I am!
Patreon is being paused indefinitely ever since these last post i did on it, because at the time, when i made my page centered on this project, the plan was for it to become the FOCUS of my attention, and have art commissions be more on the side.
Unfortunately I never really managed to make that switch and work on this project as much as i wanted.
So then i wasn't able to share as much behind the scene content as i'd hoped, and that made me feel anxious / pressured to a point where it affected my commission work too. So i decided that until i two conditions are fulfilled, the patreon page will be on pause:
-I would have to have successfully switched, meaning that i’d be able to comms quickly and comfortably enough that i can do 2 or 3 of them a month then spend the rest of the month working on Reincar. Im not there yet, but i do feel like im getting closer to that goal.
-and second would be that im able to handle the pressure, being able to generate enough content that i can not only share, but feels like it could satisfy the people paying to see these things. For me money is very important, so if i make people pay for something, unless i feel 200% confident that they’re getting a good deal, i don’t feel comfy with the transaction, and since im not able to generate sizeable Reincar content monthly, i decided that i’d remove that pressure from my daily life so i could work on Reincar more smoothly, even if it’s on the side.
I know it’s been literally years now, but im still working on it, almost every day bit by bit, im super slow, and i hate, HATE, that im this slow, but also, this isn’t “content” For me it’s more than just entertainment, it’s a project very dear and close to my heart despite what it looks like, and i want it to be the best it can be.
Because TECHNICALLY, if i was satisfied with the normal limited amount of sprites per character, having most actions narrated and such, the chapter one is already done, and has been for a while, but i don’t want that, it doesn’t feel like the story i want to create because as much as i like, love writing, seeing characters talk with their bodies, hands and such is what makes ME click and this is who this project is for, me.
You’d say i could present that version for now, to have the wait go down more smoothly, but not only i don’t think it’d help too much with the wait, but if it has bad reception, i don’t even want to imagine how that’d affect my motivation, and if there’s good reception to it, i KNOW it’d kill my motivation to achieve my vision because knowing myself i’d just start to aim for “good enough” which the whole point of this is to try to not do that haha.
SO yes! I am still working on it, and to anyone in the future no matter how long, if you’re seeing this, I AM and will ALWAYS be working on this even if my arms were to fall off and my eyes were to be plucked out x3x)b
(also i know im replying to a single sentence with a whole ass block of text, but don't worry like i mean no ill will, this question is definitely understandable, it's just that instead of doing updates and such, i cram every info on things in my replies haha)