Thaumaturgy is out now, and is currently climbing up the Hot Files on Nexus Dot Gov. Here's a link: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/57138
I've also released a small update to Adamant to support the release of Thaumaturgy, and in the next few days I'll also have a small update to Pilgrim, as well as a more substantial update to Apothecary for the same reasons. In addition...
2021-10-17 19:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostFor weeks now, I've been expecting things to get better. It felt like if I could just get ahead on or two more tasks, I'd have enough time to devote to modding. All I need is another week, right? And another after that, and another, and another...
Like a lot of teachers, I went into this year hoping it would be normal. Or at least, much more normal than last year. It's becoming increasingly clear that this is not a normal year. It's just as much of a hell year as last year. Maybe more o...
2021-10-09 03:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I just finished a long but successful first day of school. Unfortunately, getting here was a bit more difficult than I hoped. My wife was sick all last week, and I got sick too while caring for her. (Not COVID, just some kind of stomach bug or flu). Because of that I'm way farther behind than I wanted to be.
Mentally, I'm refreshed and ready to return to working on mods, but I will need another two weeks I think to get enough of my work knocked out so tha...
2021-09-08 22:25:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Summer is over! I've gotten a lot done! Adamant 5, Apothecary, and Pilgrim have all been released in the last two months. These were huge projects for me and I'm very proud to see people enjoy them so much.
I'm almost done with Thaumaturgy and I'm mostly done with Mysticism 2. I wish summer was another month longer so I could finish them both! Unfortunately, work starts for me on Monday, and I'm very, very tired. Two weeks from today will be the first day of cl...
2021-08-25 22:59:18 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I published Mysticism just over two years ago, I had big plans. I didn't talk about my plans very often, because they were ambitious enough that I felt a bit embarrassed about them. I imagined creating a series of mods that were designed from the ground up to work together, that covered all of Skyrim’s gameplay mechanics, and that remained true to the things I loved about Skyrim.
The idea that a mainstream alternative to Enairim could exist felt ludicrous in 2019. To a lot of peo...
2021-08-23 00:56:41 +0000 UTC View PostTate and I released Pilgrim - A Religion Overhaul on Friday. So far the release has been great, and player reactions are overwhelmingly positive. It's been really cool to see people in the discord mess around with creating builds, or talk about the hidden shrine locations they've found.
I've got one week left before school starts. I'm going to try and spend that week wrapping up a few loose ends without working myself too hard.
If you're out the loop, you can find a li...
2021-08-22 17:23:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I hope you’re doing well. I’m sorry it’s been a while since the last State of the ‘Rim. My wife and I had a nice vacation in early July (just after the Apothecary release) and then I spent the rest of the time working pretty much every day on mods. Summer is now winding down and it looks like I have about eight more days that I can spend working before school starts again. Unfortunately, once school starts, I do expect to be pretty busy. I planned to annou...
2021-08-17 00:34:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Delta and I have released Apothecary, our alchemy overhaul. I really enjoyed this project, and I'm looking forward to releasing our enchanting overhaul later in the summer.
For now, though, I'm going on vacation for a week! My wife and I haven't been able to travel for a long time for uh... obvious reasons, and it will be nice to spend some time together.
Try not to break anything while I'm gone!
Link: 2021-07-08 20:29:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
When I started this Patreon, I didn't really know what to offer in terms of benefits, so I just followed what I saw others do and added "early access to content" as a reward for the highest tier. Now that it's actually time to provide an early release, I've decided that I don't feel good about paywalling content, even temporarily.
I've uploaded an early release version of Apothecary - An Alchemy Overhaul for my $10 Patrons in order to keep my promise to them an...
2021-07-05 01:18:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I wanted to update you on my progress for the last month. It’s been a few months since I wrote one of these, so sorry about that!
In June of 2021, I released Adamant 5, which was a massive overhaul of one of my most important projects. As far as I can tell, it was really well received. I’m super happy with the direction that Adamant 5 has taken things, and I’m already thinking about how I can make further improvements in 5.1 and maybe 5.2.
Within about 8 ...
2021-07-04 17:10:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Adamant 5 is out and nothing has caught on fire yet. I've also updated Aetherius, Mundus, and Scion with a few tweaks based off changes I've made in Adamant 5. You can head to the mod page and download it now. Don't forget to nab the Shrines and Amulets plugin!
Link: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/30191
2021-06-26 17:16:37 +0000 UTC View PostI'll release Adamant 5 when I wake up in the morning. It's too late to release it now and I'm extremely tired.
2021-06-26 01:47:42 +0000 UTC View PostI'm on track to have Adamant 5 ready by tomorrow--or, if not, definitely over the weekend. I had to work a lot closer to the line than I wanted, and I had to push a few minor or peripheral features to Adamant 5.1 (no date for that btw), but on the bright side, there will be a pretty big "sneak peak" for an upcoming mod included along with Adamant 5, and I think people will have a lot of fun with it.
2021-06-24 15:53:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
If you're in my discord, you probably already know I've had a rough week. There's been an unexpected medical emergency in my family. My wife and I are both safe and healthy, but she's away for a while caring for a family member. I wasn't able to work on mods or my job for a couple of days, and since it's the end of the year I have to focus on catching up at work first.
I just wanted to let you all know to expect some slight delays in the release of Adaman...
2021-06-14 17:31:28 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I've still got about a week and a half of work left. It felt like I was in a really good spot, but now that we're down to the wire, I'm definitely feeling the stress! As soon as I'm done here, I've got to get back to this mountain of grades.
Since this is Pride Month, it felt like a good time to talk finances.
Patreon keeps all the money conveniently sorted, and since we're dealing with pretty modest amounts, I decided I'd donate once every ...
2021-06-08 23:58:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, and thanks for all the kind messages after my last post. I shouldn’t make any updates while I’m grumpy!
Work is going really well. We’re down to the last three weeks of school, and I’m actually super far ahead. I only have a few tasks left, and I’m able to spend some time on my hobbies again.
Since I’m so ahead at work, I was able to devote my entire three-day weekend to modding. I put in about 25 hours of work, and it would have been higher if I hadnâ€...
2021-06-01 03:45:27 +0000 UTC View PostHeya,
The year is getting late. I have about five and a half weeks of school left. There's a lot of pressure on me right now because of this.
I've been doing everything I can to make time for modding, but (surprise, surprise) killing myself to get done with work early has consistently left me too drained to be creative when I do actually have time to work.
Today, somebody cussed at me because they were mad that their game was crashing when they loaded Odin ...
2021-05-10 16:02:12 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I wanted to update you on my progress over the last month.
Work has been insanely busy, as always, but I was really productive over the past few weeks, so I’m in a good place. This is my Spring Break, so I’ve taken the opportunity to rest and work on some of the backlog that’s accrued over the past few months.
Here’s what I’ve done:
Now that I’ve got the Patreon up and running, I wanted to take a moment to update you on what I’m up to.
As you probably know, I’m a new Middle School teacher, and this has been a difficult year for me. We’re in the middle of transitioning back to limited in-person teaching, so work is eating up a lot of my time. When I do have free time, I try to make sure I spent time with my wife and a few close friends. It's really easy for me to lock myself in a basement and mod until I bur...
2021-03-04 23:47:25 +0000 UTC View Post
You can pick as many options as you want. If multiple options win, I'll take is as a sign that I should mix it up and do multiple different things.
(Also, I'll stream tonight at 7 PM Eastern. Same vibe as last week, so whatever this stream decides, I'll start next week.)
Hello world, and welcome to the launch of my Patreon page! I'm celebrating with a stream at 7 PM Eastern, which you can find at https://www.twitch.tv/simonmagus616. I'll be drinking and chatting with viewers for at least three hours. Come by and say hello!
2021-02-26 18:54:56 +0000 UTC View Post
