There's just one little 3-second animation part at the very end that I need to complete. It should be finished by today, however I don't know if I will actually RELEASE it today. I want it uploaded at a good time, and for Newgrounds that's usually around 1PM MST, because it can take like 4 or 5 hours to get it to finally pass judgement. For YouTube, I'll just upload it as soon as it's done. So MAYBE I will have it uploaded at around 7PM MST today if I'm lucky.

MAAAAN lemme tell you I am nervous. There's just this odd thing going in my head that it's just not going to do well on NG. I have a feeling that it's just gonna get a 3.98 or so with 4,000 views, no front-page and a Daily 3rd. For YouTube I'm pretty sure it will just pull in about 1,000 views in two weeks. If all that happens, I don't think it was worth the 61 days of effort I put into it. But I dunno the future, so we'll just have to wait and see.

But after this, I have some ideas for a future video. One is a buddy-cop thing, two guys who need to find some briefcase in some warehouse that a group of gangsters are in, boss always getting mad at them, you know, the usual police-show thing. I think I'll call it "Freelance Police" or something.

So now there's a Movies page in the navigation up there. Basically, it just has video modules of my cartoons on YouTube.

Also about 4 days ago I said I would finish StarNova within a week. Well it looks like I was correct, because it shouldn't be anymore than 3 days before I'm finished with it. I seriously just can't wait for this thing to be done, mostly just because I can finally get it off my hands and think of a new idea. It's been almost two months.

-Twisted4000

I'm about 90% finished with StarNova... hopefully I can finish it within a week. Also, a special guest will be drawing the title card... who is it you ask, well, you'll have to wait and see.

-Twisted4000

Indeed it is.

So more progress... it's coming along. StarNova's battle scenes are looking alright, they're just very short compared to the amount of time it took to make them. Lots of issues though, my style of art sort've changed halfway in the video, and when I look back I'm like "wow that just doesn't look good". It's a bit tough to notice though since it's only slight.

Ideas for the future? Well I have lots. First off I want to get around to finishing things I said I would but never did. For instance, the zombie game I was making a while back. Flash basically broke it when I transitioned from Flash 8 to CS4. I really love zombies a lot though, I want to make a new zombie game in the future.

Also, probably my favorite story I've ever thought of, the West Virginia Neck-Biters. I didn't finish it due to a variety of reasons, one the animation kinda sucked, too difficult to use. Two, there wasn't really a good plot, people would think it was too stereotypical. BUT I really want to make like a legit movie out of the characters again real soon though. I just like the idea for some reason, it's simple, but unique, and I think it could be manipulated very well. We get there when we get there though.

One thing I want to return to is "Bill the Inventor". I was talking with my brother last night and he basically told me that to get people to find me more, I should probably make quicker videos to begin with. It takes me months to finish cartoons, but if they're not getting front-paged or getting really any recognition, I should make VERY high-quality animations, just quicker, like under a minute. That's where this video would come in. I made a video with the same title a REALLY long time ago when I was first getting into Flash, it was really bad, but I want to make a redo of it and change the story up. That's after StarNova though.

As for Desca, again I'm not sure what to do. It's very tough to animate, though it's going okay, I don't really want to finish the whole series. What's the point when I'm not even going to continue it? I'm not sure if I will finish the first episode even. I spend about 3 weeks on it, yeah, I know, it took a while, but it's just becoming outdated now. I improved with my art a decent amount in these past few months alone, and going back to it... would be weird... it's a shame to let all the actors and such down, though... I hope they'd take it well.

It's a shame, there's so many cool scenes and battles I really wanted to do with it. It would just take too long to get to that point, and I know I would get bored of it eventually. It's best to do different things each time.

Also, just bought a new tablet. Wacom Bamboo Connect. Pretty much the cheapest, most basic Wacom model out there, but it still beats the tablet I have right now. I'll be giving my current tablet to my cousin, who wants to help me out with a game I want to make sometime. We're brainstorming ideas and doing character design, he's pretty awesome at it.

So yeah, expect more videos and lots of improvement in the distant future, after StarNova. It's kinda fun to animate compared to my other stuff, I'll give it that, but I'm still pretty depressed about so many other issues and such out there I just don't feel good. I still try my hardest, though.

Peace yo because im cool

-Twisted4k

Alright, making some progress, though pretty slow, still getting somewhere, and it's looking decent. Making a series of tutorials for Flash, Photoshop, Audacity, and media entertainment stuff in general every week on my YouTube channel. If you're into any of that, feel free to subscribe! :)

-Twisted4k

Alright so I have my computer back now, turns out it works. Progress has boosted a fair amount, StarNova is still gonna be a while, but it's coming along.

-Twisted4k

Alright, so I still do not have my computer back, but I SHOULD have it by tomorrow. However, there's a chance it still may not work, it's a long story... both the PSU and the motherboard were SUPPOSEDLY dead, diagnosed by some computer shop place, so I RMAd the PSU and have a new one, and tomorrow the new motherboard from the one I RMAd should get here as well. But the problem is, Gigabyte (the company that manufactured it) emailed me telling me that they just "finished testing my item and they are returning it back to me", so I'm going to assume that there actually isn't anything wrong with the motherboard...? But if that's so, then that means that there's something ELSE in my PC that was causing it not to turn on, and I believe that would be the CPU. That would be really bad, since I have no warranty for it, plus my particular model is about $70. 

But we'll find out tomorrow.

Other than technical issues slowing down my work, there's some pretty bad news... or perhaps not, no permanent decisions have been made yet or anything... but the game I've been making, Aurora, is really not getting any progress at all, ever since I got the characters and one of the enemies working. Don't get me wrong, it works pretty well, and it looks pretty neat, but the problem is, I don't think the battle system is FUN, regardless of whether it "works" or not. It's stiff, it's hard to hit the enemies without getting hit yourself, but I if I make the hit-box bigger, it's way too easy. Also, I'm having some issues with getting a staple story-line or a good leveling-up system down.

All-in-all, I think I may have went a little too far with the graphics and details with the programming and controls when I should've been more focused on the very basics... getting the concept down, and how the game is going to work... not just going straight to making moves and attacks, and then later finding out nothing's going to be balanced or fun. In conclusion, for this version, anyway, I may have just scrapped it for now. At some point, yes, I will make an Aurora game, and maybe even a movie one day, because I really like the characters, the world, and its atmosphere. It's just that this game in particular I don't know is going to turn out so great, unless I just completely trash all the moves and rescript the whole thing. But I simply don't have time to do that, especially because I currently do not have a computer to work with on a regular basis. Also working on two projects hand-in-hand REALLY slows down a lot of things. On top of that, I'm working on trying to get my drawing style, faces, anatomy, and all that shish to look better and more interesting so my characters can have more variety... but again with no time, it's just crazy. As for ANOTHER thing, I really want to get more videos out for my new YouTube channel, because I know videos are taking forever to appear, and I apologize, but again, I have no time to do anything. Here-and-there I can take about a day or two to get a speed painting uploaded to please at least a few of my subscribers, but I know not everyone is really into those, and it may get pestering to see 3 speed paintings in between each cartoon.

But for some GOOD news, StarNova is turning out great, the animation is by far my best yet, along with the art. Both SirUndead and RicePirate are voicing some characters, and they did awesome. I was planning to get a trailer out by the end of this week, and that may come true IF my PC starts working again tomorrow, but I highly doubt that at this point, so you'll have to wait even longer.

Now what about Desca... well, yes, I really want to finish chapter I, but the thing is I don't know for sure if I'll ever actually continue the series after the initial episode. The animation takes forever, yes, just like my other videos, but the problem is that it gets boring after a while doing the same thing, I always loved the idea of making an entirely new world and plot for each cartoon I create. But again, I don't know, it will depend on the reaction it obtains... if it's just sort of an "above-average" or "decent" reaction, and though that's still alright, that won't be enough motivation for me to continue it, as I could be having much more fun making entirely different movies over-and-over. But I do hope I will finish chapter I, I don't want to let all the actors and everyone who was excited for it down, as well as myself, since I love the idea and I think it would be really cool and fun to watch if it were finished.

But another issue... if I JUST make chapter I, it would barely show any of the back-stories or details about the characters or the world of Desca, because it is all planned out and outlined for the future chapters from start-to-finish, but chapter I just shows a brief few lines from a few of them. All it's really doing is setting the mood and the very basic plot for the audience. I would probably get a lot of complaints of people telling me that the characters' personalities are all too similar, but that would simply be because that most of them didn't get enough lines or screen-time.

I'll just have to wait some more, I guess. It's really a shame, all this waiting and being patient. But you know what? That's what goes into making things... well, for the most-part, anyway. My plans for now are just to finish StarNova, get it out there, hope for a positive reaction of some sort, and even if it doesn't, just move on and finish the first chapter of Desca. After that, I have quite a few other little cartoons I wanna get around to making, but that will depend if chapter I does well. If it does REALLY well and there's LOTS of people who want to see where it goes, then yes I'll continue it. If not, it will be time to move on again and try something new.

There's also this little game I thought up of, and no I will NOT start it until I get all this other garbage off my hands, but I want it to be basic and have a variety of characters to choose from and get through levels... a side-scroller, but with a neat plot and unique personalities and gaming styles to each playable character.

Anyway... that is all for now... quite possibly the longest post I ever made. TAKE CARE!

-Twisted4000