cool change
so i don't think you can actually queue blog posts on here (at least not with a free plan like i have), so i've decided on more of a slapdash post-whenever-you-feel-like it kind of approach! i don't want to go tooooo long without posting at least something, but i'm also not confident on what "too long" counts as. and anyway i don't want to force this blog too much -- after all, this is meant to be part of feeding my creative appetite, not forcing myself to over-eat. or starve.
i've been in a bit of a strange place recently, with a lot of things to do (all of considerable importance, whether it be financial or career-related or work-related (which are different to me!!) or domestic) and not a tremendous amount of time with which to do it. my lower back's been acting up and i've been trying (and sort of failing) to stretch it regularly. i want to play more video games but i feel like i have no time whatsoever but also all the time in the world with none of the motivation. mostly i've been doing my cozy grove dailies and playing the new stardew update (beware spoilers!) w my roommate. i'm working on a flashpoint retrospective for endeavor by zillix, which has been quite a fun game to return to -- did you know that zillix helped out with some code for stardew valley???? i didn't until very recently!! not sure what the extent of that code is nor what it entailed, but it made me smile to see yet another game dev of my childhood continuing to create well into the 2020s. i got a similar feeling realising that Maddy Thorson of Celeste fame made one of my most pivotal childhood games, An Untitled Story. which, phew, there's SO much i wanna talk about on this blog, because i'm just now getting the idea to replay AUS and liveblog my progress.
so much art to make!!! so many words to write!!! so many tasks to complete, and such a shockingly small amount of time with which to do it.
take care everyone. best of luck with whatever you want to do next, no matter how small. i hope it is quick/painless/exciting/challenging/inspiring/whatever you need it most to be.
-aries