december 2025 recap
sooo its been a while. what happened?
LIFE
i havent been keeping my promise of writing monthly updates. this is because life is a tsunami (that doesnt mean much). really, it was a mix of university, job hunting yet again (found my now current part-time job during the summer), fitness, and trying to be in a good mood to do anything after that! things are better objectively, but cant say i feel the same... enough dooming though!
more importantly though, ive actually been holding out on you guys. i havent been doing completely nothing this whole time! its just that these projects are in varying levels of completeness
ART
i have a music video and a small animation planned, but besides design sheets, 0% work has been done so far! i have all the new tools ready for it, but ive been more dealing with the music side of things and also just avoiding coming to terms with having to draw backgrounds again (if you draw nice backgrounds pls lemme know, ill pay).
as for more fan animation, i may have something deltarune related, but thats about it '-'
MUSIC
ive been doing work on getting bittersweet bytes ready for streaming services. its about 75% ready. its been a long time overdue, but i wanna make sure i do a proper release of bittersweet bytes before continuing any other music endeavors. youll probably hear about it again next post.
ive also started working on my next album, but its still really early stuff... maybe about 20% there. as courtesy, you can listen to the track here on newgrounds, since its a demo track for furnace tracker already...
PROGRAMMING
been doing casual work on a penguin RPG game, with some programming help from @RokusWing. its still in early progress, but its been a fun learning experience. my goal is to release it standalone and to newgrounds when its done.
ive also contributed to the music software i use, furnace tracker. i did the preliminary work for its new tuner window, and then everyone else finished the work. also did some bug fixes and minor features here and there.
OTHER
im tired
i feel like i have a lot of creative ideas, and that i believe in my skills enough to bring them to life. responsibilities always seem to get in the way though, especially with university. i was told i have until spring 2028 to finish my bachelors and its been feeling like a drag to finish as of late since im already an old fart. 2 and a half years.......................
i wanna keep making stuff for yall. ill keep trying. i wanted to complete more "things" this year, but all that led to was just holding out on some finished stuff. idk, ill try to work faster...
that being said, monthly blog posts will prolly not be a thing anymore. ill update the blog if theres something substansial. that should be alright for me.
anyways, have a happy holiday and happy new year. while 2025 felt like some mid anime filler, here's hoping 2026 gets to the meat and potatoes of Cool Things.
peace
