On Brand, Off Brand.

Building a brand from something is difficult. Building a brand from *nothing* is doubly so.

This might all seem like a joke to you, and I assure you it is. That doesn't mean we can't still build something worthwhile, pleasant, and of value, does it? When I began making this (incredibly simple and tiny) game way back in the year twenty-aught-ninety-17 ish... it was sincere, hopeful, and not more than I could chew. I have made small art games for myself before using plug and play programs. I've made a few more since then. They live on my main page. But what I tried to have this be was a reason to learn how to write code. And after all this time, I just can't do it. I don't have the ability to make that a reality. I had to make myself believe I could keep up the joke of being completely incompetent as I tried to write it up... I had to build a brand out of that conceit... but I haven't even been able to Hello World into this concept, which stalled even that bit into tedious drudgery.

But what I CAN do is finally let that tiny part of me go. I'm not gonna code anything. Full stop. So... I think I'm done letting this work be a joke. It won't be what I envisioned, but it will have a lot of what I designed for it. And I think without the roadblock of coding requirements I need to let the gimmick die, and the game live. *Real Grandiose Stuff* happening here.

(Disclaimer: I am legally obliged to acknowledge that the above paragraphs are also possibly in service of my long-form narrative experience satire/parody. Also though that might maybe just be accidentally so and that I'm being genuine. I am not allowed to confirm in either case.)

LET'S ART!

I do have the pixel art figured out for this. But to get back into the love of creating I took time to concept some cartoons of some themed groups: Let's look:

Acrobat Pirates:

Ronin Jumps:

The NecroBros:

The Imaginary "Secret Developer E-Team" unlockables:

Two Goblins and a Garbage Wizard:

NOTE: None of these units are guaranteed to make the cut. Except maybe the Raccoon.

So now I'm going to take the rest of this week to re-read my previous posts to make sure going forward I have a sense of narrative cohesiveness in future posts, suss out where my mindset was at different points, and build a tiny thing I will be happy to let go of.

See you in either a week or 18 months!