HELLO and welcome to another Monday post, your regularly scheduled reminder that I do, in fact, still exist and occasionally produce things. This week was both a busy one and a bit low on things I could actually brag about. I was so busy, in fact, that I had no time to play any games or watch any fun videos. But I do still have some news to share :)
Getting completely ignored by GOG gave me additional motivation to attack the Steam bureaucracy again. And this time I succeeded (more than previously, at least). I uploaded Princess Quest for approval and, in 4 days, got a reply saying (I am paraphrasing, obviously): get rid of Princess Jasmine if you don't want to go to The Big Mouse jail.
IN PRINCESS QUEST, Jasmine is called Justmean, and she is wearing a completely original outfit designed by yours truly—but that was not enough. So I set out on my own quest to redraw and rewrite things. It sounds easier than it is. There are a lot of things that needed changing. As a result, I had to put all my Reporter Trainer work on pause and concentrate fully on creating a Steam version of Princess Quest.
IT TOOK ME 3 days to redraw all the CG, chibi art, sprites and all that. I really wish I had been working on Reporter Trainer instead, but at this point I just want to see this whole thing through and find out if I can pull it off or not. As of today (Monday), I’m done with all the graphical assets, but I still need to edit the text a bit—changing Justmean to Princess Royalgirl or something—and then test it from start to finish again, across all three routes and endings. It’s probably going to take me 1 or 2 days, but in any case, I should be back to working on Reporter Trainer by Wednesday.
OH, AND ALSO, I recolored the turtles (again) and gave them cute little horns (because they are supposed to be demons). Nobody asked me to do this, but at this point I just don’t want to worry about this stuff anymore. I just want to upload the game to Steam, see for myself that it is, in fact, possible to sell EDUCATIONAL games there, and return to work with peace of mind. This Steam thing has been on my to-do list for way too long.
THE GAMES. Yeah, I was way too busy (both physically and mentally) to play games properly, but I was still able to sneak in a bit of Jak X. Man, I love that game so much XD. During periods of my life when my brain is too busy or tired for proper narrative-driven games, I often default to fun stuff like SSX3 or Burnout 3. But this time I decided to revisit Jak X, and I’m so glad I did. I know it’s not possible, but it felt like the game got even more fun since the last time I played it (a couple of years ago). #^_^#AND THAT’S IT. Not too much news, but at least I can honestly say that this was a busy and productive week. Now scroll down, enjoy the obligatory gif, and I’ll see you all next Monday! Laterz!
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