At long last, it is done. As with last time, I still need to record the outro and program the new credits minigame before the public release, but everything else is 100% complete and ready to be viewed by YOU, my generous patrons.
This has been a difficult video to make for many reasons, and is by far the one I've been the most nervous about releasing so far. Cataloguing a list of concrete evidence and drawing conclusions about a game's lore is, it turns out, a lot simpler (and a whole lot less personal) than compressing 7 years worth of shower thoughts into 30 minutes of something resembling a cohesive essay. Nonetheless, I have tried, and I think partially succeeded. There are parts I'm not happy with of course- even as long as the video is there are still segments that feel hopelessly cursory compared to how much I could ramble on about the ideas at play if not constrained by the flow of the script and the laboriousness of editing- but at this point I've accepted that this video as good as good as I can make it, at least for this attempt.
Thank you all so much for your support, and I hope you enjoy. (Or I guess you could wait for the public premiere in a few days if you really want the full experience. Up to you.)