Happy Halloween (Patreon)
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I just wanted to thank everyone for being patient with me. While I'm still focusing on other things right now, I'm slowly trying to wean myself back into something resembling a schedule. I'll try to stream a bit more in the future, and hopefully I'll find the time to throw together a video on Alchemy Factory, since I played it and enjoyed it a fair bit, despite its rough exterior.
This is also apparently the last time I'll need to charge individually for a month since Patreon's changing their system. I liked my old system of charging for finished videos or at least when I was working between big videos like the SE or Seablock series, and that personal responsibility to deliver kept me motivated early on, but for the last year or so it kind of went from a motivator to a stress inducer. I always liked the expectation that I only get Patreon money when I'm "providing" something to make it worth someone's while, but I've just got to accept that some people want to support me.
Even though I felt like I needed to do this, it's not a good feeling seeing all those metrics on my Youtube stats trending down. That's how they trap you in the cycle until you burn out, and it's always heartening to know that even if I didn't have Youtube at all, just the outsized support I receive from you all would be enough to keep me wanting to do this.
I've been enjoying my time away immensely, but the siren call of making videos so that people can listen to my dumb opinions and gameplay is calling. It's not as loud as before, but I'll be back!