RJ Ramblings (Patreon)

First thing this morning, I check Patreon, getting ready to write out this ramblings and see that somebody cancelled their Patreon sub because "there are more personal venting posts than development news."

So I'm going to personally vent about that a bit.

There have been a few times that I've considered cancelling the Monday Ramblings, because of things like this. I know that venting can turn some people off. I want to be a positive person and I want to make people happy. I try not to get too negative in the Ramblings, but I also want to be real with you all. I think that a lot of you appreciate it. I've heard from many people how they stay subscribed to me over some other developers (who may have made better games), because they feel like I'm a real person.

Also, my personal life and "development news" are basically the same thing. Since I'm a solo developer, my personal life CONSTANTLY impacts development. If I don't get a lot done in the week, it's probably because something personal happened. So in my mind, the ramblings are sort of that side of development.

Either way, I do one personal post a week and one development update a week. So... there's not more of one than the other.

I hope you guys are cool with that. I think that if you're here supporting me on Patreon that you're wanting to support ME. Otherwise, you'd just go buy the game or something and that's it. I hope that's true. So for those who want to support ME, I really appreciate you, and I'm going to keep telling you how I'm doing, whether that's good or bad.

This last week has been pretty good mostly. I switched to some different allergy drugs finally and I think they're helping. I've felt better the last few days.

Still been painting minis in my spare time and I've been prepping for this D&D campaign that I'm going to start in a month or two. Also still playing through Resident Evil 4 Remake. I've put other games on the back-burner for now, but there's like 4 games I want to finish before Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom comes out next month (Dead Space, Mass Effect 3, God of War: Ragnarok, Resident Evil 4). I'm REALLY looking forward to Tears of the Kingdom.

If you haven't seen the minis I've painted, I posted pictures of some of them on the patron-only channel in the discord, as well as on Twitter. I'm particularly proud of the Dragon Turtle, which is the biggest mini I've painted so far. I learned how to use an airbrush and have been playing around with that. Looking forward to doing more with it.

Feeling pretty good overall. Had a good week, despite some stress. Thinking about making a trip to Dallas sometime this week and having a date day with my partner. We'll see if my allergies clear up enough to do that later in the week.

Alright, that's all I got. Love you guys. Thanks to those who continuously support me. It means everything. Have an amazing week!