I had originally written like 4 paragraphs but GameJolt deleted it 🤦🏽‍♂️. I'll just summarize my rant.

Basically, I've consistently found myself unsatisfied with how the game looks and plays. It's been like this since the beginning of development. I always end up looking back at the most recent build with disappointment. It feels like I've never been able to properly translate my vision into the game. Whether it's art, gameplay, UI, story etc. I feel like scrapping it all. NO I'm not cancelling the game, it's just been going through development hell. Mainly because of my personal life. School and work have taken priority over my game, so most of my personal time has been absorbed by homework and my job. Sonic Fighting Heroes has been on the backburner since around February. Back on the topic of disappointment, it's mainly been because of comparison. There are lots of other cool Sonic fangames, whether they be fighting games or platformers that I find myself constantly comparing my project too. As you can probably imagine, everytime, my project looks like hot garbage. It's frustrating because I know I could really make something special, but it's like I can't seem to make it happen. This is why it seems like the game is always getting a giant redo with every new build. It's because I don't think I can truly say that I've ever been even 80% satisfied with what I was putting out. It always ends up feeling half-baked and I don't know how to fix it until like a year later. It doesn't help that the game doesn't get much attention online either, so it feels like I'm doing this for nobody. Not even myself. Like I'll watch a video specifically talking about "Fanmade Sonic Fighting Games" and my game isn't even mentioned. Not even in the comments. It's like nobody knows my game exists. It doesn't help that screen recording is impossible for me, so I'm fighting a losing battle trying to promote a game with just screenshots and promo art. It's just demotivating when I ask a question on BlueSky for example, and absolutely nobody answers or interacts with it. I want to get the community's opinions so I can make the game the best it can be, but it's like shouting into a void every time. I'm not mad at y'all, I'm mad at myself rn.

Anyways, there's some stuff I haven't posted here that I've posted on X and BlueSky, so I'll try to post those here soon.

See y'all sometime ✌🏽