Now

This is what I’m up to as of Feb 13, 2024.

  • Working on an interactive fiction project.
  • Been cooking Okanomiyaki and it’s turning out pretty good.
  • Picked up a freelance gig, a one-off but it’s something.
  • Just uploaded the video for my narrative analysis of 1986’s Space Quest I.
  • I turned 47.
  • Working on an action game about flying an explosive drone to fend off an alien incursion. Working title is “Under No Pretext.”
  • Transitioning my books from Amazon to a shop hosted here I’ve just about gotten the Galvanic Century steampunk books uploaded.
  • Watched the Netflix series Warrior Nun. Like Umbrella Academy, it takes an overly edgy comic and elevates the premise. Not bad, sad we won’t be getting more.
  • Purchased a new Logitech M705 mouse to replace a failing mouse.
  • Launched a GoFundMe to help cover my cat’s medical costs now that the insurance company is refusing to help.
  • I’ve launched a new mailing list via Mailster.
  • I’ve been reading comics via Marvel Unlimited for the past couple years, starting with Fantastic Four . I’m currently caught up to early 2015, the point at which the company is trying to position the Inhumans as a replacement for mutants due to Fox still owning the rights to the X-Men. I’m tempted to start over or do a DC readthrough instead. For now I persist.
  • Kathy Rain 2, a game that I did some narrative design work for, is in Beta. I’m looking forward to the release; it’s a cool adventure game, and a nice credit for my CV. I am as yet unemployed.
  • I’m going to make a go of being a full-time solo game developer in 2025. This will involve scaling up from the week-long and month-long projects I’d been creating as profile pieces to games that’ll take me 3-6 months to complete – something substantive enough that I feel like I can charge for it.
  • I’ve also moved all my game dev videos to a different channel.
  • I still live in Chicago with my girlfriend and our cats, Sidhe and Fog. We’re all unemployed at the moment.
  • I’ve picked up a copy of Stephen King’s “Bag of Bones” to try and get myself back into the habit of reading again. Thus far I have yet to accomplish this.
  • I’ve paused the novel I was working on. The financial situation is a bit dire to spend time on a project that won’t see returns for a year or longer. This is one of the realities of being a commercial artist.
  • I’ve deleted my Twitter, don’t post to facebook, and neglect Mastodon. I am currently posting to Bluesky, where my account has somehow accrued 2k followers. I think I’ve ended up on a lot of lists. I’ll be trying to engage there more frequently.

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