Hey Everyone!

It’s Shy ^^ I thought you might be wondering what I have been up to. Well.. as you all know i always had a little bit of trouble with getting assets done on time. This led to me no longer working together with Psycho-Male for a period of time and our plans for Dekamara’s sequel being on hold. Meanwhile, I went on to focus on other projects and personal things. 

Sadly I haven’t been able to find work as a pixel artist. I tried to work at a cafe but well.. I wasn't cut out for the job. And even if I had gotten the position, I doubt I could last longer than a week. 11 hours a day 6 days a week for minimum wage (which is a little below 500 USD by the way) doesn’t sound so different from slavery to me. Since then I have been too afraid to look into other outside of my field jobs. 

I decided I want to focus on Dekamara again even though the game is pretty much done at this point and add on a couple tid-bits to make you guys happy. As you know, we haven’t been able to release our game on steam fully due to not reaching enough people and the low wishlist count. So please recommend the game to your friends if you can! We currently don’t have enough marketing resources to make it happen and we are stuck between a rock and a hard place. 

Meanwhile I will try to come up with more add ons we can add to the game. I’ll read your suggestions on discord as well! Most important part would be to add things without making major changes to the gameplay, such as adding a whole new feature. So adding new characters/cutscenes/pets is the way to go! 

That being said, Lately, A mysterious presence has been seen near the altars. Who is this newcomer and what are they up to..? 

Stay tuned to find out more!  

 Hello, Psy here. For a while I was having a hard time coming up with an explanation of the current situation since it’s a sensitive topic so I’m glad Shy finally decided to write a devlog and explained the situation herself. Unfortunately it’s hard to express myself openly considering my position which can be demotivating. I wrote several devlog drafts before I gave up on it but it’s finally here thanks to Shy! 

 As for me, I’ve been looking for a chance to take a break for a long time. Through the development of Dekamara, I was exhausted yet I kept going to make sure we’ve reached our goal and I’m glad I did. I started working on Dekamara while Kalyzmyr was just a prototype and I worked on both of them at the same time mostly. I still get back to Kalyzmyr for bug fixes and I’m trying to get it up on Gog but it’s a slow process. I needed to make sure that achievements are working properly without Steam but unfortunately I designed the whole system dependent on Steam API so it was a lot of work to make sure it is working without Steam as well. Not sure if Gog gave up on us, they sure took their time if they didn’t.

 As for taking a break, I’m doing freelance work while doing lots of sports and some traveling(by bike). I first started cycling in 2021 and started running in 2023, participating in my first 10k run. Then I somehow created a running and bikepacking group among my friends this summer so we travel to the place where marathons(or trail runs) are going to take place, camp, participate in the event and cycle back. It’s super fun but physically exhausting as well. 

 On top of this, I met a former(due to an injury) triathlete who 

wanted to get into coaching so he is giving away free lessons. I was hesitant about getting into triathlon but I don’t think I’ll ever get a chance like this my whole life so it was an offer I can’t refuse. I’m preparing for my first event on 13th October.

 So right now my schedule is pretty busy, on weekdays I have exercise each morning and I also exercise 2 evenings. I had to skip Friday exercises though, because of a heart problem I had while sprinting until I figured out the problem(waiting for my cardiology appointment). Then we usually ride with the group on Sunday so my only free day is Saturday. As I’m writing this, my legs are sore from yesterday's swimming exercise.

 I’m really happy that I finally had a chance to do something other than being stuck at home and making games all day until I earned enough money to be able to enjoy stuff. Something I loved doing was beginning to become a torture because of how things went and I really needed to take a proper break. I’m also extremely lucky to be able to do all the things I mentioned above.

  So as for my next project, I was working on Secret Secretary but I feel like it’s too much work and I’m not in the required grind mindset right now. So I’m currently working on another idea, something inspired by Parasite in City. I don’t know the exact details but it was sad to see that the sequel was canceled/dropped(not sure which one happened). This project feels like it can be something that would allow me to utilize Patreon efficiently which could mean stable income, which would mean I get to fully focus on it stress-free without having to take freelance jobs. And that would be huge for me after so many years spent under heavy stress due to financial reasons.

  I’ll start spending more time on this new project as summer season is slowly coming to an end. That’s all from me for now, take care!