Weekly Update (3-4-2024) (Patreon)

I made fairly good progress this week, though there's still a decent ways to go. Honestly, February was a bit of a frustrating month for a number of IRL reasons, so I'm glad I still managed to get a decent amount done during it. Art things have slowed down a bit, but I'm still hoping I'll have the portraits in time for the update; will see.

On a side note, I went to see Dune part 2 over the weekend. Overall it was pretty good. Watching it made me reflect a little on different types of storytelling. I always found Dune a touch dry (pun not intended, but fitting XD) as far as storytelling goes; in a way, I feel like it represents one extreme, going essentially all-in on spectacle and lore and epic, without trying too hard to create tension. Obviously, in that case, it worked quite well considering its success and how many things it's influenced, but I think it's a bit far into that extreme even for someone like me who also loves spectacle and worldbuilding.

At any rate, I'll be getting back to work soon. Looking forward to when I'm able to finish the update, both for the usual reasons and because a couple of games coming out soon I'm looking forward to playing. Honestly, this year will probably have a pretty full schedule for my break weeks, with all the jrpg releases I'm looking forward to, plus that Elden Ring dlc. But it's a good problem to have XD