Hihi! 

Been a long time and honestly, usually it is. Whereas Twitter/X is easy to just pop in and discuss what's on mind in the moment in under 160 characters or whatever, I always find updating devlogs and Tumblr to be a daunting task. 

As it stands now, I've rewritten this game about 7 times. I've recoded the wire frames of it at least 3. I've added every single asset I could stand to add to the game without completely getting sick of it. And I finally came to a point where I think "Hey. This is enough. JmB you have to let it go."

And that was a hard point to get to. But I'm here and spending the final days on this thing making sure the assets are all coded in and the game mechanics actually work and point systems take the player where they are supposed to. Because the prologue changed so much from what it once was, I decided to submit it to the Single Choice Jam. If you play the teaser, you'll quickly realize how important of a choice Faun makes in this short playthrough. And maybe you'll be interested in learning and playing more. I hope so.

A lot of considerations have been mulled over with The Closet Door's production. This game has taken me 4- almost 5 years to complete. And though I always intended for it to be free to play as a way to market my ability to even make games, I have come to realize during my time in the indie gaming community that maybe the idea that working on a game for years through all odds with the ideology that because it's indie, you have to prove your worth in order to be paid for it in future projects is an unhealthy practice to adopt or support. 

I will be committing to a paid model for the full release. And I hope that people who invest in my works truly enjoy them. I will as always do my best to aid in that cause! Well, thank you for reading and I'll be updating Tumblr as well- please wish me luck! Over the course of the next two to three weeks, I think I will be looking for experienced beta testers, so please keep a lookout for that as well! Thanks again for reading, for following my journey, and for being supportive. <3

Always, JmB