July 30 Update (Patreon)

Another meme, this one from the Discord, I believe. There aren't many left, but this has been quite a run of fan content!

One thing I've had to work on as a creator is dealing with slower times. It isn't productive to bang your head against a wall, but it is possible to be lazy and not re-engage when you could. Are you courting burnout or do you need to push yourself?  It's a difficult process of discernment that's probably a little different for everyone.

Over the past decade, I've tried to be kinder to myself at low creative ebb, because I know energy and inspiration will come back. I find myself worrying and trying to document these periods, though. Are they getting longer now that I'm in my 30s instead of my 20s? It's very easy for confirmation bias and a lot of other cognitive biases to create narratives.

But it does come back! I've had a great week this week, making blazing progress on one of the next harem quests. It's gone from a bunch of finished pieces and ideas I wasn't sure would work to a functional event. Not finished, and this one will probably take more balance polishing after player feedback, but it feels great to see everything coming together.

The problem is, I worry that it took too long. I don't work in an environment where I can follow my inspiration 100% of the time and I'm going to run into previously planned events that will interfere with TLS work. Now, at high creative tide I can do a  ton of things at once, but not everything. I didn't need a decent July with a great week at the end, I needed to be in top gear for at least half the month. So I fear I won't hit my August target.

Anyway, one harem quest is mostly done, but it's not a quest that can stand alone. I continue to work toward a bigger update that will take a while longer to release, hopefully not too long.

Meanwhile, since it worked so well last week, anyone want to help out? I want this overlay fog converted to gold:

I can do minimal image editing myself, but I don't know how to convert grayscale into color. =/ If somebody could help me out with this, another map for the next update would be done!