One of my primary goals as a developer is to create something that fully utilizes my love of Bioshock in a correct and thorough fashion.

I don't talk about it much, but Bioshock is my favorite game of all time. Nothing has managed to come even close to matching the grandiose and breathtaking presentation of Rapture.

So many of my games through one way or another have had elements of Bioshock inserted into them, some in good ways, other in bad. Lament was a good example of it being used in an atrocious way.

Lament failed because it was a super ambitious game with too many ideas and a very flawed, edgy storyline that doesn't fit FNAW, much less Mario.

I tried to put all of the things I loved into it and it didn't work. To this day, I still like to think about ways I can make something with my love for Bioshock in a way that feels more fluid.

With Lateshift getting put on hiatus for a while, it's given me the chance to think and it's given me more passion than I've had in a long time. I want to start creating different things again.

A wall I've hit with my time as an "artist" is that, my style has it's limits and people seem to view it more as a novelty and less as me actually trying.

It's why my stuff is in one pose. I've been told a lot that I've hit my skill ceiling with my style and that it's time to move on.

In all honesty, I don't want to. It's foolish to restrict yourself, but that's the thing, I don't feel like I am.

I should defiantly change the fact that my characters are in one pose eventually, but for now? I work with it. It's not perfect, but to an extent, I'm happy with what I make.

I know it's a joke how much I lose motivation, get burnt out, and remake my stuff, lol.

It's tiring, I can understand that. I don't believe in myself as much as I should, and it's hard to do that, but. There's a part of me that is happy with what I make, even if it isn't perfect.

There's so many amazing games and ideas that I've played and seen over the years, and it gives me the motivation to do what I do. I don't consider my stuff professional or even all that good to compared to what other, far more talented people in this community and outside of it make, but.

To an extent, it makes me happy, because I get to test what I know, and see if it works or not. And it it doesn't? I'm willing to start again. I'm hoping that ya'll can understand that and won't get tired of my repetitive cycle, lol.

I'm hoping to evolve past it soon, because I think I can eventually make something great. For now, I'm happy with what I have.

Thank you all