[Blog] Small Update (Patreon)

Thank you for your patience. There have been some annoying disruptions behind the scenes:- General Exhaustion- Jaw Discomfort/Pain/Headaches (I still haven't followed up with a doctor).- Bed Bugs, threw out my sleeping cot (I assume I got it from recently evicted neighbors).- Leaking Water from my Ceiling / Walls (since February, our maintenance dept. sucks).- Patreon has restricted my ability to receive payouts (likely temporary, I'm working on it).I feel really bad that I'm behind on work and not able to work as hard as I once could.

Recent News of Note:

Cohost (social media blogging platform) recently announced its closure. They could not afford to keep the severs running, which is unsurprising as it was entirely user-funded and was not offering a lot of universal value for its users. Still, unfortunate, and that's one less tool in our utility belt.

Alex Ahad (original 'Skullgirls'" artist) was recently banned from Patreon without warning. Trust & Safety cited the usual reasons concerning dubious consent. While it's easy to get rid of a smaller artist, going after one of your highest earners like that does not inspire me with confidence.

Zelda II Enhanced: Link is Adventuresome (PC remake of Zelda 2) by Hoverbat updated and has a new feature allowing custom player skins for Link. It might be fun to try designing a Female Link sprite to be used in the future.

Lamentations:

Sometimes it feels like one bad thing is happening after another and it's become hard to believe things will ever get better. Perhaps this is just what getting old is like, but our economic environs aren't helping either.

Tensions with Patreon continue to worry me; maybe I should work in a way that's less reliant on it and its formula. But I feel trapped because I've relied on Patreon for years (and still do) for most of my income. Considering this career is also heavily entrenched in pleasing consumers (that's you), deviations from user expectations pose a great risk; any change may risk a huge loss in support.

I'm a little behind on work, so it's been quiet lately. But hopefully that massive batch of uploads at the start of the month makes up for it.

I feel like I should stream more often...

Don't forget to eat & sleep.