Its Been A While

09 May 2024 - lyd

hi im back

dear god, was my last Blog Post really in 2023????????

i guess this can be considered a relaunch?

what has changed

  • i finished university (yay).
  • i gave this website an update (yay).
  • i started doing job searching (yay?) help me.
  • i am currently ⭐ Unemployed and Looking for Something I Am In Hell ⭐

webbed site changes

  • this website now has its own domain (ploopjuice.lol)
  • hosting has moved away from NeoCities; for the tech enthusiastic, we’re using state of the art hardware:
    • its a raspberry pi 3B from 2016. im hosting this thing on a mini computer that costs as much as a 12 pack of beer nowadays.
  • the webbed site got a light refresh. additionally, more cool projects ive worked on / been involved in are now on the stuff page.

so what now?

i kinda feel directionless and scared right now. might as well do something.

new project(s)???!!!1?!

  • Work has begun (again) on Wind God Paper Girl, the entry I submitted to a Touhou Fan Game Jam last winter.
  • I’m hoping to release on Steam and Itch.io by next year.

I intend on this project being my last one developed with Unity; I intend on using a different engine for future projects after this one is finished (likely Godot / C#, we’ll see).

I’m a bit worried about the appeal for a game like this (On-Rail shooters are already a niche of their own, as are Touhou fangames; combining the two seems like a risky bet), but I think theres potential for something here; while execution on the original jam version was a bit iffy to say the least (sorry to the people who got motion sick because of me), the entry still ended up ranking high in the ‘Concept’ category.

future projects?

I have some loose plans for an Action-Platformer / JRPG that’d I’d eventually like to undertake. I don’t plan on starting development quite yet though; the earliest I can imagine development starting is once I publish Wind God Paper Girl. Doesn’t mean I haven’t been drafting out plot and world-building details. I guess you could kinda call this my dream game? I’ve always wanted to make something similar to Cave Story and the Mother series; I know thats probably as cliche as you can get for an indie dev though.

anyways thats it lol

buh bye.

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