So it's been quite the year. For a lot of 2019 and 2020, I struggled to really gain traction online, I felt like the stuff I was making was just never gonna go anywhere. But this year has been great! After I started posting to the site back in February ,I've gotten in touch with so many talented people and have grown so much as a result.

I was becoming so jaded to YouTube and Twitter's algorithms (still kinda am), but this place showed me that there's still places online, run by people for people who want to create what they want to create. Who knew that the site where my sister showed me Perfect Kirby over a decade ago would end up being so important to me. Too the nearly 200 hundred people following me, and everyone who liked and/or just gave any kind of feedback to my stuff, thank you so much!!

One big thing I did this year was finally make an animation of my OCs, The Neon Crusaders. I've had those characters rattling around In my head for so long, getting to bring them to life with the help Corey, Stanpai, and Lilspook was great. Admittedly it's rough around the edges, and my project management skills need some work (I had no idea on how to properly voice direct, sorry guys), but I'm still so happy that people enjoyed it and want to see more. I have a plan for where to go next, I just gotta plan it out and take my time to make sure it comes out as good as it can be. Don't wanna end up trying to do nearly all the animation in a single week in order to meet a deadline, only to end up staying up till 7am, filled with Monster Energy(TM) and feeling like death.

Another thing I want to try next year is game developing. I've had some interest in it for awhile, dabbled with Unity and RPG Maker a bit, but seeing the indie game scene on this site has really inspired me to make something and really explore video games as a way to tell a story and express an idea. I know I talked about the RPG Maker project I was working, ORC, on my last post, but I've sorta been second guessing it. The workflow and general difficulties with creating a game made with pre-rendered 3D in that engine has been a pain, plus there's just been things about it I'm not sure about anymore, so I might just shelve it for now and focus on a much more simple project that doesn't bend the engine I use as much.

I'm also planning to try and stream again for the first time since like 2019 or something. I guess whatever projects I put out next year, I'm just happy that there are people who'll care. Thanks for making it through my wall of text and here's a great 2022!