesdays. This gives me a larger contiguous chunk of time to work on games, and also a bit more flexibility in my ongoing job search. Thanks for staying tuned, and I’ll have a cool game for you folks on Sunday. =)