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Saturday Update!

Good morning! Saturday is here and it's time for another update!

I got a fair amount of work done last week- smaller numbers but a lot of the drawings involved character movement/more changes than just expressions.

My wrist seems to have healed up fine since I caught it early and went ham with the braces, though I'm still keeping an eye on it and wearing a brace for playing video games.

So, let's get into it!

Current Image Finalization: 684/745 - 92%

I worked on two chunks of CGs last week, finishing one and getting partway into the next.

[ They're kinda horny. fair warning. ]

This last one has revealed an unfortunate problem.

Which is Strade gleefully snorting my UI chains.

Although this is funny, I feel like I can't ship like this ๐Ÿ˜‚ So my choices are:

The middle choice appeals to me the most but if I can't do it, then I'll have to decide between the other choices.

I may not address this right away though. I have a small to-do list of fixes that I'll get to when I finish the art [ which I have added this issue to ]. The other fixes are just minor art changes [ some side portraits have the wrong color lighting, that kind of thing ].

And I think that's about all I have this week!

Tomorrow is Dec 1st so I will be dropping a credits update as soon as I can in the morning ๐Ÿ‘

Uh, also some warning, things might get shaky in the next couple weeks. I'll do my best of course but there's some major issues going on behind the scenes and they're causing me a lot of stress. I got into a fight with my reno company this week and I'll be having a meeting next week to address it [ don't want to get into it, has nothing to do with my work ] and the Canada Post strike situation has also gone really bad. I've been forced to close my store and hand out refunds to angry customers and I genuinely do not know if I'll ever be able to sell merch again.

Nothing much I can do or say though. I'll just keep working like a good donkey LMAO

Stay safe and take it easy this weekend! If the roads are bad stay home! And of course, see you all- uh, tomorrow. And next week.

Comments

I'm still working in Ren'Py, but don't worry, I think I'll just remove the chains for this short part since so many people commented that they want the chains to generally remain the same

Gatobob

I think the second option should be possible to implement? I can't remember if you're using your own engine or something Ren'Py based though. (I have a vague feeling that the older BTD games were made in Ren'Py but I might be wrong).

Crow

call me crazy but i feel like this is one of those details you might be staring at for too long. i donโ€™t think most people wouldโ€™ve noticed, unless there are other instances of the chains messing with the art. nudging the couple of cgs of strade close to the camera slightly down or to the left/right could do the trick maybe? looks great gato, keep up the amazing work!

damnhippies

Lmao can you imagine?? Stradeโ€™s tryna be all serious, monologuing about his tools or his plans or wtvr, and MCโ€™s just like โ€œlol thats cool but u got a lil somethingโ€ฆ.can u just not suck up the frame while u talk??โ€ And bro just stands there, chain hanging from his nose, giving MC the nastiest stare ๐Ÿ˜ญ

sugar!

the best option in my opinion would be too keep them

aniel

Definitely take care of yourself! TBH, surprised you update with all you have going on I understand whatever choice you make regarding the chains! I say go with whatevers easier personally, but I do know you worked on them and they look so cool Omfggg he looks so fine---if anime nosebleeds were a thing LOL

Phoenix Astra

good god this game is gonna be good

Sunny The fox

Oh Strade the man that you are

avityfalia

itโ€™s looking good! I hope things get easier for you with the reno and merch ๐Ÿ’–

OhVeeve

That's because of Germany's laws unfortunately. Germany has banned the sale of adult games, and Steam complies with that ban by hiding TPOF from the German audience. It is available on Itch.io since that's a smaller company who doesn't do anything to comply with the bans. [ So YKMET will not show up on Steam in Germany either, but will be available on itch.io ]

Gatobob

'they're kinda horny' <- me when I see Strade.

SpectreGoesBoo

Idk, Strade snorting chains is pretty metal. Lmao! But whatever decision I support it, it does make for something to laugh at. So close!๐Ÿ˜ฉ

ShinanaEvangelian

Btw- Tpof isnt Available. In Germany, As steam says-. I realy hope ykmet will be ๐Ÿฅน

Moon

Oh? Did you wake up today and decide to give us all nosebleeds? *fans herself* I can't with man... *smashes keyboard* I want him.. but I shouldn't... but I do... I cry! :(( Love you Gato <3

Celty

I'm glad your Pops is going with you to the reno meeting & the company manager seems like a reasonable bloke to work with. ๐Ÿ˜Š Thanks for filling me in on your situation, and I'm glad the majority of your customers have been understanding & kind. THOSE kind of customers are the ones who are worth truly caring for. ๐Ÿฅฐ Forget about those few and rare stinkers, and just keep doing you! ๐Ÿ˜Ž That said, the manager's business partner sounds like a walking-talking hot mess, NGL. If the manager himself isn't aware of how his partner is costing him in terms of business, Lord pray that he realizes it soon before he ends up with a future lawsuit or worse due to her carelessness. ๐Ÿ˜… That said, his partner definitely sounds like the classic case of DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Any talks, texts, e-mails you have with her? Get that shit time-stamped, screenshot, and in writing/recorded of what was said and WHO said it. That way, if she plays the whole "He said, she said" gaslighting or scapegoat/blame-others routine, you got the receipts to call her out on her bullshit. E-mail both her and the company manager after each meeting, with a timestamped synopsis/summary of what was discussed, just so "You both can look over it and review, just in case there's anything I may have missed and we all remain on the same page." ๐Ÿ˜‰ Good to do, especially in front of the company manager. It's also a more indirect way of showing the manager that his chosen partner sucks ass at their job if she gets forgetful/argumentative, without you bluntly telling him and possibly getting defensive due to the rose-coloured glasses one often wears around loved ones. ๐Ÿ˜… Even if you can't do this as much with the current company, you can still use this method for any other future partnerships you take on. But yeah, sounds like you got a good head on your shoulders, Gato. Make those voice recordings/written records whenever you interact with her (cause she obviously lacks the initiative to do it), and keep protecting/advocating for yourself! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ”ฅ I'm rooting for ya, Gato!!! RAWR!!! ๐Ÿฏ

Leo แ••( แ› )แ•—

I LOOOVEE your game and art style soooo much i wish i was in a coma and skip times ๐Ÿ˜ซ /j

Villain_Simp

Oh my god??? He look so fine ๐Ÿ˜ญ i wanna play the game sooo bad. Thank you for your hard working!

Villain_Simp

Please dont remove the chains- they are cool heh but moving them down wuld be enoth i think. I hope youll be abled to sell mearch soon again your stuff is amazing! ...is strade sniffing us? XD i love it haha. Have a great new week gato~โค๏ธ

Moon

DONT REMOVE THE CHAINS

angel

YAAAY!! What a nice update to wake up to on a freezing afternoon, hehehe ๐Ÿ’– Really glad to hear your wrist's doing better! Catching that stuff as soon as you feel The Very Specific Sensation saves so much headache and frustration (as an artist that kept blowing it out during finals season back in college, myself orz). Not to make too light of the situation, but the stuff goin' on with the reno manager's partner does sound like something out of Kitchen Nightmares, though hopefully not as bad!! Sounds like there's a good chance it'll be cleared up, and I'm hoping that's the case! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ I also really love the chain UI! Having it disappear for certain close-up sprites sounds good, but (since I don't know if it's really attached to anything else/how easy or difficult of a fix it would be) would it maybe be possible for it to be moved under the sprite "layer"? ๐Ÿค” I also (obviously) haven't seen all the sprites, so I dunno if there's some that would ruin the vibe or if it would mess with the CGs! I'd hate to see them go, but it sounds like you're working on a plan to keep 'em around =)

Gabriel Marin

For your sake I decided to download Patreon today and oh my... IT'S ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT. I'm so happy to be here and support you โ™ฅ๏ธ (I'm honestly waiting for the release of YKMET like my own birthday). And oh my... Strade looks amazing... I'm REALLY blushing! hahaha โ›“๏ธ๐Ÿฉธ๐Ÿ”ช I'm so sorry you've been having so many troubles last week! I hope things get better, so sending you rays of support~ And just one more little thing i want you to know: thanks to your content, the fragile mental health of one ukrainian girl (me lol) is holding up ๐Ÿซ€โœจ (sorry for my poor eng ๐Ÿซ ) So wish everyone a really good week!๐Ÿซ€

nagi_nats

Oh. My. God. My eyes have just been blessed- And I'm really sorry to read that you're going through those problems :( I hope everything gets better soon. In my case I haven't even experienced moving yet and I'm terrified by the idea. Btw, It took me like an hour to actually understand the snorting joke, I feel so dumb rn ๐Ÿ˜ญ Also, this time I really wanted to comment earlier, but I couldn't do it due to personal problems T-T But hey, at least seeing this update has made my day better โœจ๏ธ Please stay safe, Gato!

Vyneah

Im sorry to hear there's been so many bumps in the road this week. Hopefully things start to come right soon. I really like the chains so I would hate to see them go but that's completely up to you and what makes most sense for the game. Wish Patreon had a shop option where you could sell things. You got this Gato. I'm still hyped for this project after almost a year of being subbed ๐Ÿ‘

Sly

You make me look forward to every saturday, thank youโค๏ธ good luck with all this stressful stuff going on, it must be a lot ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จโค๏ธ

DerpKing

I like the UI chains! I am allllmost tempted to suggest you just keep them as they are. If anything, it'll just be one goofy frame the fans can treat as a silly inside joke type thing. I am vividly imagining the popular Tumblr posts haha. Otherwise, it could definitely just be a graphic that appears with generic standing sprite poses. It might lend to the screenshot function anyway, since I'd imagine players would mostly want to screenshot the fun poses/scenes. Though it does mean we won't get to see as much of them, and they may become slightly jarring when they appear, depending on the scene. I'm sure whatever you end up doing will be good though!! It'll still be YKMET, regardless of how the fancy UI flairs work

Cole Morgan

Haha well, I should say that the vast majority of my customers are SO understanding and kind. Even most of the ones looking for a refund have been extremely understanding, so I am very grateful for that. I also [ just now ] got notice that the seller protection program worked for one of my refunds so that's fantastic [ Sometimes when a case is opened Etsy will refund the buyer with Etsy money, not my money, when Etsy deems the issue wasn't my fault ] And as for the reno meeting, my dad said he'll come with me for emotional support, so I'm really glad for that. I'm actually not too freaked out about the meeting because I have no issues with the company manager [ who I will be meeting with ]. He's been perfectly fine to deal with through emails. The issue I have is with his wife?girlfriend? who was the one I was working with to organize everything. I've been nervous the whole time because she was often distracted, forgetful, never writing anything down, and just sort of generally not interested in the details which are... her entire job. I held on and just hoped she was remembering everything but now it has become clear she hasnt and they want to charge me extra for stuff I thought was part of the original quote because I told her like 4 times I wanted it. She has apparently claimed that I am lying about telling her [ I've also witnessed her blame other employees multiple times when I called her out for forgetting things... ] Soooo it's a big mess. But I trust the guy who actually owns the company and if I get charged more, then it is what it is. I'll just have to work off more debt.

Gatobob

I plan to release the game on both, the same as TPOF! As long as nothing stops me [ who knows in this ever-changing landscape of the internet ]

Gatobob

oh my god I'm so sorry you had to deal with flooding. That's SO stressful. Good luck with everything!! Also a few other people have floated the idea of simply toggling the chains for this specific scene- I admit I 'm a bit surprised to see such strong support for the chains since they were a bit controversial in the old server back when I made them. I may actually go with this 4th option, since it would be relatively simple. I could even do as another person suggested and leave the chains there for memelord and let strade break the 4th wall and mention it ๐Ÿ˜‚

Gatobob

Glad to hear that you're plugging along, Gato~ Yeah, it's unfortunate about the Canadian Post strike situation. Hopefully there'll come an agreement that results in better working conditions, especially since it's such an essential service. That said, sorry if some customers been giving you a hard time for factors completely outside of your control. ๐Ÿ™„ (NGL, I think those irate customers should be grateful to just receive a refund and f*cking shove it--but that's just me~ hehe. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ) Or perhaps, purposely choose to not serve certain individuals again if they're especially obnoxious. Sorry not sorry! ๐Ÿคท You will be able to sell merch again one day, if that's something you genuinely want to keep doing in the future. It may not be on the ideal, preferred timetable but that day will happen. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ”ฅ But until then, take care of yourself first and foremost! As for the reno drama sagaโ„ข๏ธ, I'm glad you're at least trying to stay strong and advocate for yourself! I don't know if you got other friends or family around you, but leaning on them (even if it's just for emotional support) or finding outside experts may be of help. Perhaps individuals undergoing the same issues you are had posted their learning experience somewhere on the internet, like on Reddit, Quora, or Youtube? Who knows, may be worth checking out to learn from their mistakes/successes. ๐Ÿค” Anyway, it's hilarious that you felt a need to say "They're kinda horny. fair warning," as a disclaimer when it came to images showing the total snack that is Strade. ๐Ÿคค I, and plenty of your other Patreons, sure ain't complaining! ๐Ÿคญ You got the right mindset about just focusing on what you can do, on what is within your power to control. Hope you're continuing to balance work and play in whatever ratio works best for you, and looking forward to your next Saturday update! ๐Ÿฅฐ

Leo แ••( แ› )แ•—

Ooof with the chains I hope you find a way for the middle option! It would be crazy but you could manually add them for when a side sprite appears but that sounds like it would bulk up the code. And that's so rough about the postal. I really hope it'll resolve before the game comes out since merch if pretty important for ur livelyhood! BUT STRAAAADEE AAAAAAAAA POOKIE ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

hotsauce molotov

beautiful strade, keep it up โค Have a nice weekend, gato!๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™and one question, Will the game be released on Steam? or on itchio?

SillyBoy

Looking amazing! I laughed so damn hard though about "gleefully snorting my UI chains" ;lskdf My vote is to make them smaller/moved further to the corner maybe, if the middle option doesn't work.

Moonfireflight

snorting strade pics like they're coke ๐Ÿค๐Ÿค

strade's hausfrau

Stradeโ€™s like *sniff* ah yeah thatโ€™s the good shit ๐Ÿ˜‚ Also damn best of luck in the real world scenarios. Being an adult sucks a lot, especially these days. ๐Ÿ˜“ stay strong ๐Ÿซก๐Ÿซก๐Ÿซก

kajerone

Ugh I'm sorry you're getting hurt by everything going on. You're doing a great job though, everything looks amazing! The chain snorting made me giggle lol. I hope you don't get rid of the chains entirely, I really like how they look! I know you'll be able to figure it out. You're a badass, and though things are tough now I know you've got this! You've got a lot of people in your corner ๐Ÿ’•

Loretti

Hmmm, honestly I think this is the first 'problem' we've seen with the chains, so maybe just a switch to toggle them off during certain scenes that involve a character showing up waaay offcenter? (can't be that many) And it's December, things are going to naturally slow down for everyone due to holiday, weather, and family stuff. I think most of us will understand if this month is a bit more on the 'taking a bit of a holiday' -side. Sorry to hear about the reno troubles. Going through some of that myself, my waterheater finally went, and it ended up flooding the 2 nearest rooms to it, now I'm trying to pry up floorboards and open up soaking drywall, AND it was thanksgiving so I couldn't find anyone local during the holiday to come install a new one, so no hotwater for showers or dishwashing for the last couple days. T-T Stay strong!! I'm so sure things are going to work out for everyone eventually.

Echooo

OH GOD IT'S EVERYWHERE// now that that's out of the way, I'm so sorry about all of the things going on in your life, Gato!! Especially with the strike, I had impeccable timing and ordered the Strade patch THE DAY BEFORE it all happened, lol I really hate that such important workers are being treated so poorly, and I'm not upset about the strike, but about the fact that it even has to happen. I also hate the fact that your store has to be jeopardized because of it. I can only hope as an American that it can all be sorted out, because there's so many things I wanna buy from you... also I'm glad your wrist is feeling better!! Thank you for the food this week, Gato!!

FireballUwu

I had such a shitty day and the moment I opened Patreon to check out the update all my anger and worries just washed away Thank you so much for creating Art that helps me forget the daily struggles <3 I wish everyone a great week and a Happy 1st of Advent (no Idea if its celebrated elsewhere but anyway)

Yuki Flausch

He looks so angelic in the first pic pant pant

plapx3

I honestly love the chains, I feel like they just add a certain style to the game that is just *chefs kiss* so if anything I'd say make them a little smaller or have them only appear during 'caual' scenes of the game, and when something dramatic or big happens have them disappear to indicate 'yeah you should probably focus Broski' But that's just my thoughts :33

FluffyFuzzyButt

IKRRRR I was praying for more couch scenes outside of BTD2 ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Dakota Locklear

Yeah good point. Just ditching the chains for that panel specifically or making them smaller for the main game would be cool, but memelord mode would be funny to have it in so the work isn't completely for nothing lol

Dakota Locklear

OMG HES SO YUMMY HERE!!!! the post strike is affecting a lot of small businesses which is incredibly unfortunate. Stay strong you got this!!!

spongeunction

My god, if I'm able to be one of the lucky people who get to beta test later in 2025, I'm genuinely gonna need to take a week off cause of how feral I'm gonna be LMAO. Literally fuckin BARKING rn. All that aside, please still take breaks, and go into the reno thing with a calm mindset. It'll help. I'm sure you know that, but it feels nice to still say. Everything will end up working out, keep your head up!!

Dakota Locklear

Let my man snort his chains, he deserves it as a treat ๐Ÿ˜ค

Rebeccah

God when this comes out imma hyperventilate more than meeting fox for the first time, hopefully wont pass out XD

Creature

AAAAHHHโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธโ™ฅ๏ธIโ€™m bouncing off the walls

DoomtheGloom

Yikes, I hope things get resolved soon, for both you and the workers. That said, ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ‘€ on that first image, holy shit Also LMAO I think one scene of snorting chains is fine (at least he's not doing cocaine like Jack ๐Ÿ˜‚), but if it bothers you that much, then hopefully it's not too difficult to fix ๐Ÿ’›

Taheca

take care gato ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ we love youuu

Ruru Ruru

Strade snorting the chains, while absolutely hilarious, is quite distracting yes ๐Ÿ˜‚ I hope you can get the coding figured out to fix it and won't have to nuke such a cool feature! โค๏ธ As always take all the time you need to get stuff sorted, we can wait as long as it takes โค๏ธ

Kaeli Zweber

Strade please defile me

Ruru Ruru

Wow Gato, I feel so sorry about all the shit your going through..that must be absolutely horrible. it makes me so sad that someone so awesome is going through a tough time. I really hope this whole thing about the store gets resolved because that is devastating to hear. Hugs and kisses! Straying away, i absolutely love those new sprites that were shared! you are such a hard working person and your art is absolutely amazing. Strade is hotter than ever! ๐Ÿ”ฅ Thank you so much for this update gato. it's good to hear that your wrist is at least doing way better! Take it easy this week and have an amazing weekend ๐Ÿ’“

lawrence

God these pictures are reminding me how carnally I need this man to destroy me. The snorting chains thing would be so funny to see in Memelord mode as a meme the patreon backers would get XD Also sucks to see the postal service is still fucking you over :( the people getting mad at you need to realize this is out of your control. Sending prayers your way in hoping that and the other issues plaguing you can be resolved soon ๐Ÿ’™

tr4v3rs3-t0wn

THE WAY I SQUEALED, MY LUNGS STOPPED WORKING OMG I LOVE THIS MAN SM LOOK AT HIS FUCKING GRIN RAHHHHHH SCREAMINGGGGGGGGG Glad your wrist has healed gato! Take your time with stuff behind the scenes bub your well being comes first! We love you and i hope you can get your merch up and running again in due time! ๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฉท

Gory.goodboy

ah gee iโ€™m so sorry things are going in the opposite direction for you gato !!! it made me sad to read that u thought urself as a little work donkey i rather imagine you as a little cat with a chef hat making biscuits (ur art hehe) the art is looking so good n GOOD TO KNOW WE GETTING SOME ACTION IN THE COUCHHHH ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ (manifested this) hope things go well for you gato n i hope u had a good holiday too if you celebrated !!!

iridian ๏ผˆ๏ผพ๏ผฏ๏ผพโ˜†โ™ช

Oh jeez, sounds like things are completely hectic atm, hopefully this doesn't put you off of selling your merch completely, as you do make some beautiful merch, it's a shame people are getting upset over something you have no control over, hopefully everything calms down soon ๐Ÿ˜Š

Sunny

Glad your wrist is doing better!! You better be careful so it doesn't get worse again!! Please hang in there I'm sorry you're having all these issues behind the scenes ๐Ÿ˜ญ thank you for all you do I believe in you!! โค๏ธ

Minabena

Glad your wrist feels better, though Iโ€™m so sorry about your other stressors!! Wishing you all the best with everything. Ooooohhgogohohooooo those pics ๐Ÿ‘€ And tbh the chain snorting is super funny, I personally wouldnโ€™t mind if you just kept it. But if youโ€™re determined to change it, I wish you luck in getting the results you want!

kikibadger

The chains are cracking me up. It's like the reverse of a clown pulling out a rope of handkerchiefs.

FarShootingStar

MMMM SMEXY NAKED STRADE Also the snorting chains are fucking hilarious Please take care of yourself, Gato, and happy holidays!

celestialVocalist

The snorting the chains is too funny ๐Ÿ˜ญ but I def agree it would be hard to not stare at. I hope you donโ€™t have to remove the chains because I feel like they really add something to the UI ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿ™๐Ÿปanyways I need him so bad

Nik

I love u sm Gatobob pls never die

MaidenRage

3 PICTURES OF STRADE!?!? OMG GATO IS SPOILING US! i hope you do better in the next weeks <3

Shears11

Strade Sex REAL!!!! >:3

DreamerofThede

I need to chew him into paste

MelonBa11s

im sick but no sickness is gonna take away my gatorday joy YIPPIEEE WAKE UP PEOPLE ITS GATORDAY๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

lili

ahhhh Iโ€™m early! awesome update, got to see Stradeโ€™s titties yet again damn Iโ€™m glad your wrist is better!

amalgam _foryou

HES SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

Xetozok


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