The last post I made on this Patreon was January 2nd, 2024. In that post, I talked about Cultivation Novels and how I was looking forward to talking about them in the next post.
That next post never materialized. A lot of 'next posts' didn't.
The year 2024, and to an even greater extent, the last 6 months of 2023, were some of the most brutal 18 months of my life. It was like a nonstop wall of depression, stress, and a complete deflation of my creative psyche that happened all at ...
2025-01-01 17:19:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, readers. It's me, Klokinator. Long time no talk. Once again, months have passed since my last Patreon post. Time flies when you return to working a day job.
As of TCTH Part 532, I have begun introducing a really important new power system and concept to the Cryoverse: The Art of Cultivation.
"Cultivation" is a term popularized by Chinese Wuxia/Xianxia novels found on websites like Wuxiaworl...
2024-01-02 15:21:58 +0000 UTC
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March. I haven't made a post on here since March, FFS. Time flies so fast, and my sense of it feels like it's getting less and less connected to reality. Sometimes I swear a day has passed and it's actually been five. Maybe that's just the result of growing older, I don't know.
Well guys, long time no chat. I finished work on the... let's call it, 'initial release' of Andaron Saga. I'm not satisfied with it, and I plan to remake the game in a new engine with a ...
2023-09-01 01:38:30 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! I already posted about this on the Discord a couple of days ago, but I will post it here too. A few days ago, I launched a Fire Emblem Sprite Generation tool that can create Fire Emblem portraits from the GBA, GCN, and Wii eras.
https://civitai.com/models/13246/klokgen-fire-emblem-style-sprite-sheet-and-halfbody-generator
This doesn...
2023-03-01 15:10:55 +0000 UTC
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Hey there everyone, be you a Cryoverse Reader or an Umi AI aficionado! Today's post represents a huge epoch leap in what Umi AI can do, and what its overall purpose is.
To be honest, this update isn't quite up to my standards, but it will do for now. It's extremely hard to write documentation and update this tool as one of three major projects, so I'm kinda just doing what I can, as I can, when I can.
I have added the following things to Umi AI, so when you update the extens...
2023-02-01 14:00:27 +0000 UTC
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(Psst! Don't know what Umi is? Click here!)
Hello Patrons and the outside world as well! Sorry for a bit over a month of quiet. I've been busting my butt working on Umi, my writing, and even more of my writing, so there's been a lot to do.
I have just completed work on v0.3 of Umi. This is a ...
2022-12-16 19:08:37 +0000 UTC
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Hey there everyone! This post is here to announce the release of a major update for Umi AI! Today, I'll be talking about Specialized Species as well as Randomized Species, and the path Umi AI will be taking moving forward.
But first, an important announcement.
Umi AI is officially an extension for Automatic1111's WebUI! That means assuming you have made sure to update We...
2022-11-05 16:38:38 +0000 UTC
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I was really tired when I wrote yesterday's post, so I didn't have the energy to actually discuss Umi AI's unique points. Why bother using Umi? W...
2022-10-21 08:02:27 +0000 UTC
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The day has arrived. The launch of Umi AI is upon us! After nearly two weeks of frantic work and assistance from my excellent coder, Umi AI is ready to reach the hands of the people!
What is Umi AI? Well, it's not actually an AI. It is a mod for Automatic1111's WebUI, like a mod for Skyrim, as an example. What I've done is create a 'Wildcard System' that uses the WebUI interface to allow for simple and accessible character randomization....
2022-10-20 12:25:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey, loyal and longtime readers. I've recently overhauled this Patreon in light of my newest project, the Umi AI Character Creator!
It's not quite ready to release just yet, but I'm really hoping to launch it tomorrow. I have developed an incredible system with the help of a coder to utilize AI to draw fantastic characters in a giant variety of poses and styles. This is a gamechanger for artis...
2022-10-19 19:12:47 +0000 UTC
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What's up, patrons. It's been a while. Almost a year, in fact. I haven't put out a Patreon post since October of last year! Not that I haven't been writing... I have! Just not anything on Patreon.
Have you ever had that thing happen where a friend texts you, and you think, "Oh, I'll text them in a little while." But you forget?
Then a day goes by and the next time you notice, it's 1 AM the next night? You think to yourself "Oh god! I totally forgot to reply! Well it's a bit late n...
2022-08-05 11:55:28 +0000 UTC
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This post is part of a series focusing on outlines I'm writing for the Cryoverse.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cryoverse-my-to-57381971
I have been writing the Cryoverse for a long time. Five years. Half a decade. In that time, I have made huge strides in not only my writing style, but how I prepare my writing ahead of time. In the past, I have guarded my fanbase against spoiler...
2021-10-27 12:40:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys. Klok here. Over the past five years, I have written a LOT of Cryoverse content, but I have also written a ton of supplementary materials along the way, including outlines for my story, character bios, explanations of time travel, and a buuuunch of other similar things.
I have never released these before, because they always contained and will contain spoilers in some form or another. However, I think they could be really fun to read. As such, I am going to start posting them o...
2021-10-14 12:04:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey, guys. For the next few months, now that I'
2021-05-31 12:02:46 +0000 UTC
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What's up, everyone? Klok here. This is the third in a three-part series of posts I've decided to write regarding Isekais. Check out Parts 1 and 2 here!
Returning to the definitions from my p...
2021-05-16 12:10:18 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys, Klok here! I put off this month's Patreon post in the hopes that Mangadex, the site I use to source my lists for manga reading, would come back online. It did not. I am sad. So, I will write this post while mostly relying on my memory.
This is part two in a three-part series focusing on Isekais. Check out Part 1 here!
Returning to the definiti...
2021-04-30 12:15:58 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, bestest readers. It's about that time of the month for a Patreon post, so I'm here to bring you another Klok Blog! This one is all about Isekais/Portal Fantasies and how much I love them. However, I think it's important that I first talk about what Isekais even are.
There are three types of Isekai stories:
Hard Isekai: A character transports to another world, one unfamiliar to them. They often obtain new magical or technological powers, and as such, hav...
2021-03-16 11:52:07 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! It's time to return to the bi-weekly Patreon posts! Today is special because I've decided to directly answer one of my Patrons' inquiries.
Christopher Parris is one of my longest-running patrons, having been around since September of 2016. Wow! I still have a lot of patrons from the start of Cryopod's run, and for that I am eternally grateful! If any other patrons have questions about Cryopod, The Last Precursor, or other such things, feel free to DM me any time. My 'door' is ...
2021-02-15 13:12:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! It's been a while.
Previously, I wrote a post in a similar vein to this one where I outlined the upcoming posts I wanted to write for my Patreon. Today's post is basically the same thing, but I'll be listing even more ideas I plan to write about in the future.
One of my initial ideas for doing a two-week cycling interval for Cryopod and TLP was that, at the end of every two week...
2021-01-31 11:18:44 +0000 UTC
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I had a discussion on Discord a few weeks ago. The topic involved a bunch of plot points in The Last Precursor, and how a few readers were trying to guess events that might happen in the future.
That discussion inspired today's post. I have written before about Reader Levels, which I included in the Ancient Era Breakdown post. Today's post will be on a similar note, but not quite the same thing...
2020-12-31 13:13:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! TLP and Cryopod are both pretty long. For my sake, as well as yours, I thought it would be cool if I did a short little writeup about TLP for today's post, focusing on some currently running mysteries in the story. Cryopod's mysteries are much more involved, so I will probably write a separate post on the same subject at the end of the month.
I couldn't think of a good way to decide the order of the mysteries, so I decided to go with Chronological. Some of these mysteries are ...
2020-11-17 11:34:55 +0000 UTC
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It's been two weeks since the last Klok Blog! Today's post is patron-only, and that's mostly because it will include information about future stories set in the TLP side of the Cryoverse!
I've been writing Cryopod since late 2016; four years in total. In that time, I've periodically learned to focus on new and unique aspects of writing, using those moments to temper myself and improve my qualit...
2020-11-01 12:31:01 +0000 UTC
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Today's post is a special one, one that I've been thinking about for a couple of years now. For people who have read my work, they may even have a decent idea of what I'm going to write. This post is basically a big expansion of some of the points I put in my previous post, How Cryopod Uses Video Game Logic to Drive its Narrative. Feel free to read that post ...
2020-10-12 10:42:56 +0000 UTC
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I wanted to post an actual blog today, maybe one talking about one of the interesting topics I mentioned in my "future blog topics" post. Instead, this will be the long overdue Cryopod 4 Year Anniversary post! Woohoo!!
As many of you know, Cryopod sprang into existence on September 14th, 2016. Actually...
2020-09-25 13:46:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! This post is all about exactly what the title says! I'm going to discuss the plans I've spent the last 2+ years working toward, detailing exactly I intend to do with the Cryoverse before, during, and after Cryopod's run. As you all know, Cryopod is intended to be extremely long, and its sequels/subsidiaries will be even more so! I have countless ideas and ways of executing upon them. In thi...
2020-09-10 12:54:46 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, Klok here! I know I just posted the start of my Klok Blogging schedule, but it occurred to me that having this post ready BEFORE I got back to writing Cryopod this week would be a good idea. Then I can link it in those posts.
...Ahem.
(Quick TL:DR - I will NOT rewrite Cryopod Refresh. The post below goes into exhaustive detail why. I will, however, consider a possible alternative. If you don't have time to read, that's th...
2020-08-25 10:33:56 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, Klok here. This post is all about my new blog-posting schedule. As many of you may know, I've decided to drop MWTX for art. It seemed like his art wasn't that popular, and I'm too poor now to keep paying him what I was before. I definitely wish him the best of luck, and to commemorate this final art post, I had him draw the six best Cryopod girls in an anime style! That's right. Phoebe, Hyacinth, Ose, Belial, Daisy and... some other angel! Probably nobody important at all
2020-08-23 13:25:03 +0000 UTC
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This is the link to the official public Cryopod Art Repo: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j8TrqSDRSB5dpzkKxPxZGsNDShcvRxsL
This is the link to the Patron-only Art Repo, with unreleased art pieces which will come out to the public in future parts: https://www.patreon.com/p...
2020-08-07 12:03:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, Klok here.
This post is going to be very long. I will post a TL:DR of its contents to save you some time, but I recommend reading the whole thing if you like Cryopod a lot.
TL:DR
1. I've been working on Cryopod for 4 years now, and it's really only losing steam, even after I've tried a bunch of things to bring it back to life.
2. This lack of interest in Cryopod is my fault more than anyone else's, as I've made several small and one or two major mistakes along...
2020-07-29 11:57:34 +0000 UTC
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This is the link to the official public Cryopod Art Repo: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1j8TrqSDRSB5dpzkKxPxZGsNDShcvRxsL
This is the link to the Patron-only Art Repo, with unreleased art pieces which will come out to the public in future parts: https://www.patreon.com/p...
2020-07-08 11:06:17 +0000 UTC
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