As of lately I've been feeling pretty burnt out.

I've been doing this whole The Wiggles puppets FNaF thing for almost nine years now (with only almost 3 years of it being the new stuff the public has seen) and the effects of it are starting to seriously show, even after changing it all to be new characters, because they're still really identical (and it's like, the same game series y'know).

Phobia: The Awakening was supposed to be the start of the last variation of this series of games, so sort of going back to square one for probably the 43rd time is undoubtedly exhausting.

The good news is that I have the blueprints already there for me when it comes to Showman's. The original The Awakening played out very nicely and I was really happy with its way of telling the story. It was simple, and incredibly vague with some things to be answered later.

Now, obviously I'm not going to cancel Showman's or anything. I just need a serious break from it, because I feel like that these games alone are holding me back from making a LOT of other projects or even learning new things, which kind of sucks.

Knowing myself, I'll probably end up bouncing back onto development sooner than I think, but I do want to take a break so I can make a different project and feel like I can make more progress on it without the weight that these games put on my shoulders.

I know you guys are excited, and I am too! The Awakening, Long Hours, and the next two games are all part of one of my many ambitious projects. I have a lot in store with them, and while my stuff may be nowhere near as great as hundreds of other fangames out there, I do think the wait will be worth it!

Y'know, now that I think about it, I think the last time I actually said to myself "I'm taking a break" was like, December 2022, so, yeah. It's about time I do something else for a while lol. I'll probably feel so much better about things when I return to development on Showman's!