figured to keep myself productive this year, i would write monthly updates to newgrounds to keep myself accountable and to finish more things this year. so here goes:

COLLEGE

i accidentally took a semester break this spring after getting my AA degree due to troubles in applying for university, but i've been making progress in taking C# courses online since computer science is my major. its not anything impressive to show off, but its progress. once i'm done, ill start a godot course and get crackin to making games as a solo dev.

ANIMATION

some work has been done for my next cartoon, which is based on xenoblade. haven't done a lot of work with it these past 2 weeks, but its all boarded with some basic animations done. it should be done around february or march.

MUSIC

made music for the big mode 2025 game jam. wasn't used in the end unfortunately (most likely due to time), but it was a good experience for my first game jam. check it out!

i made an arrange version of "mischievous robot" for the Cave Story 20th Anniversary Remix Project Vol. 2. proud of how this one came out. album's not out yet but i figured id release my portion of it now. for now, its probably time to move forward from cave story stuff, as thats all ive been doin the past 7 months...

OTHER

a little embarrassed to admit, but a lot of my time went towards setting up my CRT to my PC using the CRT emudriver setup. it took a lot of tinkering and troubleshooting, but it was well worth the effort as the set up:

• has no lag (due to retroarch's run-ahead feature)
• supports automatic resolution switching between 224p, 240p, and 480i
• plays back videos files (for retro animes and movies)
• supports retroachievements
• can be used as a 3rd monitor if necessary

it was a lot of tinkering around to get things to work, but im just glad everything works solidly now. i will probably be getting some wireless controllers for certain consoles later to make it authentic enough, but for now its fine. if you want to check out my retro achievement profile, here it is!

that's the end of my january check in! see yall in february