won't be attending revision this year, and probably won't have a release. Might put something together if inspiration strikes, but tbh I've felt a bit disconnected from the scene the last few months and I kinda wanna lean into it
I did a lot of groundwork fixing up SNES tooling and some other things, including potentially publicly releasing the 64k packer, but I'm finding it hard to be motivated to continue, especially when the most inspiring thing to me lately is hardware/fpga
that's probably not at all helped by the fact that I've been quite a bit happier working in lower-level sw/hw the past year, and I'm learning a ton all the time, which is motivating. Scene-wise the last times I _really_ felt that was when working on tooling for last year's ...
... intro, which I really enjoyed - and then it came to making the production, which I really did _not_ enjoy (with some exceptions), and even though I'm absolutely thrilled that we won, it totally showed, and the feedback is quite clear about that.
Not that I want to come across as ungrateful or anything, again, I'm thrilled that we won, but I also know how difficult it was to release anything (and I spent a lot of time putting out tools and helping others too) and I'd just rather inhale a bit more this year.
It's hard to describe, but I'm sure many of you can relate - there are a lot of things I want to work on, eg. a new sequencer for our tool, but when I think about actually sitting down and doing it, it feels like a very daunting task and I'm scared shitless about it. But I know..
.. that avoiding it doesn't make that easier, and that it's completely irrational - it's just hard to find balance about it such that I can just sit down and get over the hump. And it's like that with a lot of projects. To me, that's a sign I need some breathing room.
I also have this thing where when I think about doing something, I'm overwhelmed by imaginary negative feedback about it, instead of being excited by potential progress/learning - again, a sign that I need some breathing room.
Ending rant here, but as you can guess I'm even feeling a need to justify not taking a quick trip this easter, which in the grand scheme of things, is kindof ridiculous. :)
Take care and stay hydrated!
