One year ago today, I created Mario's Pizza World as a joke AU, and that I eventually decided to expand on further to make it into the fangame I wanted it to be.

Something I wanted to be doing.

From canonical self-inserts, unnecessary drama over break-ups to something more polished and more.. beautiful.

I always wanted to make a game, but I'd never think I would start learning this early with something like MPW on my shoulders, and also Next Generation: Remastered, too.

If there's something I ever learned; don't be afraid to learn something, or have fun trying to do that said something while also learning it at the same time, primarily; game coding.

It's been one hell of a fucking ride to reach this point, and I just wanted to say:

Thanks to my friends and family for supporting me and joining me on this journey, I wouldn't have been here if it wasn't for everyone here, you guys rock.

Friends come and go often, and, despite my darkest, deepest, toughest times, there was always someone there for me.

MPW progress may have paused for now in favor of Next Generation: Remastered's Act 1, but I assure you, I'm working on MPW as well whenever I can.

This is Ryan "Neo" Hedgehog, signing off.

-R.N.H