DarkStone

Hey all! I decided I would give the steam developer page a shot for updates that are a bit longer format when it is not specific to any individual game.

I wanted to announce that I have a number of new things underway. I desperately needed a break but after a few months, I started to get an itch for new development. Towards the end of the experience with Paranormal, I hit massive writer's block. I was worried I had lost touch with love of game development but, fortunately, I identified it early enough to step back and let the dust settle.

I eased back into development by creating new tool sets for myself that facilitate the way I like to develop and bolster my personal pipeline to hopefully make development much faster for me. This let me stay in touch with development in a meaningful way without burning creative juices.

The title says it all there. I have a new large project I am working on that I will announce officially sometime later. However! I have a number of smaller ideas I would also like to explore as well. Now that I am not tied to any larger entity I have no timelines, meetings, or arbitrary requirements. That means that I can develop at my own pace on the things that inspire me instead of feeling like I HAVE to have something complete for the next meeting.

I have a few smaller stories I would like to tell and concepts I would like to explore so expect those to surface before and around the larger project. I learned a lot about how I develop with Mortuary Assistant and my older titles and a lot about how I don't with Paranormal. I want to explore and do weird things. That's how MA was born. A small experiment amidst another project.

Film Possibly

I will be the first to acknowledge that the MA movie has its faults, but I have said many times that I stand by work I am associated with no matter what. Everything I get to make or experience has value. I am proud of something I created going so far and am forever grateful to have been a part of it. That being said, the experience really ignited something in me and a desire to be more involved. I made some great friends in the film process, and I don't want to lose that. I love telling stories in general. I think it's part of what makes games like Mortuary Assistant and Our Secret Below work. My hope is to expand my writing from my games to film as well. It's a new space that makes me uncomfortable (which is why I want to do it) but I would love to even create a few short films. I have written a few now as well as something else I am working on that is a bit larger. Hopefully, you will see some new things pop up on my YouTube channel or other places that are a bit different peppered in amongst development. Making games is my first love though. It will always be my major focus. I could fail miserably and learn film isn't my arena at all and that's why I want to experiment with it. You all gave me the ability to try, and I am forever grateful for that. So, keep an eye out for development updates and other interesting things as they surface! In the meantime, you can continue to support my work by grabbing one of my games or visiting the Patreon. Everything will begin picking up steam again as I ease back into things.

Thank you as always for supporting me!

-Brian


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