dev log #27, a small update

Oh hello. Wow. I hope you are all doing okay!! I never intended to go so long without updating you all-- I'm sorry, but I have had my head under water for a bit. It started fine... Ah.

I don't know if you remember but I gave myself a year to work on writing full time and all in all, I think it went great with the actual writing and finishing the first draft, and in the end, it felt good to find out just how I function while doing something like this (all the bumps in the road included). I wanted to continue doing this, indefinitely. But my savings were starting to stress me out & my decade long relationship was starting to strain as my partner also lost their source of income a while ago. I was looking at getting back to “real” work and the stress of that nearly took me out. Then, after that, I had a landfall in trading that at least took that weight off my shoulders for a while longer. After that, and I won't go into detail, but I had my heart broken and my stability shaken in two different areas of my life, things that I admit got to me more than they should. I could barely get out of bed. I'm still in the process of getting back up.

I never went on that vacation either, but I have been writing a lot, adding a whole new section to ouro that happens out at sea! (It makes sense in the plot, I promise, haha!)

So now here I am, still a bit wobbly, but keeping on keeping on. I'm trusting the process and just holding on for brighter days, doing what I can: I'm writing (a lot? hah. The joy isn't lost in that area, at the very least.) and trying to draw (it's HELL getting back into it after so long without even doodling, but I am nothing if not persistent) and letting the Patreon money accumulate to do some more commissions. I am so sorry that I haven't been able to share more with you, but it's been a rough time and I am very prone to withdrawing when that is the case. I am very much looking forward to it settling down a bit, for these clouds to part.

I am unsure if I should pause Patreon or not, but since the money goes straight back into development, I'm just leaving that choice with you; please only subscribe if you want to support the game, because I am not sure how much extra material I can scrounge up without sacrificing my health. And thank you, truly. I've seen some of you paying for a full year of support and it has always left me tearing up and kicking my feet with joy. Your faith in me strengthens my own.

In any case, I'm opening up for an author/ouro q&a in the comments here (or as an anon on the louroth tumblr, if you wish) if you have anything you want to ask me about anything ouro and surrounding, be it progress or plot or whatever you have on your mind!

Hope you're doing well, always. x


ps. the founders deal is still in the works, I just have been focusing on simpler things for now!