G'day everyone, hope you're all well. Have you nabbed any good games in the Steam Summer or EOFY sales??? Let me know, I've been getting into Rollerdrome big time! Pro Skater meets Neon White... kinda. It's a lot of fun!
Got a lot of info all you guys as we hit 50% through the year of 2024. Currently right now I am unwell which really sucks. Was just recovering from a bit of creative block and now all I'm good for is coughing and laying vegetated on my couch. Feel like I'm past the worst of it so I'm just taking it easy until I'm feeling well enough to give my all into content again.
But on that note, I've got LOTS to talk about!!!
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GTA: San Andreas) While the GTA videos haven't been performing super well view wise, reception from everyone has been excellent so I've put the pressure on myself to over deliver with SA given it was my GTA game as a young'un. Script was a bit tricky to get a foothold on but I've finally got it, looking like a big one over an hour easily. That episode is ready to be filmed as soon as I'm nice and healthy again, sorry that one has fallen a little behind schedule but that's the nature of the beast really. It will be finished in the next couple of weeks though so no dramas there really.
But I've also started to plan ahead and get on top of some other projects too!
August) The GTA SA episode is gonna be 196 so of course, I'm looking ahead to what comes after. Form 197, I kinda want something radical to contrast the GTA stuff so I've got a one off I've wanted to do for a while. Not gonna say what it is because I'm not 100% sure if things will pan out that way, but right now it makes sense in my head. I really want to aim for 2 videos per month so I feel like August will be a good time for that.
Episode 198 is also going to be kind of different as I'm digging up an old unrealized idea which has a solid 10 years of research and prep-work behind it. This video is gonna be called "The Experiment that BROKE MY BRAIN" which is fun! Again different kind of video and SUPER niche but I dunno, I think it's an interesting topic and I've finally got a first draft script for that one now so I can whip it up in no time once I'm focused solely on that project.
199) For my 199th episode, I want to make something more down to earth and personal I guess. It's something I've been spinning around in my head the last few years and it's essentially a look into my story as a creator so far. An auto-biography of my life so far. Always loved James Rolfe's Cinemassacre 200 episode from back in the day, which details growing up with ambitions of a film maker. So my idea is basically a spin on that and calling it 'Square Eyed Jak 199' just to be an idiot. Because of some of the very real topics I'll have to go over, I'm upping the production actually structuring it like a documentary which is something I haven't done before. I've been watching YouTube videos and reading up to learn about the best practices and such for that project. Might come across a little pretentious for me to make a doco about myself but I think... given some of the trials I've faced in real life. I hope at the very least it can help people who've struggled with similar stuff find some common ground, as well as that it might be the final step I need to take in order to process and grow from those life events while in some way... detailing my journey falling back in love with this video production path I've made for myself.
So look forward to that, ETA late August! 🤞
The big one... 200!) It's crazy we're already another 100 episodes in almost, the Playstation Move Heros video from 2018 feels like a lifetime ago but here we are again. I've got some ambitious but fun ideas to celebrate the occasion and have already started early concept pre-production. I'll be spending a bit of Patreon money to get that project off the ground as I wanna go a little old school with it and moreso, just have fun. I've got a few close friends in on the ground floor so with some collaboration and good vibes, hopefully that one can live up to the hype!
I'm also brainstorming a way to get you guys involved in some way, similar to the fan recorded outro for episode 100. I'm thinking something more streamlined and clean to produce and I have one idea already but, whatever becomes of it... Patreon backers will be the first to have an opportunity to participate!
I've got a bit of work ahead of me but with it being Winter over here, there is usually not a lot on my schedule between June and October. I'm going to gun for episode 200 to be completed by late September/early-October so that we still have time for some kind of Hawktober this year (maybe skateboarding movies? haven't put much thought into it yet!).
Other Stuff) Slowly but surely, I have been getting into more regular live streaming again. Especially recently with the previous stream which was random Game Testing it was heaps of fun. I'm debating paying a friend to cut that up into a normal testing episode just as something additional to go up while I'm working on all this stuff. But look regardless of all that, it has been fun streaming again and everyone is always so cool! 😁
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Closing Thoughts) So yeah... lots in the works ahaha! I will say, it's so nice to just have a gameplan like this again. I used to work like this year round but it got too difficult but I dunno, this feels nice. It feels right, feels like I've got my groove back a little bit after all this time and I'm feeling inspired. But I'm also working hard to prevent burnout so nothing is set in stone. I'm learning to appreciate down time and even though I'm mad that I'm sick right now, it's nice just chilling with no pressures. It will all get done eventually!
So as always, thank you all for the continued support!
Stay tuned cause we've got some cool stuff happening, big videos, bigger ideas and a HUGE milestone for the channel. We hit 60,000 subscribers last week which is fucking awesome, let's keep it going!
Hope you all have a great fucking day, cheers guys! 🧡