4 years ago

Well... now what?


It took me about three years to complete making Rock Beyond Time. It could be better, but it could've been much worse.

Now that it's out, and I'm hardly getting feedback about it, I need to figure out what to do with the time I'd usually be making my game. I mean, yeah, I do have back catalog of games I should play, like Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (a good DKC clone), Collection of Mana, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and so on, but I don't play games for a living. If I did that, I'd be a VTuber.

So, I figure I might as well show you my big random playlist. I've been building it up since Rock Beyond Time, because of course I have. Something has to inspire the music, and fill the void of lack of music as I develop games.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsv-hvMkxurHBx38Zz-oFJfI45AlsZnSR

It's unlisted, but it explains my taste in music.

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