Get it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/.....80/Settlemoon/

An idle game about building a town in an abandoned RPG world. Meet the locals of Settlemoon, customize your town, and discover what happened to this land, lost in a skyless void.

This is the first game I've made as a full, start-to-finish, sold for money, actual whole entire game. I hope you have as good a time playing through it as I did making it! It's been a fun experience. Maybe I should share some older progress posts and going into detail on the systems later...but for now, go play it!

Been a bit, hasn't it? yadda yadda job gamedev stuff, if you've been keepin' track of rivals 1's stuff you know what I've been up to.

BUT ALSO!!!!
I'm making my own game: Settlemoon!

I've been working on it for about a year and a half and it's finally almost ready to release. August 1st, if all goes well!

It's an idle game about building a little sidescrolling town in an abandoned rpg world. I could restate the other selling points here, but I will point out there's a good assortment of cool bug characters that show up in it! (You can see glimpses of a cockroach and a moth in the trailer!)

Wishlist it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/.....80/Settlemoon/

https://rivalsofaether.com/news/new.....ls-programmer/

Heya! Figured i should share this here.

I'm workin on Rivals of Aether! Specifically, working on Workshop support, adding new features and improving what's there already.

I'll still try'n get art stuff done as well; sorry if your note's gone unread for a while, i just didn't wanna leave y'all hanging and thinking i secretly rejected the ych request or whatever. I've literally not had the opportunity to read through them all, hah.

https://i.imgur.com/5FrEMWa.png

that's

honestly more than i was expecting

I've already started workin' through em but hoo lordy that's quite a few! sorry if i haven't responded to your note or even read it yet, this's why :P

I'm not dead, wow!

So I got a good deal of art I did but neglected to post anywhere. No huge projects or anything, but I figured I should get off my ass and actually post stuff, hah.
i'm probably not gonna do it in all one big burst cause those are kinda annoying but yeah

In the meantime, Rivals of Aether opened workshop support, so I kinda no-lifed making a character for it as soon as it was released. They've had a real good reception since then, thankfully. If you wanna check em out, here ya go: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfi.....scn=1572882904
I'm also working on a second character slowly cause i can't stop myself

I kinda retooled my patreon as well; I thought I was gonna use it as a porn thing but honestly I just kinda used it for gamedev related stuff. I wanna post there more too and actually have an incentive to pledge to it. I'll still put lewd stuff here, though. I don't want porn to be my *entire* presence, y'know?

as for opening commissions uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i still got nothin' sorry

uh hi

So, thoughts!
First off, yeah i'm goin' through another slump, if that wasn't obvious. I've been trying to figure out how to have a more stable source of income so I don't have to rely on commission work entirely. While it's still great, making an actual living out of it alone isn't practical.

In the same vein, I'm probably not gonna take any commissions of the same scale as this or this, like, ever. Yes, they're popular, and I liked getting them done, sure, but I think those are beyond my limit of what I'm comfortable doing. My specialty's more in the smaller scale stuff. plus, stuff sized this and my current avatar just hits a personal sweet spot where it just looks nice. I'm fine with doing 128x stuff, just not with like a bunch of actions and all that. I'll see how I'm feeling about them later down the line but for now they're just way too much.

Also, patreon? I don't really like advertising it, but I guess it's still a thing if you wanna support me. I've tried posting things to there, but it feels like if I'm gonna post something it might as well be public, so it's more of a tip jar. If you wanna check it out it's right here: https://www.patreon.com/Giik

Also also! Regarding the interested list! I've added most of everyone in the comments of that last one to it. Feel free to note me with the details of what you want whenever. Though I do want to make this distinction to be clear: Being on the list isn't a total guarantee that I'll do it. I'm not obligated to do everything on the list; it's more just a place to keep track of what everyone wants. Y'know, what y'all are interested in! Since it's all non-committal, I'll usually message you when I'm about to start it to see if you're still interested in it and up for paying for it.

So yeah! That's the latest, I guess. I don't know when I'll open for commissions next, though I'll likely just pick people out of the interested list instead of opening public batches. That's what the list is foooor!~

Oh, first off, I raised my prices! Go check 'em out under the Commission Info first.

Let's seeeeeeeeeeee how this goes. I'm not QUITE open for comms yet, but I'd like to have a sort of buffer before then, so i can actually try this out.

So basically how the list works:
-Let me know you're interested, details or no, and I'll put you on the interested list. If you don't know what you want yet, you can send details later on.

-Once i'm ready to take more commissions and you got all the details you want spelled out, i contact you individually and see if you're able to pay for it and still interested. THIS is where I'll do payment stuff, when it's basically imminent that I'll do it instead of some undetermined point in the future.

-I pick out commissions to do from the list based on both how high up they are and just personal preference. It's not strictly a queue, but it should help with making sure i don't skip out on anyone for too long.

-If you aren't able to pay for the commission for the time being, or need more time to think about it, I can move you further down on the list.

-Only one thing per person at a time!!

-Best way to contact me concerning this is probably FA notes. I can't really keep track of comments that well but notes are guaranteed noticed.

Also, to note, I'm probably not gonna open for large ambitious projects for a long time. You can still request something of that caliber, just don't bank on it. :B

So, yeah, commissions!

I'm reopening soon-ish, but I've been feeling like reorganizing how I do this a bit.
The main thing I'm gonna change is having an Interested List, basically just keeping track of everyone outside of the actual batches. You don't need to pay or have a solid idea even to be on this list, so there's really no commitment.
This is gonna be the main "waiting list", of sorts, but I'm not gonna do a first-in-first-out thing. If I did then it'd just be like an infinitely long wait. Not ENTIRELY sure how i'd pick them out then, but i wanna give everyone an even chance without it being completely random. I think a good mix of a first-in-first-out system and me just picking by preference would be good. Of course it might still take a while to get to your thing regardless of how I do it.

This waiting list thing also means you don't pay as soon as you request something; instead I'm gonna have payment once yours is up next. That way it's not as crazy on my end making sure all the requests went out and stuff. This also means that I can check in and see if you're still interested in actually getting it before I start on it. So if you can't afford it at the moment or just don't like the idea anymore, I can put it back in the interested list or delete it entirely.

As for actually working on them, I'm trying to get a more solid schedule on which days I work and which I don't. I'm trying out a sort of alternating schedule where every other day I focus on art, and the others I do something else like work on my game more or just chill out. It's working out semi-well so far but it's still hard keeping the habit up. :p

Also, big projects! Those are still taking forever, but I think with all this I'll be able to work on them more regularly. Once this backlog is sorted out, though, I'm gonna do just one big project in the backlog at a time, at most; having multiple of them is just way too unreliable.

Back at it again boiz

Right yeah i need to make a living, that's a thing right?

All you need to do is copy the handy-dandy YCH form template linked below in all caps. Paste it wherever you want, be it FA notes or discord DMs if you have me on there, and then replace all of the <> parts with what you want.
The going rate for these is $30 each. However, you can also get these Custom-Ordered, which is a custom pose and card backing as well. If you do, then I'll treat it as a 64x sprite with light animation and an added background, which right now is $50.
ALSO, if you don't wanna deal with the whole card and stats thing, you can get a Card-less version for $25. If you get one with the card, you'll also get a cardless version, too.

TL;DR:
Standard: $30
Custom-made: $50
Cardless: $25

These can be SFW, too! Just ask! I usually replace the Lust stat with a Speed stat, and the Dom/Sub slider becomes a Good/Evil alignment slider.

CARD FORM HERE!

The form also has links to available card backings and poses. Give them a check, I added new card backings!

Payment stuff will come after I organize all these, which might be a bit after I accept it. I still have 2 cards left from the last batch, so those will need to get done before I start working on any of these, too.

COMMENT TO CLAIM A SLOT! I like using the comments since it's a publicly-viewable, chronological list of people who claimed a slot already. So if you want one, you're gonna have to comment here. If you somehow don't have an FA account and are still reading this, you can just DM me wherever you have me added and ask for me to comment in your stead, I guess.

Blaaaaaaaaaaaah.

Howdy folks, it's your favorite artist

I'm not dead! The weekly art or whatever should be enough evidence of that. There's not too much of a point to this journal i guess, more just rambling.

If you couldn't tell, I'm a productive mess at the moment. I don't know if it's a seasonal thing or something else, but it's just real tough to get comms done right now. Once again, sorry 'bout that.
I'm also bein' super forgetful lately and trying to add more commissions to what i've already got is proving to be a lil' too much, so I don't think I'll accept any more until I'm in a better state.

Still, though, I'm gonna need some sort of income, so i'll probably have another batch of YCH's soon-ish? I got half of the ones in the first batch done, which is pretty good i guess.

Either way, I'm still here and I haven't given up quite yet. It's just gonna take a bit to get my footing again.

EDIT: Alright, all 10 are filled for now! I'll open for more once I get some of them cleared out, like maybe 4?

Hey, hi! I'm finally opening for those character card things!

Really all you need to do is copy the handy-dandy YCH form template linked below in all caps. Paste it wherever you want, be it FA notes or discord DMs if you have me on there, and then replace all of the <> parts with what you want.
The going rate for these is $30 each. However, you can also get these Custom-Ordered, which is a custom pose and card backing as well. If you do, then I'll treat it as a 64x sprite with light animation and an added background, which right now is $50.

I think I'll open 10 of these at the moment. Hopefully this doesn't bite me in the butt as much as the large project ones. :P
To claim a slot, comment here! Yes, even you guys I have on discord and telegram and stuff, you still need to comment here.

Payment stuff will come after I organize all these, which might be a bit after I accept it.

CARD FORM HERE!

The form also has links to available card backings and poses.

(Gimme a sec, still uploading and linking things together!)

Wooooooo--*cough*

Alright! 2019! While I don't really have any strict resolutions at the moment, I figured now would be as good a time as ever to kinda write down my plans for going forward.

If you can't tell by now, I made a whoops by accepting so many huge projects at once. Stuff's really taking a while, and an effect of that is that I've been more closed off for smaller projects so I don't pull even more focus away from what I already have. While I'm not gonna flip the table and say screw it on everything, it HAS shown me some things I want to change.

My plan for when I get my workload cleared out is to have one "major" project at a time. What I'd consider major varies a bit, but the current thing for  not-hunter is definitely a major thing. Tons of layers, large resolution, multiple key poses, all that jazz. Anything "minor" would be stuff that I can finish in a day or two. That sort of minor queue I'm fine with building up, since I have a good estimate on how fast I can actually clear those out.

Another symptom of the above point is that I've been very hesitant on actually opening for those character card YCH things. I might open them later tonight, but no promises. I've been able to get ones i've gotten in discord DMs and such done real smoothly, but I fear that the larger projects will be put on even more of a standstill. I guess it's still worth a shot, anyway. See how it goes.

But, yeah! That's pretty much what I'm dealing with. Thanks for being ridiculously patient with me, I'll get the stuff owed out eventually. How long, I don't know, but I'm too stubborn to quit now!

Figured i'd say this to get that weird tiny journal out of the way.

Yeah, sorry! Between getting busy with other matters and just kinda being anxious at stuff, I haven't been able to focus on art that much! I really do want to get stuff done, but I can't get any sort of consistency; i keep thinkin' tomorrow will be good and i'll be able to sit down and really get stuff done and then whoops is it 5 pm already well there goes that day. Sucks that I run into this before even getting anything on this latest batch done, but hopefully it passes soon.

Y'all've been incredibly patient in the past, so thanks a ton for that. I just don't wanna fall silent and not upload anything for some mysterious reason.

Or i could talk to them like adults that could work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTNuoybES2E

Well that batch came and went! Thing is though, (4) 3 out of the 5 slots taken are regulars. As much as I appreciate the repeat business, I want to give everyone a chance to get something from me, and having these small, limited batches is kinda hurting that.
On the other hand, though, I can't just open for unlimited slots of the big projects, cause then that'd turn into a huge wait time and it's real stressful! I'm talkin' multiple months of waiting dude like wow. As if the current wait time isn't long enough, haha.

So as an experimental middle ground, I'm gonna start having an "ON COOLDOWN" list on my Trello. Basically if you get a lot of stuff from me in the limited batches, you'll be put on that list for one batch. What constitutes as "a lot" doesn't really have any hard and fast rules on it, so it's really up to my own judgement. You're still free to get one of the smaller things if you're on cooldown, as well.

No hard feelings if you're on cooldown! The generosity is seriously appreciated! Feeling "guilty because I get too much stuff from this guy" is like, the last thing I want people to think about this, heh.

I'll add people to the list now, and it'll go into effect once I open the next batch.

I'm not sure how long I'll be trying this cooldown thingy out either. If it works, neat! If not, I'll have to think of something else.

EDIT: Hmmm. Slots are full now, but they're mostly regular folks. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. In that case I'll see how these go and maybe reopen again before it's all cleared out.

It's that time'a month again I guess! Goin' with just 5 slots this time. The "small" ones are still open as well, with no real limit on that. Just keep my current list in mind if you want one! If it's gonna be like, 64x and up with more than one "action" in the animation then I'll consider it a big thing.
Prices are here: http://www.furaffinity.net/commissions/giik/

I'm not gonna send paypal requests until this is all said and done, so don't worry if you don't see the request in your inbox for a bit. You'll still be on the list.

First come first serve, though if you don't respond for like a day or whatever then i'll give the slot to the next guy.

Also, please, have your idea actually formulated. I can't figure out the pricing or anything until I know specifically what you want, and if you're indecisive about the idea then just wait until next time.

And as always, check my TOS if you haven't already. I'm alright with doin' a lot of weird stuff y'all are into, but my blacklist is detailed there.

SLOTS:
-  athyn
-  ucrodevil (once again)
-  elderberriann
-  pacrath
-  sebastos

Figured I'd get this as the featured journal instead of that weird maybe-closed-maybe-not journal.

So small comms are still open! If you wanna get one, you can see how many are ahead of you on my trello list here: https://trello.com/b/fcpCHkoc/art
I work on the small and big ones in tandem, alternating between the two. Anything above one of those ------------ cards I pick at random, but anything below them has to wait until the ones above are done.
The big comms are still closed, though. For reference, there's no hard conditions for something to be considered a small or big comm, but if it's the 32x or lower and one "action" or less then you'll proooobably be good.
And I'm totally fine with you waiting until either the queue is more cleared out or the big ones are available.

Also, Apparently I just had a batch of executive dysfunction and just kinda forgot to organize some things here. So if I just ended up never replying to your note for a comm or something, lemme know!

bbbbbblllllgggghhhhh okay let's do this

So I wanna do something different. I was able to just plow through the comms that were 32x and smaller. That was good. So I'm thinking of just separating those from anything that's 64x or above, maybe?

SO here's how it's gonna go
-Anything 32x or lower will go in a "small boiz" queue I have going on Trello. I might also put static 64x's in there i dunno.
-If you wanna get a set of small character sprites like this one I'll count that as additional characters for each one, so it'll still take up one slot.
-Anything that's 64x light anim or heavy anim goes in the "bigger" batch. I might also put 32x's there if there's enough animation for that.
-No 128x heavies as usual. Having such a tiny batch size for those things last time I tried it felt bad. Wanna figure out an alternate way to take those in a way so it's not weird.

Oh also, I renamed "keyframes" to poses/actions, so hopefully it's easier to understand. :B

Let's dooo...10 small slots, 5 bigger slots. I'm thinking of having the small ones be on a wait list style thing, so instead of waiting until that queue is empty I can just take more as long as there's open slots.

First come first serve, all that. And as always, check my TOS if you haven't already.

Edit: Oh also I'll only send out the paypal requests after everything's all organized, so it might take a hot minute. Trying to do that as i accepted each one got super confusing.

Small comms: (Check my current queue here to see a more updated list.)
-  ucrodevil
-  xsomeonex
-  creature_unknown
-  faraththedragon
-  invictOS
-  not-hunter
- (pending)
- (pending)
-
-

Bigger comms:
-  xenoyia
-  sohae
-  deerfox
-  7th-r
-  Elderberriann

EDIT: Slots are proooobably full! I'm waiting for a response from a couple people, and they'll get priority over anyone who asks afterward. If they don't respond for a while (or if i don't accept it) then the slots will still be open.

Well that took longer than I expected.

Alright, so. I still have one more thing in my backlog for  elderberriann. and I'm gonna be working on that as a priority, but I also wanna get some smaller things done in the meantime, cause working on a single project is h e l l.

So! No 128x heavy anim things, the usual. I'm still gauging how long those actually take, and it seems to be a while. That, and I might keep the amount of keyframes you can get on a 64x animation down to like, 2-3. I think I'm being a little too lenient on what I consider a 64x too.

Let's go with 8 slots. If you get a 16x then I won't even count it as a slot since those are super easy.

I'm not gonna send paypal requests until this is all said and done. Which, going by previous batches, should be pretty fast.

First come first serve, though I'll have to accept it before counting it as a slot.

And as always, check my TOS if you haven't already. I'm alright with doin' a lot of weird stuff y'all are into, but my blacklist is detailed there.

(Edit: I'm gonna be kinda slow on the replies for a bit)

REGULAR BOIZ:
-  xenoyia
-  ducclord
-  hedghog2234
-  NereidGoodra
-  abonshell
-  darkrexx
-  areoants
-  rex5611

TINY BOIZ:
-  supakubur

Update i guess, just to break radio silence.

I know i haven't uploaded anything in a hot minute, don't worry. This tends to happen as I get closer to the end of a commission batch regularly, it seems.

I'm actually going out of town for about a week, starting tomorrow! So things will still be slow, hah. I'm just posting this so it's not some mystery disappearance where the last thing i uploaded was like weeks ago.

ALL FULL! Thank you guys so much! There's a few people that never really got back to me after asking for a slot, so sorry if you're one of those. I'll see what I can do about getting y'all in later.
I'll send the paypal requests in a bit! Had to take the time to organize all of it on trello, and still kinda busy with other things.

Here we go again!

I'm gonna do something a bit different here. I'm gonna be brave! I'm gonna open two 128x heavy anim slots as well as 8 regular slots. The 128x heavy anims tend to take much longer than usual, so we'll see how long they take this time.

Also, my prices changed again! Now heavy anims of 64x and 128x have an "upfront" cost for the second keyframe, but the base prices of them are cheaper. It's getting a little confusing, eh?
Basically, the first pose is the base price, the second pose is the "for one keyframe" price, and any additional poses are the additional keyframe prices.

First come first serve and all that. If someone backs out then I'll contact the 11th person who asks for a slot, and so on. You won't get a slot until I accept it, so you can't have an empty claim and expect to keep it.

I'm gonna hold off on sending out payment requests until all the slots are filled, just so it's not chaotic on my end, heh.

I'm gonna try to get all of these done in about a month? Last batch took about a month and a half, though.

And as always, make sure you've read my TOS already.

BIG BOYS:
-  elderberriann
-  rukral

REGULAR BOYS:
-  60percentscalie
-  faraththedragon
-  ucrodevil
-  enceladusnek
-  abonshell
-  creepyjoe699
-  lynx189
-  overgrown_lizards
TINY BOYS: (i'm gonna put some stuff here if anyone wants just like a single 16x16 or something)
-  deerfox

EDIT: CLOSED! Thank you guys so much! I'll get to work on these as soon as I can. <3

It's that time of week month year again! Man, I gotta get off my ass and do these more often.

So, I'm gonna do something similar to last time. No 128x heavy animations. Those take friggin' forever and are super draining. Like on the scale of months. 128x light anims are fine, though.
Also, I raised my prices a little! Check them out here.

If you want a (64x or less) heavy animation, it'll help immensely if you know you want each motion to be. I can extrapolate it kinda, but it might come out to be a higher price than you initially thought.

Let's go with 10 slots. First come first serve and all that. If someone backs out then I'll contact the 11th person who asks for a slot, and so on. You won't get a slot until I accept it, so you can't have an empty claim and expect to keep it.
I don't have any time estimates for when all of these will get done, unfortunately. I'm still bad at calculating that.

And as always, make sure you've read my TOS already.

SLOTS:
1. -  mhyrr
2. - NGD (on discord, dunno their FA)
3. -  knightsquiggles
4. -  60percentscalie
5. -  abonshell
6. -  hedghog2234
7. -  numb3red
8. -  ucrodevil
9. -  rukral
10. -  rufran

Hi again!

So I was taking some private commissions from some peeps, and it turned out THOSE didn't stop either. Hah. So I wanted to just take my time with what I had, and I FINALLY got through all of em. I'll be reopening soooooon! I think I'll do the same thing as I did last time; no 128x heavy anims. 128x light anims are fine, but when it gets to the heavy animated stuff, that takes for-ev-er.

And as you might've noticed, I'm trying out that whole adoptable thing too. I like making a ton of character designs, so it'd be cool to make some money off of it too.

Also also, I forget if I've mentioned this before, but I have a patreon now too! I haven't really used it for much yet, but I think it'd be a good place to dump the stuff I don't really want to bother uploading to tumblr or FA. Dumb little gifs and sketches and stuff. If you wanna pledge to that, check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/Giik

Thanks for your patience, by the way. It means a ton. <3

Backlog's finally cleared! That took a long time. Wow. Especially Ucro's thing. I'd rather things take long then look bad, though! And as tough as it was, I had fun with it, as usual.

I've been doing pixel art as a hobby for about a decade, now. I can't remember the exact date I started, though. Some of the first things I did were called "Ticons", which were basically crappy ripoffs of deviantart's emotes made using the circle tool in MSPaint. I started making them on a now-dead forum for people's avatars, and even though they looked terrible I think I made over 50 of them. Those are on a long dead hard drive, though, so I don't think I'll be seeing those ever again. Shame.

Even though I've been dabbling in the art for so long, I only started taking commissions on January 6th last year. The first one I completed was this! I've improved a bunch since then, so it's interesting (and kinda cringe-inducing) to look back at it all.

But hey, 2018 is still a thing, and I'm still gonna be doing stuff here! Commissions are still technically closed, but I'm going around and contacting some friends who were interested in commissioning me after the backlog was already full, so I'll be working on some of those before actually opening publicly again.

This year has been pretty life-changing to me, for the better! The past few years have been absolute insanity on a large scale, so we'll see what next year holds when we get there. Live in the moment!

And of course, thanks to all of y'all who've supported me over this year. I don't know what I'd do without your love. <3

Heya. Haven't been able to work on anything for the past couple days (including today) due to getting a nasty flu. Fun stuff. maybe that's why they call it flu season.

Backlog is almost done, though! one more thing in this current batch and I'm almost done with the hugeo project that I've been doing. No, I'm not doing anything special for christmas on here. :P