-NEWS- What's to come in 2022? (Patreon)

Hi Patrons,

I want to use this post to welcome all the new patrons who have joined this month, and above all to thank all those who have been supporting me during the last year. Thanks so much, honestly!

I hope you all enjoyed "Banjo Kazooie: How the Gruntch Stole Christmas", it was quite a challenge to get it ready for Christmas, but watching people playing it on Twitch and Youtube makes the effort worth it.

I am taking a few days off, doing some restoration work on retro arts and other things, but from next week I will be back working on my projects 100%. So I want to announce to you what my coming goals are for this 2022:

-Banjo Kazooie Nostalgia 64: This is still my main project, although I can't say a publication date yet. I will spend more than 50% of my time on it, however not all the work that remains to be done depends on me. Wedarobi is helping me with a ton of custom code and new features, he is just a genius. You may have seen some of his work in "Banjo Kazooie: How the Gruntch Stole Christmas" (BT style camera, custom NPCs, new mechanics, BT style Jiggy animation etc). This is why there are times when I can work longer hours on the project, and other times I have to wait for him to do part of his work so that I can continue with mine. At the end of the day, it's what teamwork is all about.

-BK Twitch winners project: I was waiting to publish "Nostalgia 64" to start working on this project, but I have decided to start on January on it, and carry out both projects at the same time. This project is much smaller (about 6 worlds with 5 Jiggies each) so it will take less time. In this way I hope to be able to publish Early Access versions more regularly (one for each new level, as I did with "Stay At Home" two years ago).

-Wallpapers: Some of you may already know my work restoring old artwork from 90s and early 2000s  to make them look their best at the resolutions used by today's devices. Well, I have decided to adapt several of them to 4K and 8K resolutions to use as desktop wallpapers. The first pack will be published tomorrow exclusively for all Patrons, and will include a total of 50 wallpapers. Every month I will publish a new pack with 20/30 new wallpapers.

And that's all for now, I hope you had a good holidays, and that you have a happy new year!

Mark Kurko