Game Journal #112- New animations and art, I'M LOCKED IN!!!

Hey all! Welcome back to my game journal series. It's been one week since my last one, so I'm posting again. ARE YOU SHOCKED THAT I'M ACTUALLY ON TIME FOR ONCE!? Get used to it, because I'm locked in. I wasn't kidding when I said I'm getting this demo out by Christmas. I've been working my tail off behind the scenes, so I'll tell you all about it!

First and foremost, life update. I went viral for the first time in my life this week. I know I said I went viral last time, but this time I REALLY went viral. As in 1 million + views in 2 days. Yeah. It was REALLY surreal!

What did I go viral for, you ask? Well. WELL... it was something I drew... and it was fanart... and it was animated. And I put it on Twitter. That's all. It's kinda shock material so I'm not posting it here, haha. It got a lot of funny reactions though, my favorite being "Oh that's a nice ani- WHAT?!" I'd never gotten so much attention for something I made before. It was really cool! But at the same time... well, I like having a small account and audience. So I don't think I'll do something like that again for a long time. I don't really care about follower count or likes, so yeah. The algorithm can get bent because I'll ALWAYS draw what I want! I was born and molded in the 0 like, 0 comment economy.

Speaking of Twitter, I've been drawing a lot more because of it. It's crazy what having art friends will inspire you to do. Fanart mostly, but I've also been more in the mood to draw game stuff, too. In fact, I kinda blew out my hand today from drawing too much... that hasn't happened in MONTHS. Suffering from success, I suppose!

Okay, what about game stuff? Well! If you're reading this, don't forget that the official art contest is happening RIGHT NOW!!!!!! GO AND JOIN IF YOU'RE AN ARTIST! I still haven't gotten any submissions, so you may just win by default. Link with details here: Announcing the Joe Maverick Art Contest! | Hax Dev's Development Blog

Game wise, I'm knocking all the remaining art out as we speak. Story art, overdrive animations, monster animations, all lined up and in my queue. I haven't felt this happy drawing in a really long time. Last time was 4-5 years ago when I worked on an animation project and drew 200+ frames per day. Yes, PER DAY. I survived on G-Fuel and two naps a day. I'd never do it again, but I look back on it rather fondly.

So yeah. I just did art this week, and you can see it in the video below. I'll have tons more art done by next time! Maybe some other things too, but probably not. I'm LOCKED IN, BROS!!!