God damn it's been quite a while! Don't think I've just been pissin in the wind though. I'd like to get a little personal, explain a bit about why it's been so long since my last update, and give you an idea of the precarious situation Punchy is in.

My life has had some ups and downs lately. For a while there, I was blessed with the time and financial stability to spend all day working on Punchy. At my most productive, I was putting out a few updates a week, tackling huge problems that haunted me for years. It was fantastic. 

But then my savings dried up. I reached out to a couple investors who weren't interested, and it was too late anyway. I spent  February scrambling for a job, found a couple, and worked all the way through the beginning of May. It was pretty intense to be honest - I even spent a month and change in a science lab feeling like some henchman for an evil genius. I had a few panic attacks. My grandmother died. I was totally fried at the end of my days. I had spent years working on Punchy in my free time after 12 hour late night shifts, but now I could barely handle thinking about the game let alone actually sitting down and developing it. 

One day, I got an email. I'm not going to talk about specifics, but I can definitely say it gave me something to look forward to. Not a sure thing, but something that could potentially allow me to finally finish this game I've poured so much of myself into over these years. I'm as excited as I am nervous, because if it doesn't work out then I go back to the grind and it goes back on the backburner. At least for another few months until I get can get a handle on the situation.

It's starting to feel less like a passion project and more like I'm Sisyphus. Sure, I'm not bound by the gods, but I'm so stubborn I might as well be. I'll forge this game out of pure spite if I have to! But it's like every time I think I'm close to some peak, I get knocked back down the mountain. 

This is all an overly dramatic way of saying something VERY FUCKING COOL is (hopefully[actually{motherfucking}]) HAPPENING soon(?)!! But if doesn't then well shit I guess I'll just keep going huh? In the meantime - like, follow, subscribe?

Drew <3