Petronious in 2019 (Blog) (Patreon)

Hey everyone,

So now we're well and truly into the new year I thought I'd share some of the plans I have for the channel this year. I'm not going to be outright naming the games here, but hopefully it'll give you an idea of the general pace and scope I'm aiming for, as well as how much time I've sunk into actually making decisions ahead of time for a change!

The first two:

At the moment, the first proper video of this year is in the pre production stages.

The game has been played from beginning to end, notes have been made and I'm currently in the process of going back and grabbing some extra footage of a few things you can do once the game is over.

The script for this first one may take a little longer than usual for a special reason I won't bother going into right now, so I may even begin actually playing the NEXT game while I figure out how this first script is going to work.

I'm looking forward to this one as it's going to be a little different in terms of presentation and production, and the end result should be pleasant surprise for everyone to see once it's done. It will have a special teaser video when the video is done, so everyone can see why it's a big deal!

The video directly following this will be all about the first game's direct sequel, as I'm more into the idea of covering series while they're still fresh in my mind rather than leaving them to linger and become irrelevant by the time I decide to revisit them.

There's only two games in this particular series, and the second one isn't necessarily as interesting to talk about as it's a straight forward sequel to the first game, but worth looking at nonetheless!

It's undecided if the video itself will go down a similar route as the first one, but either way I'm keen to get started now the ball has started rolling on both of these videos.

5 year anniversary:

I plan to make some sort of video to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Petronious in March if I can, but nothing like a review as I won't have time unfortunately.

In an ideal world I'd begin one of the bigger projects I'd like to do this year on that exact date but I'm simply not going to have the time. Some sort of sketch to tease what's to come next will probably be the route I take for this, as the anniversary date falls close to April fools Day which I already had plans for.

April Fools day:

Last year's videos was shit. Let's face it. A rushed out, whimper of a joke at the expense of Fortnite? Boring. No real need for anyone who saw it to ever see it again. Pointless video!

In 2017 though, I made a video with my usual production values but made it as stupid and joke filled as possible, complete with an impression of Caddicarus for a laugh, and people's seemed to like it.

Even I enjoyed it, as it was fun to make! So I'd like to return to doing one of those for a different game this year.

I decided on the game months ago so it'll hopefully end up being a short 5-6 minute long goofy "review" about some dumb game I'd have almost no reason to bring up at any other time of the year.

To make up for last year's pathetic attempt at an April fools video I'm genuinely  contemplating making a second, separate, equally heavily edited video about another game, and upload it on the same day... but that'll depend on how much time I have!

The big project that I've been going on about for ages:

That's going to happen this year.

Originally it was going to happen in January last year, then January this year, then March to coincide with my channels 5th anniversary but... I just keep screwing up on the time I'd need to allocate towards it in order to pull it off.

So... I've decided to fuck giving myself a concrete deadline date and just aim for some time in the middle of this year. 

If anything, this is the big one that I'd want people to remember my channel for this year. It'll be multiple videos spanning multiple weeks, once it's all ready in advance.

I may even need to appear like I'm taking a break from uploads in order to make this work, but rest assured I won't be taking time off. I'd be working on this the entire time, giving you guys updates along the way.

Gaps:

While working on that bigger project, I have started playing and working on notes for games I could potentially make shorter videos on to fill the gap this may create in my upload schedule.

Examples include Defunct, Just Cause 4, Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2.
Nothing is concrete in that regard though, as I'm more focused on the other games and thier respective "proper" videos. 

Halloween and beyond:

I've nothing concrete planned for the rest of the year just yet. I think I've planned enough things. It's time to get working on them!

Hopefully the next time I post on here I'll have something more substantial. If not, keep an eye out for that teaser video I mentioned!

Take care, and happy new year!

- Pete