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No worries, and sorry about the length x3 I really struggle to condense the stuff I type, especially when I'm trying to explain things, haha. But at least I suppose I can copy/paste some of what I wrote if I need to for future queries or anything rather than typing out another essay :D

You don't need to feel bad for asking anyways x3 It's understandable that you'd want to know because it has been a heck of a long time without any updates. But the only reason I haven't posted anything about development is cos there hasn't been any progress, haha.

Actually, you saying that DD is the game that you're most interested in seeing get finished reminds me of another point that I forgot to mention in my essay xD The fact that even though I do want to work on the game and eventually finish it, there are other projects that I've prioritised over DD purely based on doing what I want to do the most. For example, I didn't have to participate in Spooktober VN Jam and make 2 games for that, and I didn't have to mess around creating the Masked Marionette afterwards, same as I didn't have to participate in this year's Yandere jam either x3 All of those things combined are a pretty significant number of hours sunk into other stuff that is time I could have used to work on DD instead. But I didn't because I wanted to do all that other stuff more >.<

So it's not just being busy with IRL stuff, having some unfortunate setbacks, and spending a lot of time trying to catch up on replies. It's also a choice I made to focus my energy and time on other things. But when you add all of it together, it = almost no progress made on DD.

Tbh, I'm thinking maybe after I do eventually finish DD and CiQ, I might not start any more long-term projects because it's just so much harder to get stuff done compared to smaller, shorter jam games.

I do want to work on DD though :3 It's just not always my highest priority so I'm gonna be like a snail x3

That sucks that you have depression too :( I wouldn't wish it on anyone! But if the antidepressants are helping at least a little bit, then that's good I guess :3 I once had a friend who couldn't live without them, and they really helped him a lot to cope with his anxiety and depression. What helped him the most though was a complete lifestyle change cos he was extremely unhappy in his job, which was one of the major causes of his depression. He eventually decided to move back in with his parents so that he could save up and start his own business instead. I still haven't found an antidepressant that actually works for me >.< So far, all the ones I've tried have just given me awful side effects without really helping at all!

There's no shame in having to take them though. Life can be really hard >.< You have to do whatever you can and take any help you can get to keep going :3