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Hello again folks! I'm a bit low energy today from another complicated week, but I still have some stuff to show you guys!

Image Finalization Progress: 410/743 | 55%

This update is a bit low on sprites again, I'm sorry about this ^^; I had more appointments and reno stuff to deal with last week. I have more next week as well. I also got a 'fun' little surprise from the tax agency and that caused a little panic attack but I think I've managed to handle it. Universe above and below, deliver me from emails and phone calls.

I won't get too much into it though because I don't want to spend all of my updates complaining about my personal life.

Let's talk sprites instead!

Last week I completed 3 small sets of sprites [ when I say 'set', I'm usually referring to one base with different expression variants ]. I can show you examples of two of them but the other one is too spoilery.

First was another Ren! [ Strade's there too but I drew that sprite earlier ]:

The other set I did is a 'larger than screen' sprite, I use these when I want to move the camera around:

MC's legs are pretty hard to see in the gif [ and the game tbh ] so I might tweak visuals later. I plan to make some changes in how the background behaves later though so I think I should do that first and see what effect it has.

All that will happen during the music editing pass I think. For now, I'm going to keep concentrating on finalizing sprites because it's honestly all I can mentally handle during this part of my life 😂

I think that's about all I have!

Stay safe and try to get some summer fun in- see you next week!

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ballman

every time when i forget what day it is i get blessed and my day immediately gets better when i get gatorday update notification I FRICKING LOVE GATURDAYYYY🔥🔥🔥

Ghoulcraig

Gato, your updates always cheer up my day. !! I can’t believe we’re already at 55% omg I can’t wait any longer !!!❤️❤️❤️

Villain_Simp

OMG OMG OMG REENNNNN RENNNNNN AAAAAAA 😭💞💞💞 Thank you for your hard work! I hope everything going well with you 💞 your art really inspire me! Thank you!! 💞💞

Ghoulcraig

And don’t feel bad about sharing things from your private life with us :( you will always have our support

Moon

My light in the dark, have a great new week gato ‧₊˚♡

lawrence

Agggh!! i can't believe we are already halfway before the game is finished! ✨️ Seeing these gorgeous sprites make me more hyped for this game. Your work is just absolutely amazing!! Thank you for this update Gato, They truly are the best for a Saturday mornin'! Have a safe and fun weekend yourself! 💓🔨

EugenieTeo

Ahhh they are so beautiful!! 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

kikibadger

Aaaaaaaah Strade’s cute little concerned expression!!! 💜 I’m sorry to hear about the reno stress, just think, one day you’ll be happily chilling in your cool new place! I hope this weekend is restful for you!

M

REEEENNNN 😭😭

Taheca

HALFWAY, YAY! God, I can't stop looking at Strade's pleased expression at our broken leg :ren_devour:

Mesothelioma

I LOVE THESE EXPRESSIONS!! YOU ATE!!!

GooseYalo

I LOVE IT SO MUCH

tr4v3rs3-t0wn

I love that I get these updates right before work, its something to look forward to every Saturday! Also these sprites look so good, poor Ren :(

Miranda Rothermund

Oh dear, a broken leg ;o; And poor Ren baby looks like he's about to cry! MUST PROTECT HIM AND BE SUPER NICE TO HIM *holds da baby*

Rebeccah

Love these, his genuine confusion and concern juxtaposed with the sinister joy at the broken leg is *chef’s kiss* Take all the time you need to handle stuff. Be good to yourself!

Sunny The fox

oh my god ren nooo the boiii who hurt him! great work on the sprites, very very nice.

Dredd

🫀🫀🫀

Adam + Pj

Saturdays are the best- 💚🔨

Dredd

interesting to see their chibi version and whether they will even exist..? and I’m wondering, if they do exist, will there be only a chibi version of Strade or with Ren too?

᭙ꪮꪑρ

NOOO REN BABY CRYING 😭😭😭 This night segment is literally going to be the best I can’t wait to see the finished version when the game releases, we get strade and ren omg ❤️❤️❤️

galaxy potato

oh he’s soooooo babygirl in the second one

Boneberry

Strade looks so cute 😭💖

Taheca

> who hurt him I mean, like Strade, for one LMAO

AL3X

Genuinely consider you the best artist when it comes to drawing emotions and expressions

Gatobob

That’s extremely flattering geez 🥺

Gatobob

I have some alternate plans in mind but we’ll see what I can accomplish haha!

݁˖ 𝔙𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔢

ren’s looking pretty punchable…. anyways!! me with my awesome questions again .. do you plan on releasing YKMET on steam like TPOF? if so.. would you want to do achievements?

Gatobob

I do plan to release it on Steam, yup! And I will be creating achievements again as well as long as nothing gets in my way!

HilKaro

Renovation and completing the formalities are the most difficult stage you have to go through, but you can do it! I really regret that I can't enlarge the image (I'm using my phone) to enjoy the details, but I understand the reason for such a procedure. but I still regret it.

chicopodrido

Omg Ren is so so so cutee also hope everything goes well gato :))

݁˖ 𝔙𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔢

that’s so exciting! each time i read these or ask stuff, i just feel like jumping around, LOL.. 🤭

Gory.goodboy

EEEEEE HE SO HANDSOME MWAH MWAHHHHHH 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

ShinanaEvangelian

Nothing wrong if you feel low energy, but please rest up when needed. you don't want a burn out. Even if it's for a few days, we'll understand. But man, these sprites look good especially Ren (cause I love him and he's best boi). The poor boy looks distressed. You do good work. I wish I comment more often but most times I feel I have nothing new to say.

Leo ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✨

Gotta love the tax agency, the one gift that keeps on giving throughout the year... 🫠 Joking aside, I imagine you faced off against worse kinds of life surprises, and still adapted accordingly like the badass that you are! 💪 If you DO get emails and phone calls, I hope there's also the kind you'd actually want to make or get (eg. calling up a good friend who you haven't heard from in a while, some friend messaging you silly memes or cool science articles, a friend calling up about a future trip y'all are planning together, etc.). 🙏 🍀 If not, I hope you're at least ruthlessly asserting pockets of personal time (🔥💪) just for yourself, for your brain to just focus on other things than just the material world/obligations (or to just empty your brain of thoughts completely... ah... 🤤). For me at least, the world can get overstimulating at times, so I'll purposely go into a hermit period. No regrets whatsoever. 😆 Sorry if you already do this, but sometimes just sitting in a semi-filled bathtub in complete darkness is like one's DIY version of a sensory deprivation tank. 😌 [Music, audiobook, podcast, or a video essay--on a non-responsibility related topic of your choice--playing in background being optional.] Anyhow, I am loving the sprites! 🤩 Ren looks so tortured that it makes me wanna hug him (although he'd likely maul me if I did 😂). And Strade looks disturbingly wholesome in the second image, and makes me feel all 🤭. The kind of face/persona that you'd bring home to "show the parents," lmao. Take care, Gato! No matter what, you ARE doing enough with wherever you're at right now! 💪 This "active" season will come to pass eventually, and I hope you schedule yourself some major downtime (eg. Taking a week or so off, traveling with friends, staycationing solo, or whatever) after the major negotiations/plans are complete! 💪

chiral

Ouch! That’s a nasty sounding injury. Looks like things are coming along great.

plapx3

Took me a while to realise the spoilery part was the game screenshot and not the actual sprite I was like what position could he possibly be in!

Alex

Strade in the second pic reminds me of the little mermaid when she rescued the prince lol (I love it) it's so good, I love the tiny bits of dialogue that we see in the gifs, thanks for the update Gato! Hope everything goes more smooth for you next week! 💚

Eldritch NPJ

I know his concern often comes at a high price but that face!!! And poor Ren~ makes me wanna hug him and pray he doesn't bite

PennyFaust

The sprites look so good! I'm so excited to see this game completed, you've made a ton of progress. I hope you get a chance to relax with no more 'surprises' from places trying to take your money. Have a great weekend!

Xetozok

LOVE IT!!!! Take your time and take care of yourself :)

Unifuckincorn

Need to motorboat his fat ass honkers holy shit

Celty

Mercury retrograde kicking all our asses eh? I'm glad you were able to get everything sorted government stuff isn't fun~ Everything looks amazing as always, Strade is just too cute <3

cl0wn3i

Quick question for Gatobob about tpof, (If they do see this) How would Derek react to finding out he’s in a game? Or having fangirls/ and stuff

AlexTheWierdKid

I love how you've made some of his expressions really cute and almost innocent looking when he's thinking or assessing the situation. We're seeing so much more to this delicious specimen and I am SO EXCITED to see every look on his face when this game is all finished!!

Gatobob

I'm afraid I don't like to answer any 'how would __ react' questions. In my mind, my job is provide the game as a seed for other people's imaginations. Anything that happens outside of the games is up to you guys to answer any way you like :)

Alex

These updates are what keep me going through the week LMAO

Zero

In love with this artstyle and the larger than screen sprites omgg <3 <3 the camera movement is so cool! Congrats on 55%! :)

cl0wn3i

Awh poo, well alright :D

LYNX

IS REN HOLDING SOMETHING?

Wells

man I really love these updates 🥹 and I would like to ask a question Gato, I don't intend it to sound weird, but does MC in YKMET have a certain gender? I remember in TPOF you could choose pronouns, but I guess in this one they won't be available. does it mean that the gender of MC is not specific and up to the player's imagination?

Gatobob

Yup! That's exactly right. I've written the script in a similar way as my original BTD paths, where the gender of MC [ and most physical characteristics ] are left up to the imagination. The only reason there's no pronoun selection screen this time is because those are only used verbally when a character is talking about you to another character, and that just doesn't come up often enough for me to bother programming the system for it [ ren and strade very rarely appear together ]

Wells

Oh I see, that's great. Thank you for your work!

Oreon

Hey Gato. I just wanted to let you know after the Etsy no longer supporting adult content thing that there is a market site for adult content creators that allow those products etc to be sold by independent artists and crafters. Its called Spicerack.market if you'd like to see.

Gatobob

I've heard of Spicerack and it's definitely on my radar for if I need to switch shops 👍

Oreon

Ooh nice! I still plan to buy all of your merch once I can lol

ジェイ

The what where you up to is so hot🍳🍳🍳