Wow! It's been a while since I last posted. During that time, I updated The Vixen ebook to include two more short stories and one "snippet" story (since it's a lot shorter than the short stories). I also made progress in making my video game. I even made a quick karuta game for my kids. I spent a lot of hours watching GameMaker Studio tutorials by Shaun Spalding on Youtube. It's been pretty good to learn the tools and some logic for development. I've also interspersed with some engineering and storyelling videos that have given me material for my books. That's good because after testing one book with my alpha readers, I found I really do need one set beforehand to set the stage.
Since then, things have slowed down as I recovered from injuries, played some games in my backlog, and spend time with the family. Now that my kid is getting big enough, we've played through Kirby's Epic Yarn, Yoshi's Crafted World, and now on Yoshi's Woolly World. It's a bit interesting to see a kid learn how to play video games for the first time. At the same time, I enjoy seeing the creativity and how it can inspire to do crafts and such. Hopefully my stories can inspire something similar.
Perhaps the funniest thing I've learned is from watching a documentary on Batman Beyond. I never knew it before but it's set in 2039, 20 years after Batman retired. That means 2020 was always to be a bad year since Batman retired in 2019.
Joking aside, this year has granted me quite a few blessings as well, especially with the increased time I got to spend with my kids.
That's all I have for this year. So until next time. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
J. D. Nye
