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It's been forever...

Posted by SeethingSwarm - April 28th, 2021


Hi there Newgrounds! I'm not sure if anyone here remembers me, but I feel like I need to write this. I've had a rough few years and I haven't been active on NG for years either. I sort of just left my Newgrounds account high and dry and never updated anyone on what is happening with me and my projects. For that I am very sorry and I apologize. So here is just an update of what's been happening with me and what I'm up to now.


Unfortunately I had to cancel "Enter The Flesh Again" for many reasons. I made a post about it on the game's Facebook page back in Sept of 2019, but I just totally neglected Newgrounds. I think I'll just post that exact thing here right now:


"Hey there everyone,

Feels like it’s been forever since I’ve been active on social media. For the past few years I’ve been under a rock of depression. Several burnouts, financial and relationship problems and just plain stupid life choices resulted in me being completely exhausted. I want to apologise for just disappearing and being so unresponsive. I’m sorry.


Enter The Flesh Again, a game I’ve been working on for an eternity, is being put on hold, possibly indefinitely. It’s one of those things that ended up almost destroying me, and it’s my own fault. The game is made in Flash. Since it’s a pretty big game, Flash is struggling immensely to handle all the content, and it takes forever to write even a single line of code. On top of that, Flash is completely dead and the game would not be accepted on almost any platform, so it will need to be ported somehow. There are workarounds and solutions, but in this case, making the game from scratch would actually be easier. So yeah, I screwed up with this one.


Right now I’m in the process of updating my skillset and really planning on what I need to do if I want to keep making games as an indie designer, and survive. I’ll try to be a bit more active and responsive, but I probably won’t post much in the near future either. I’m focusing on fixing and improving myself right now. Maybe, hopefully one day there will be some new game stuff from me. Thanks for reading this and again, I apologise for all my crap."


For the past couple of years I've been updating my coding skills, learned new game development software and changed my art style to pixel art, and right now I'm working on a new game project which I'm not quite ready to share yet. I don't want the same thing to happen again where I can't deliver on my promises, so I'm keeping things secret for now until I'm sure I can deliver.


Sorry again!


- SeethingSwarm


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newgrounds is filled with memes now so your going to enjoy it :)

Haha ok! I honestly have no idea what's happening on NG anymore. Gotta get myself familiar with it all over again :P

Welcome back!! I am looking forward for your next project. Please take your time on your work, and dont let any fans stress you out. Good luck!!

Thank you! <3

Sorry to hear that Flash killed the project. I started shifting to Unity and Steam, but for small browser games I still use Flash e.g. Animate with HTML5 canvas. But Animate is really a pain in the ass, so I wouldn't recommend it for even slightly bigger projects.

Ah ok cool! In recent years I've gone from Unity to GameMaker and at the end of last year finally landed on Godot, and I think it's the one :)

@exotworking @SeethingSwarm is it possible to make HTML5 games for web in Godot that run in mobile browsers? In Unity there's no real support for that.

Yes, it seems like you can do pretty much anything with it. I'm not planning on making mobile games so I had to google this, and this is the first result:

"Godot runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and you can export your games to all of those operating systems. You can also export games to the web as HTML5 and onto Android and iOS devices. On mobile, you can even add in-app purchase functionality."

It would probably be better to search for this yourself since I don't really know.

Yes

Welcome back! Yes, I do remember you!

Oh awesome, and thank you! :)

Welcome back, man! I've loved your games since I was a teenager!
Best of luck out there ;)

Oh that's so nice to hear, or read that is. And thanks!

Not to remember the epic Earth taken series? Impossible!

Haha! Nice!

Yo you were the dude who made the hobo series of games and acid bunny?
I loved those games, shame that project didn't come to fruition.

Hehe yeah Hobo and Acid Bunny came from this weirdo :P Really glad to hear you enjoyed those games!

@HerbieG @SeethingSwarm Any chance 4 part 4?

Earth Taken? Nothing yet. I'd like to make some sort of reboot of the series one day. I'm all into pixel art nowadays, so the game will have a different art style if I ever do it, but right now I'm working on something else first, something secret for now. ET is definitely something I'd like to revisit though.

welcome back!!! i've been currently revisiting your games lol

Thank you! Oh what a nice coincidence :) I'm pleasantly surprised to see that my games are actually playable again here on Newgrounds. I guess they have some built-in flash player in the site now or something.

@TheChoppa @SeethingSwarm You'll be glad you did once you do, NG is pretty funny again.

Glad to see that you're not dead yet! I used to consistently follow your Enter the Flesh Again updates and not gonna lie, I was hoping you'd release it eventually, but obviously I understand if you feel it's not really going anywhere. And you can be rest assured that many, many projects have been suffering because of Flash, so you're not alone at all lol. If you feel it's better to just start the whole from scratch you should absolutely go ahead and do that. Whenever you feel ready to release it - or anything else for that matter - we will be here for you :)

Also, I still really love your Earth Taken and Acid Bunny series! I used to play them on here way back in the day long before I made this account, they're still really awesome games and they have amazing replay value. So regardless of where you go from here you can at least die knowing you already made some really great games!

So yeah, I definitely do remember you, in fact I was always wondering when you would come back. I'm glad you're at least in a better place now, and while I hope you'll continue to make indie games, obviously you ought to do it all at your own pace and put your own personal wellbeing before anything else.

Take care crow man, you deserve to :D

Ah thank you, this means so much to me! I feel like I'm on the road to recovery and getting my life back together, and I've got some game projects in the works. Things are looking better :)

@phatfart @SeethingSwarm probably yes, i checked other flash games and most of them worked without any problems

Welcome back! I remember playing the Hobo games you made when I was younger! Remember to care of yourself and good luck with your future projects!

Awesome and thanks :)

hola!! desde 2008 siempre e querido decirle..... Gran Trabajo..

gracias por todas las sonrisas que me sacaste

Gracias y de nada! Significa mucho para mí :)

You should really do what the creators of hollow knight did Make a new game in unity and sell it on steam. And maybe start a go fund me or a demo.

Haha yeah! Hollw Knight is one of my fave games, and I'm actually planning something like your suggestion. Lots of preproduction going on first. I tried out Unity for a while, then GameMaker. They're both great, but I finally landed on Godot. It feels like the right fit, and now I can get to work :P

Follwed you. You're games are classics we all grew up with. Really excited for your future projects!

Thank you! :)

Welcome back i remember playing Earth Taken and it was it was amazing You sir are a masterpiece to my life

Awesome, thanks! :)

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