Hi dear friends,

It was my dev-niversary a few days ago! 🥳 Hard to believe I've been doing this for two years now.

Otmund and Rein are here to celebrate with us all, of course :).

Onto the devlog! It has been and continues to be crunch time to get things ready for upcoming jams 🫠. I had wanted to make an announcement this week, but I'm going to have to hold off on that until next devlog. It's been a lot of fun, though! I figured out some neat stuff to do with choice options; I'll probably put a lengthier tutorial on Patreon at some point.

I've also wrote a little for Resonance in Orbit which I hadn't done in a while! It felt really good to return to it. I've also made a more or less definitive outline of what I eventually want to release in a demo.

That's all for now! Under the cut I'm taking a moment to reflect on gamedev progress this past year ❤️

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I often doubt myself and my work, so I wanted to make an effort to count the victories too!

I released two (2!) games the past year! A Tavern at Night continues to receive really wonderful feedback--I'm very happy and grateful to see that my silly little jam game is enjoyed by so many.

And after more than a year's work, Chapter 1 of The Summit Library is now live! On Steam, no less!

I also continued to keep up with my Patreon that I started in November 2022. Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who tossed a coin my way--your generosity made it possible to bring The Summit Library to Steam at all.

I've made some really precious friendships in the dev community this past year, too. Being a solo indie dev can be a very lonely experience, and I'm so grateful to have found people that I feel close to.

Being able to make VNs is so so meaningful to me, especially queer stories that are inclusive and full of love and adventure. I'm going to try to keep doing it for as long as I can.

I have so many stories that I want to tell and so many games I want to make. I'm very excited to keep sharing it with all of you!

If you read up to here--thank you!! I appreciate you!!

much love,

qk