Last year was a lot of fun, I've made tons of new friends as well as tons of new projects.

Scampton the great was my first project this year, released 9 months ago already. Time really flies these days.

This game was a lot of fun to make, I remember initially joining the Chapter Rewritten discord just to check it out and ended up in a discord call event with the creators where I voiced my praise and enjoyment of the au. Me and them had a really nice conversation that day which is what I believe is what made The Winterer approach me about a potential game for the AU.

Did you know that I got to choose which fangame we would make? Yeah! We could have had a Junkil Redux battle instead if I'd felt different that day. I choose Scampton however because I had the idea for a parry mechanic even before I got approached. And I could not have done that with Junkil since that would have had the green shield mode.

We never ended up making a Junkil Redux battle but I did brainstorm some ideas for it:

If I HAD done the battle I would have added an additional feature to the shield mode where you could block big arrows which would stick to your shield and would then be thrown in the next direction you pressed.

The final attack would have had you throw arrows at the big Junkil character as such:

Scampton turned out great though, and I learned a lot about working on a game with a big team. It was also a lot of fun to watch people play the game in the server when it was released.

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https://youtu.be/Ij0U9Y8dopM?si=ylOJpev52kgSFf0Z

After that I decided to make a video talking about my experience in game development: (Sad Bread 2)

I figured my audience would enjoy to here from the guy who almost never talked anyowhere. This then turned into a series of videos where I talk about my experience with being an artist. And I'm so happy you guys enjoyed them, even though they aren't as Deltarune / Undertale related anymore.

I plan one making more, but sadly they won't be made for a while since I want to learn more about the subjects I want to talk about before hand.

Those subjects being:

Sad Bread 5 "Show not tell"

Sad Bread 6 "Writing"

Sad Bread 7 "? ? ?"

It warms my heart that you guys enjoy the videos as much as I do making them.

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Those of you who watch my videos might be wondering if I've gotten any better at making music yet.

And the answer is not really, I have gotten better overall but only slightly. And that's because I haven't been trying to make music that much. I spend a lot of my time at school and when I get home I usually gravitate to coding rather than making music. But making music is fun sometimes, and I have friends that like helping which I'm great full for.

https://youtu.be/vTbJxAlTt5E?si=RgeZ3piwCYmyBS55

I did make this track though ^ which I like a lot even as simple as it is.

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Remember how I was making an Earthbound fangame? Well that's on the shelf for now, I might get back to working on it at some point though!

Because it would be fun to finish it.

The main reason I stopped working on this was because I didn't know what it would teach me by me making it. I said in Sad Bread 4 that I was making it so I could have something to do while The Wish List (my original game) was on hiatus while I practiced music... But, now The Wish List is getting remade again so, there is little motivation for me to make an earthbound fangame since I don't know what making it will teach me.

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Oh I guess I forgot to say that I am remaking The Wish List

AGAIN

(shocker)

(And might also be rebranded to WishWorld)

Remember how I said I had gathered enough knowledge so I wouldn't have to remake the engine again? Yeah, me too.

You never stop learning I've learned.

But I'm glad that I'm remaking it again. My friends Markus and Jevilhumor taught me some really important tips and tricks that'll make the game so much easier to code. I'm also coming up with my own ideas on how to improve flaws from the past version and it's been a lot of fun learning more.

There is good motivation for me to work on The Wish List since it's my main game and all but I've got to come clean with you guys...

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I've been falling in love with a completely NEW project these past 2 months.

I think you can figure out yourself what this is But don't worry, it won't take up too much time. And I'm loving it so far.

I'm making this project with the clear goal of practicing Writing, I haven't done proper writing since I made FINALTALE three years ago. And that game is EDGY!

Writing is something that I'm not terrible at, but I have never actually written a good story. And so far, making this ^ it has been really fun learning. I'm super motivated since I'm already learning and I have lots of cool ideas for the plot, characters and the lessons this game will have.

(Some of which you may recognize)

Learning writing will be very good for me for when I make The Wish List, and this game is also teaching me about drawing as well which I didn't anticipate.

I am super exited to share all of this with you guys and the world. I think about it every day.

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I hope you guys had a great year, and I'll se you some other time. Thank you.

-Sad Bread