It's been a long time since I've done any kind of big update or journal entry, and there's a lot of horribly outdated info that needs swept out and important life events that need shared.

TL;DR – Need to help parents in the coming months and many other things, so expect stress and scarcity. ANTHROCON! Potentially regular in-stream comms. Rusty Seas when? Good question!

Now the longform. My dad had a heart attack almost a month ago, and just yesterday he was in for surgery. He's on the mend, and the prognosis is good, but a lot of my time is going to be spent spending time with him and family. Additionally, once he's out of the hospital, I'll need to be at my parents' place regularly to help out while Dad recovers – could be a month or two on that front. So knock at least a day out of every week for keeping up with other things for the near future.

On top of that, I'll also be prepping for Anthrocon, and this year I got a proper table in the dealers' den! So I'll be spending the time leading up to that stressing out over making sure I have the equipment for proper displays, as well as getting all my merch organized and potentially ordering more (I still need to show off the stuff I already have to get people excited). And I know no matter how much I prep, I'll still be scrambling and forgetting important stuff, so at this point I'm just bracing for additional stress. There's also going to be a bit of recovery time after, and probably managing some taxes.

And speaking of stressful things, it's time I try to get a bit more of a regular income. I've taken an in-stream commission or two on the side just to try it out, and I may start dedicating two days a week to doing those to keep myself in the black, or at least not to far in the red. WHEN these two days are going to be is a mystery to me because things seem to come up more or less at random to prevent me from keeping any kind of regular schedule. But I'll let yinz know when I DO get a rhythm going, and get better at announcing my streams.

I apologize to those who can't catch my streams who want commissions, but I'm going to have to put taking any out-of-stream requests in the 'maybe later' pile. Having people present to give an immediate yay or nay on a WIP keeps my flow going, which is one of the few things I can do to make my life any easier. When I do stream, it tends to be from 2pm to 10pm EST, possibly longer if I'm on a roll

So we have one day a week dedicated to helping parents, two doing comms, and another two already spoken for by outside-the-internet/computer things, which leaves upwards of two days a week I can work on Rusty Seas, assuming I'm not so strung-out and frazzled that I can code, write scripts, and create assets effectively. So at this rate I barely feel confident saying an 'if' for Rusty Seas, let alone a 'when.' I really want to try to get it released before summer's out, but I know even when the game's done it's not really 'done.' I'd still need to go through a battery of testing and bug-fixing before I hit a release button, and that's to say nothing of Steam's byzantine backend for actually uploading a game.

I think that's it for now. All the above is subject to sudden and random change with no chance for me to tell people about it. I know with near certainty that when I complain about things, those things tend to immediately evaporate to make me look like a fool for having ever complained about them. And every time I commit to something or promise things will unfold a certain way, now matter how in control they seem, the universe says 'hold my beer.'

So I'll just be kind of... ambling forward as best I can in the meantime. And if I missed something important, feel free to comment below and I might get back to you!