Update September 2025

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Spent September dealing with the tapering off of migraines, and beginning the work of sorting through what needs to be done. I’ve made it through most of the neglected bits and pieces, just a couple more to deal with in October. But mostly caught up. Not sure how to get ahead to avoid this next year, and since this is the second year with daily migraines all summer long, I’m assuming at this point that next year will be the same.

So we are trying to finish Hat Trick and need to work out the art for it. We purchased the Gui interface from an artist on Itch.Io and will use as much of that as possible. We are doing all our own characters since it’s a paranormal ice hockey themed romance visual novel. So we need character art that aligns with the GUI style, but also fits our story theme. I have not been able to find anything that I can purchase, but I did find an artist with characters that are similar to what we will need. I’ve purchased their art as a place holder so we can continue developing the game, and we will have to work on making our own art over the next two to three months. I’ve set the deadline to three months to publish whatever we have on Dec 31st. We will work on the game so that each week we have a compiled and playable version, and no choices will be made unless we will alter the release date. We have already begin publishing weekly on itch.io to break the perfectionist behavior. It’s crap but it’s out there, and we are not dead because of it. Learning to let it go the hard way.

I have outlined a rough plan to create all the animated characters that we need by the end of the 3 months. If our art skills improve that timeline might improve but I doubt it. We will be publishing the art here on the site, and adding it into the game as it’s completed, again to beat the perfectionist tendencies in all areas of life. So check back here on the blog for sneak peeks at the upcoming art work for the game.

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See ya next month for the next update.