Hi all. 

As some of you know, back in 2018 The Stairfall Institute officially closed down having finally run out of money and all the staff (all one of them) needing to get a job.

Since then it's been difficult to keep making games, although there have been attempts.

But worst of all, really, has been missing Yorkshire Gubbins Episode 2. There have been a few attempts made to continue this work in the last five years, but nothing was successful.

There's still nothing official to announce. BUT, I can say, that a third and final attempt is currently in progress. Rotas and schedules have been drawn up to make progress each and every day. Stories have been written. Puzzles have been designed. A world has been wireframed. It's the most promising progress since the studio closed.

I just want to say that I'm doing my best here. I'm doing everything I can think of to make sure this is steady, sustainable development practices that can co-exist with having a full time job. I have no other creative projects to compete with this one singular task, and speaking personally getting this Episode 2 monkey off my back is going to be the single greatest act of self-care imaginable.

In October 2023, that's four months from now, marking the 6th Anniversary of the launch of Yorkshire Gubbins on Steam, I will make an accouncement. That announcement is going to be either "New Episode Available Today!", or "New Episode coming in X weeks" or "Yorkshire Gubbins is Permanently Abandoned Forever, Sorry, Please Forgive me, I've Tried Literally Everything But I'm No Longer Capable Of Doing It".

I hope it's good news. I really do.

Thank for all for appreciating my work over the years. It really does mean so much. And thank you for tolerating my broken promises and failures over that time too. I could blame the untreated ADHD. I could blame my own lack of self-awareness. I could blame my job. I could blame the other creative outlets I've had. Maybe it's all of those things, but either way I've let people down by not being honest with myself about my own capabilities, about what I could realistically achieve. This current plan? I think it's realistic. I think it's achievable. I think I can keep this going for 6 months, at least. But I've been wrong before.

Please, if you can, wish me luck.