CptPopcorn News - Sgsm Updates - Plans Ahead! (Patreon)

AHOOOOY ME HEARTIES!!

It's been a hot minute since the last time this Cap'n showed up on the deck! And let me tell you: I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!

I would like to to share with you what's going on behind the scenes, what has been happening throughout this whole year and what are the plans ahead; because I feel you deserve to know everything around this kinky and wonderful ship!!

CptPopcorn is on pause until January 2025 ⚒️

For about two months now Patreon has been paused so this Cap'n of yours could focus solely on Soulgasm development, fixing issues that were present since the very beginning and developing the grand-view of the whole project.

The plan was to come back to CptPopcorn in full force by this month (December 2024) but me being me, I needed to make Soulgasm and ThatWasHot as a whole work, not only for myself, but mostly for the team that is working so hard on it!

Nevertheless, January 2025 shall be our month, and by the looks of it: our year altogether!!

But, as you can see-- there are quite a few pieces in the making, and since this ship is full of good boiz, Santa might come early!! 🙈🙈🙈

---Soulgasm Development 🔮

With the latest updates over ThatWasHot, we are excited to see and keep pushing the game into its final form. And personally, I am more than excited to show you who is the next character to come, as you might have a hint of who I be talking about ;))

---Plans Ahead! 😍

You know yer Cap'n, me hearties: I would rather close a project than diminish its quality. Soulgasm is big, VERY BIG, and as such, it requires a big team of professionals working behind. Such a team is expensive, and it yet has to make sense financially (Let's just say it is in the red numbers so far and I would veeery gladly change that already).

This is why, I am exploring new smaller projects that can be updated in a monthly basis, but that are still of yer interest! And these projects are yet to be officially announced, but I am working on one of them as we speak!

Stay tuned, me hearties!! 

---What happened in 2024?? 😓

You might have noticed, my sailors, that 2024 was slower and different than the first couple of years of CptPopcorn, and that's because of a few reasons:

1. Relying on the wrong people for Soulgasm's development.     Before getting started with Soulgasm I believed it wouldn't be an easy task, but at least that I could rely on the people we picked for its creation. Turned out to be the wrong approach and choice. And as a consequence this Cap'n had to learn new skills and adapt to the role of boss, manager, game designer, creative designer and narrative designer. Great skills to have, but definitely not for one single human being. 

2. Our rigger of years decided to leave in a whim, leaving a terrible gap in his place.   About a year ago our rigger decided it was time to stop rigging, and that's perfectly fine. Unfortunately the void that created in the production of animations and scenes for both CptPopcorn and Sgsm was terrible. We tried six different riggers, and unfortunately none managed to deliver in time and form. But there is one rigger that might soon change all that 🙏

3. Severe burnout and depression.   As it turns out, decades of non-stop working since being a child, lack of rest and restless nights have a big consequence. Please don't be like me...

4. ...I became suicidal for a few months.   I don't feel comfortable speaking about this, mostly because many people know me as the happy butterfly captain I always strived to be. Nevertheless, I almost took my own life on three occasions last summer. This was a call to action for me, to which I made the decision to go to therapy, which turned out to be the best decision of my life.

If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please don't isolate yourself. Try sharing your emotions and thoughts with trust-worthy people in your surroundings and do your very best to get out of that state as soon as possible. Being alive is a gift, and we can turn our lives downside up, left to right and overall in the direction we want, and I promise you: It is worth it, it gets better.

Thank you to everyone who shared words of support with me during that dark period of my life.

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AH what the hell, it wouldn't be yer truly Cap'n without a happy ending! TO THE ADVENTURE AHEAD!! YAAARGG!!! 🍻🍻🍻