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The Post-May (And April) Double-Monthly Update Spectacular
🕑 Added 2018-06-01 15:12:18 +0000 UTC Hey hey! It's been a little while since my last monthly update, embarrassingly. I'd meant for my "April Video" to be posted super early May to supplement the April update post I didn't make, but that didn't end up happening due to... Well, honestly I had other projects in mind. Now that May's come and gone however, I notice it's the 2nd of June at the time of posting this and I didn't have anything ready for the start of that month either. So, here I am posting on my Patreon page to get words on the screen to be read and understood.So, what's been worked on? I have three things to talk about today:
- First, the "April/May video"! It's nothing too heavily produced but I'm thinking/hoping it'll be something you enjoy anyways: I mentioned in passing a whiles back a video dissecting the creative process behind my "Birthday" music video, there's a tooooooon of thought and meaning behind that video but not much of it gets showcased in the video itself, so I'm hoping to clear it up and make it more of a fulfilling experience. This video's already fully recorded, and it's come up to over an hour long, so it'll be a big chunk of content coming your way... Shortly, probably. The reason it isn't done yet however is...
- I've been working on a completely original Detective Visual Novel playable game the past few months now, as in a non-Trigger Happy Horses one (For now I'm calling it DVN, as I haven't written up a finalised title yet). I'm a huge fan of Ace Attorney and Danganronpa and their "Logic and deduction"-based problem solving, and it's a type of gameplay I've never seen done... Literally anywhere else. Despite that, I find the Ace Attorney series and the Danganronpa series some of the most fulfilling story experiences I've ever played, with the act of the "Unfolding mystery", and I want to create a world with that kind of vibe and feel. That's what this game is all about, and it's... Somewhat hard to talk about without getting into spoiler territory, that being said I have been dabbling in character designs and concept art I've been posting on twitter, including the above image attached to this post. This might sound like it's replacing Trigger Happy Horses based on the heavy similarities, however...
- Trigger Happy Horses will continue! I'm considering Trigger Happy Horses a "Precursor" to DVN, and although THH and DVN aren't connected by story in any way, I'm hoping my writing chops for THH can prove my talents and make DVN more exciting when it finally comes to fruition. It's a slow process as I've got a ton on my plate, but I'm hoping it will all be worth it in the end. Even to this day I get comments saying they want THH to continue, which is really uplifting! I dedicated so much time to that odd project and wasn't sure if anybody was going to care much about it but I'm glad it stood the test of time.
So, what for the future? Let's say... Within the next week I'll try getting the "April Video" complete. You deserve that much considering my absence from everywhere besides Twitter the past couple of months. After that I'll keep hammering away at Trigger Happy Horses and DVN. Unfortunately that means that Brony Polka Animated is... Once again, put on hold. I haven't forgotten about it, but right now it's not where my creative passion lies, and I don't want to work on it when I really want to be working on other things at the moment. I hope you guys understand, I want it finished as much as you do!
In any case, have a good day or night or in-between-ment, and I'll see you in... A week, hopefully.
- Viva
