Cursed Game Poll Results and August Plans

The Poll and the Game

First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in the most recent poll; your feedback is highly valued. I'm working diligently on the game as we speak, but I want to take this break to update in a timely fashion.

Looking over the votes, I realized this month has been both heartening and humbling for me at the same time. It's heartening in that there weren't any 'no' votes. The game is definitely doing something right, and I'm very happy that it's going in a direction that people enjoy. The fact no one said they had trouble finding it means that the Discord is working well too.

At the same time, the month has been very humbling because of how challenging the project has been. I've done game jams before, but I think I under-estimated the scope of this game I was making. I'm happy with how quickly I managed to get each thing roughly completed, but it's clear there's so much more to do and redo (oh wait, games have sound?!).

I'm very happy that folks really want to see this continue to grow, some wanting it strongly enough to have it be the focus going forward. This is an interesting tightrope to cross, and I'll need to figure out how to balance it. In all ways, it does mean the project slows down considerably after July. However, I still plan to get one last giant update into the game by the end of the month, so stay tuned!

Art in July was a bit lacking, but I'm happy to also share all the sprite sheets that got into the game as the art for this month.

What happens in August?

I was planning for August to be a well-earned 'break'. Not in the sense where I'll actually take a break for the whole month. I owe no less than two sequence commissions to some very patient commissioners, and I need to get those done.

I also scheduled some vacation time in the month where a trip was planned, but the USA is not really in a situation where any place is safe to vacation, so... I think I'll be using the time to recharge and catch up, instead.

I'm also going to be collecting new themes from Influencers to make polls which will start in September. There will also definitely be art sketches to share by the end, and probably a lot of fun times to be had.

As far as the game in August, it will continue, but I don't know how much it will continue before September. It will definitely feel more at a snail's pace compared to this last month. I want to try to at least get an alpha published and available on FA, as well as discuss future plans over the Discord with those interested. That's as far as I've planned.

Whew... that was a long-winded post.

TL;DR Thank you for participating in the poll! I need to find the right balance between working on the game and making art! August will be a slow month, but there'll still be art things for patrons!