On this day 2 years ago, the 26th of November 2022, Bondee's Barnyard: Safety Violation first released.

However cheesy it sounds, my life changed.

Your life changes all the time because of all kinds of reasons. You putting on your sock in a strange manner, you missing a train, or a stranger making a sparatic decision on the other side of the planet.

But making Bondee's Barnyard was a change in my life I can feel responsable and proud of. Not to say I could've done it alone, I couldn't, but it was a change I brought to the world, good or bad (I like to believe good).

To @MrPep

I've brought both friends and family with me on this journey in different ways, but of course no one has been more engaged than you, as the only other developer on Bondee's, and more importantly, my friend.

I'm not trying to sound sappy or anything, but working with you has always been my most creativley satesfying endevours in life, whether it be Bondee's, Shootin N Pootin, or stupid edits. And I really mean that.

I hope to work with you for many years to come.

Now What?

Believe it or not, we are still working on Bondee's 2.

It's easy to feel that 2 years of my life has been wasted not releasing a video game, but then I remember what I've done in that time.

I've honed my skills as an artist, been a Game Jolt Fireside Streamer, become a Game Jolt Creator, spent time with friends, discovered my love of writing for the stage, been in 5 musicals/plays. And that stuff doesn't even account for every small victory of every day. You and I have grown these 2 years.

Looking at the big picture from when Bondee's 2 started development and now I realize I've found myself in a way I didn't know I needed to.

I am sorry the game isn't done yet, but it is growing with me.

Stephen Sondheim.

I also have to acknowledge that on this day 3 years ago, the 26th of November 2021, my biggest artistic inspiration passed.

How silly it may sound, Sondheim's work lives in Bondee's as his work lives in me. His values as an artist, a teacher and a person.

"Content Dictates Form. Less Is More. God Is in the Details."

- Stephen Sondheim

Whenever I fall back I remember to bounce, the struggles of relationships is what makes me value being alive, when I do not know where to go I move on.

As I feel I'm not important, I remember the value of my (potential) children and my art. That is my legacy.

"Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good."

- Stephen Sondheim

With all that being said, see you soon...!