OKAY! It's out now! I gotta iron stuff out for non-comic host uploads, but it's up, the weekly release cycle begins! BURN, MY XENO!

[he has had little to no sleep over the last few days.]

With the anniversary of my dear friend's last message coming up, I think it's fitting to have finally cut off a terrible influence in life.

Every time that I detected a slight from people I trust, it was because I instantly detected the words of Judas, and went into the offensive, he... always drove me to hate the ones I cherished, including my dear friend. Many were caught in the crossfire, whenever I released the anger that boiled up around Judas, none of them deserved that misplaced anger.

So, I finally put my foot down and cut him off... and it is liberating. The closest I've felt to absolute freedom in years.

Can't say I'll never blow up or have a meltdown again, life can be unpredictable, but now just... knowing why and who the real target of those emotions was, and keeping him in mind from now on, I will steel my resolve to do better.

My heart has been filled with so much hatred over the years, and it's time to truly empty it. Before I can heal one soul, I need to heal my own.

Yeah so... mighta been a really bad misunderstanding what happened yesterday. No clue why the big thank you post did better today than last night but clearly it wasn't a case of "I was being hate-watched the whole time." Just wanted to clear out my Newgrounds following's name. Some friends have theories on what happened, but clearly it wasn't the mass problem my anxiety-ridden ass assumed.
Yes, I know, any sane man coulda told me that. Don't worry, the closest friend tore me a new one an hour ago (and I appreciate him for it).

I recently learned that a good chunk of my following and the people I know despise my art, them feeling insulted by it. I did get some favorites and nice comments here so, maybe it's better, but just let me know if you don't want to see me here anymore and I'll go.

2024 went... a bit different from what was planned, but with some new plans and every new thing I've learned over the months, here's hoping 2025's the year things finally look up!

EnjoY ThE ShoW!

So I've had some thoughts about streaming progress on different projects including Blood Spine, likely on Picarto so it can be uncensored. But since I don't want folks blindspotted so bad that the stream's completely deserted, I wanna ask if you guys would be interested?

First episode of Blood Spine's set to release in 5-6 hours, will post again when it's out, but for now, here's the link for those who wanna synchronize their watches!

https://tapas.io/series/blood-spine/info

Yeah sorry Newgrounds was taking priority for posting for abit.

Furaffinity was just refusing to properly show on the main laptop, but the art laptop works fine.

For reference, FA still worked, but for some reason this opaque overlay automatically loads on top of everything with the background color. If someone knows what's going on there, lemme know.

I've waited... 10 fucking years to see that...

That was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my life, nothing will ever top that experience.

You can still send notes and shit but... I'm gonna need a minute to process things.

My area's now had a town-wide power outage for the second week in a row. Even though today's was shorter, I can't trust the services to be consistent anymore. I'll try to get as much out as I can at the risk of wi-fi dying, and the schedule for the monthly animation isn't FULLY fucked yet. Just want to let you guys in the loop.

Karatkuro, a good friend, primordial patron, and collaborator, has recently put out a new trailer for her big game project, but her community seems to want to bury it.

Just trying to lend her a hand and get the word out! Trailer's this-a-way!

A good friend of mine, Joshua Pedder of Jericho Media, released the start for a new audio drama series, Neon City: Private Eye, and commissioned me to do the character artwork!

You can check it out here, go on over and show Josh some love, dude's told me his plans and shown me past audio projects, he got some good shit cooking.

Unless god himself challenges me to an arm wrestling contest tomorrow, early access for Finale 1-2 should be up tomorrow, perfectly on time to start work on the animated reward (also the day job schedule gave me 3 days off in a row, and I am USING THEM!)!

After all the sheer amount of scrapped methods and directions, the new streamlined chapter is ready. All that's left is extra bells and whistles, spellchecks, credits, and the recap which just requires me to copy/paste the gifs from BLOOD SPIRAL.

Noticed that some people would rather do a one-time instead of joining a wholeass membership. I hear you guys, got a ko-fi set up. Sadly can't do more than a tipjar there cuz their "nsfw" tag isn't actually for nsfw, but the option's there now.

*snap* *snap* *snap*
He keeps a Moët et Chandon
In a pretty cabinet
"Let them eat cake," he says
Just like Marie Antoinette
A built-in remedy
For Khrushchev and Kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You can't decline~

Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice

Time for the real ride to start.

You can check out the episode a week early on the Studio LZRain patreon, and reap some extra rewards for joining.

That's all for now, and as always, EnjoY ThE ShoW!

To anyone who saw the last version of this post, I apologize for stooping as low as e-begging.

While any and all help is appreciated, I let a desperate situation get the better of me, clouding my mind of any possible solution, and even worse, I decided to spread a bad example to any fellow artists who might be in a similar situation. That was wrong of me, no excuses.

As things stand I managed to buy myself some more time with a new work schedule. It isn't perfect, but atleast I won't have to quit art just so my bank account doesn't go nuclear. While any support would still be appreciated, I will give my due diligence and show I'm actually WORTH the risk.

Besides, what kind of zodiaka would I be if I didn't put more backbone into life?

It begins where it begins.

The novel can be purchased here (free demo included): https://gamejolt.com/games/gncrx/460467

GNCR X is a survival horror remake of the kinetic novel, GorgoN ChambeR. As before, the story is set to follow two brothers, as they discover a dark secret never meant to be seen by mortal eyes.

Aside from the standard visual novel format for the story, the game will also feature real-time combat and puzzle-solving.

Be sure to heed the content warning, as the game does still deal with extremely heavy subject matter.

Thank you for your time, and EnjoY ThE ShoW!

-Chris

GNCR X, a remake to the original with more story, gameplay, better graphics, an all around better package. Development's going smoothly, but in the meantime, a demo can now be downloaded here:
https://gamejolt.com/games/gncrx/460467

And also here: https://studiolzrain.wixsite.com/st.....-lzrain/gncr-x

You can also follow for further updates.

-Chris

You can download it here:
https://gamejolt.com/games/mrid-mon.....-island/450631
Let me know what y'all think, I'm open to feedback.

Have fuuuuuuun~!

So, technically, the novel's been out for several weeks now, but now that it's stable, the second volume's in development, and the prequel is now available on GameJolt, think it's about time I drop the links here:

FinaL GatewaY: GenesiS ScrolL: https://gamejolt.com/games/flgy-gen.....l-vol-1/416726

GNCR - GorgoN ChambeR: https://gamejolt.com/games/gncr/416733

So yeah, alot's been going on, but if anyone is still interested, I found time to make a visual novel. It's been out for about a week now, and I think posting the link here is a tad overdo.

https://studio-lzrain.itch.io/gorgon-chamber

Enjoy~