Phew, I'm terrible at keeping all my spaces updated, I'm sorry about that. Really, two years since a serious journal? But to be fair, people do tend to skip over FA Journals. I have been updating on my Discord pretty regularly ( https://discord.com/invite/pTBqTzq ) as well as Patreon, but I'll try to give you a highlights version of where things are at and where they're going.

First off, I'm Trans now! 🎉🏳️‍⚧️🎉 (She/Her). Or rather, I'm acknowledging I'm Trans now after years and years of confusion and trying to sidestep it. Wow I picked a heck of a time, huh? Anyway, shout out to the commenter way back that kept asking if I was "really a girl" when I was still unsure about how to answer, I can now confidently say "Yes". This will help explain some things I mention later on.

Also, I've finally been properly diagnosed with ADHD. I know, you'd never have guessed. (stares at output history) In the past month or so I've started trying out ADHD medication. I can't say it's working a miracle yet, which I know it won't, but it'll take time figure out type and dosage that works best, along with developing better habits in concert with it. A lot of Cuddle Kobold! Just a Bite was previously developed around me trying to harness that ADHD hyperfixation energy and go down rabbit holes as I desired, which worked to an extent, but also led to elements that felt unfinished (pool table) or bolted-on, as opposed to a fully cohesive design. I can't promise I will have All My Stuff Together immediately, but I'm trying to get there.

Speaking of, I continued to develop Cuddle Kobold! Just a Bite, releasing v1.69/1.70 to not just Itch.io, but also the Meta Store. The latter required me to jump through some extra hoops, but on the plus side that version is now updated to a modern Unity version, and has direct Quest 3 / 3S support. I've been trying to jumpstart development on Cuddle Kobold! as a full game; I even commissioned a new 3D character model by Feravel, whom you should absolutely commission when you get the chance (VRChat, Vtuber, whatever), cannot speak highly enough about that process. But it has been a rough year, and my executive dysfunction has been a massive thorn in my side. So even though Just a Bite is "done", I decided I'd go back and touch up and add a few small things just to get back into the groove, and replace a few processor-heavy materials and models that might be causing performance dips. It was supposed to be a Halloween Update, ha ha haaaa. It hasn't progressed very far, but I got a few ideas from the Discord, so I'll tinker with those and see where it goes. But I'm also hoping to throw myself pretty hard into getting CK going for real, for reasons we will, again, get into.

But as a side note, Rulent Tower got a "Lost Update"! I fixed (about 90%) a long-standing bug that broke the existing dialogue system, so now you can play all the stuff I made but couldn't release, along with a bunch of additional work I couldn't help myself from doing! This was a lot of fun, but it didn't seem like anyone cared (beyond two or three kind souls), so that was a bummer. I do have the urge to continue work on Rulent Tower; in fact, I want to reconstruct it in the newest GB Studio, which will allow me to add new modes and features I've wanted, like point-and-click scenes, platforming, and "Carwing" space shooter minigames. But I can't make money off of it, so I can't justify prioritizing it right now. But I still want to. Anyway, go play it, after you're done reading: https://setsune.itch.io/rulenttower/

I'm also sometimes streaming on Twitch, it's really informal and sometimes just an excuse to actually play games again: https://www.twitch.tv/setsunew

Okay, let's talk the elephant in the room. The stinking, rotting elephant. I won't go at-length into it because if you're like me, you're probably burned out hearing about and thinking about it, but I've got to a cover a little. Basically, I follow politics pretty actively, and I felt like I had a pretty good handle on how this election was going. (And no, I wasn't "just in echo chambers", JFC I'm sick of that bullshit.) I was making plans around it, I've started taking medication to transition, you know, hopeful things. So to say I was caught flatfooted by the results is an understatement; these results make so little sense to me I might end up being a bit of a conspiracy theorist about the whole thing. I mean hey, you can deny an election for 4 years just to get another chance at the most powerful position in American leadership, so why should I feel bad about wanting them to look into things a little more? But the Democrats want to do the "normalcy" parade, and in my opinion things in wide swaths of the United States are going to devolve into an orgy of stupidity and hatred. I was already in a poly relationship that included a Trans woman, and now I am a Trans woman. ("Always has been.") So we're probably going to have to move within the next year or so, at least to a more protected state. (And please don't come at me with "People said that in 2016" snark, I deleted a whole paragraph from this post railing that.) The laws limiting adult content will also impact my game development and animations, which is going to diminish the small bit of income I currently make. It's going to be a chaotic time with a lot of challenges, so I appreciate your patience and support as Too Many Things Happen At Once.

I don't usually have much luck with fundraising talk, but as things will be tight and weird for a while, I need to point out that there's a couple ways you can support me.

For one-time donations, right now Ko-Fi works best:
https://ko-fi.com/setsune

If you want to support my game development, the best way is an ongoing pledge via Patreon or SubscribeStar:
https://www.patreon.com/setsune
https://subscribestar.adult/setsune?sref=6ng

I also keep an Amazon wishlist semi-public, that includes both frivolous goodies and household needs:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...../2QG2AJHTK3KPZ

And finally, as a reminder from the other day, I have Bluesky accounts and use them actively. Prior X / Twitter accounts have been sunset or are only redirects now. This includes (deep breath):

https://setsunedev.bsky.social/ Game Development rambling, sneak peeks, and tips
https://setsune.bsky.social/ Personal account, Raccoon Mode
https://setsunetwilight.bsky.social/ NSFW Personal account, also sharing old SFM renders here, some which are no longer otherwise available
https://bsky.app/profile/cuddlekobo......ittybytti.com Official account for Cuddle Kobold!, primarily for notifications about big updates, getting feedback, etc.
https://bsky.app/profile/ittybytti.com Official account for ittyBytti Ltd., my game development label. Quieter than the others, but I still appreciate Follows!

That's enough for now. Thank you for reading this, however way you do so! I'll try to keep in touch more.