Fixes & What's Coming

Hey everyone!

The votes are in and the goon browser wins! 🎉

Though I have to say, it was a really close race with reworking older videos. So close, in fact, that I've decided to do sort of both... Especially since realistically, it's going to be quite a while before either of the big projects is finished anyway. Might as well keep the videos improving along the way.

Cross-video navigation, done properly

Speaking of which... There are some really great video(s) that just released that has a lot of cross-video navigation. Technically, this was already sort of possible with the current extension capabilities, but the workflow was pretty limited and clunky. So I decided to stop working around it and implement it properly this time.

Obviously I can't link here (Patreon, you know the drill), but a public version of the video(s) will be available soon. If you don't want to wait, go ahead and show some love to HoloJOI.

These new videos are exactly my vision of what a JOI video should look like. This is the direction I'd love to push what's considered a "standard JOI video." Not just a video that TJC syncs afterwards as an enhancement, but content that's designed around TJC from the ground up... Built with interactivity, branching, and mechanics in mind from the very first frame. That's when things get truly special.

So consider this an open invitation to all creators out there: be ambitious. Build something complex. Design for the interactive layer, not around it. The tools are here, and I'll happily support anyone who wants to push the boundaries. The Lottery collab and these Holo Vegas videos prove what's possible when creators think interactive-first. And I genuinely believe this is just the beginning.

A sneaky condition engine bug

That same video also exposed a hidden bug in the condition engine and this one was actually quite severe. It would silently crash on startup, which then broke the entire sync file without any obvious explanation. Silent crashes are the worst kind of crashes. That's now fixed.

Internal tooling

I've also been building some internal tooling for myself. Even though I already collaborate with a decent number of creators, it's simply not possible to collaborate with everyone. And whenever I had to sync a video I don't have direct access to, working only with a downloaded file, it turned out to be a surprisingly painful process. This new tool should solve that for me and make those syncs much smoother going forward.

What's next?

That's pretty much it for now. Expect a longer pause. I now have two very big features on my plate (the subscription system and the goon browser), so updates will slow down for a bit.

I'll do my best to keep syncing and reworking videos in the meantime, and I'll probably drop some progress update posts along the way so you know I'm still alive. 😄

Thanks as always for voting and for your support! ❤️

-SPRÁÁŠ