windfishers, game dev log pt. i

was feeling under the weather this weekend, so i did some prototyping of a game idea i've been mulling around for a while.

more or less it's a where's waldo type of game, with the premise being that fish in the sky are snatching up humans on earth. i have a lot of plans to continue with it, but i'm pretty happy with what i got done in a couple days. :)

the overall aesthetic i'm going for is... undecided. i'm torn between going the pixel art route or a more mspaint-style.

mission to mars and beyond; it's been a while.

the last six months of my life have been tumultuous to say the least. there have been deaths, career changes, heartbreaks, realizations, health issues, and so much more. and only about 15% of these events would i consider positive experiences overall unfortunately.

but i want to be proactive in changing things for the better this year, as this roller-coaster is just not sustainable for me emotionally.

i've been reading 7 habits of highly effective people and nearly every part has had me in tears for one reason or another. generally because of my incredible ability to over analyze the past and having each way that i could have changed a specific situation for the better, but failed, laid out for me is difficult to read. confronting your faults always is i suppose. 

but this year is about moving forward in a positive direction, the past is the past. and so, as per the "begin with the end in mind" chapter suggests, i've tried to create the most honest mission statement i could in the hopes that i can use it to help me actualize changes in myself for the better.

night bear -- exit now; concept art