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The ancient Chinese curse phrase, "May you live in interesting times" truly is a curse in many ways. Genuinely wishing you and yours less interesting days from here on out!

If you need to do the crowdfund, do it. Put the link where I can see it through itch, if you will. I'm not on the Mythos-specific site. Wishing you better days!

The four or five DAZ Premier exclusive tools are basically "shortcut" type tools -- they speed up certain processes, but they don't offer functionality a DAZ free user couldn't work around without them. The new tools are arguably faster, or more convenient, within certain specific contexts, but they don't prevent non-Premier users from doing their rendering work. I think this is simply another example of DAZ chasing quick-money trends (remember the DAZ NFTs?) rather than focusing on bettering their core program for all users. Cheers!

I sometimes mentally parse the word "crocheting" as denoting the act of being "crochety". I occasionally wonder if my brain is actually on my side because of things like this. Glad things are better, and that health in your household is on the upswing! Be well!

Congrats on the impending jump to Steam!

Have a great birthday! Again, getting older feels weird, but in almost every case, the alternative is worse! :-) And hey, I had to have a colonoscopy once, and I was so frickin' high from the meds they gave me, they could've danced on me, and I would've laughed. So, don't worry. Just make sure they've got the good stuff! Be well!

Happy to see life is treating you and yours better! As for aging, as they say, "Growing old isn't easy, but it's better than the alternative." :-) Be well!

If it helps, most of us deal with some level of impostor syndrome in our lives, partly because most people present a very edited, curated version of themselves to the public, if only as a form of self-protection and/or a means of maintaining necessary boundaries between private priorities and the public world. As for those big VN teams, maybe remember *why* you're making Mythos -- the first priority of all art is to please the self in some way. If others like it too, that's a bonus, but it started from you, for you. And hey, I see all the pro- and semi-pro VN teams out there, but I paid to read Mythos, not all of their stuff, so that says something about your work, yes? You're telling stories, while a lot of what's out there is just a pr0n show that can't even make the sexytimes content mean something beyond generic body parts in collision stuff. You're doing better than you can see right now. Stay the course. You're mythic, after all. :-)

Good to see the update! Be well!

Thanks for the update. Sorry to hear about the hinky bits. As for any fear of "oversharing", I don't think that's an issue here. You clearly flag the game-related, versus the personal-life, post contents. It's not like you're *requiring* people to read either. It's always the readers' choice. Be well!

Glad things are dull in the best sense! You've no doubt heard the ancient Chinese curse cited, "May you live in interesting times", so boring can definitely be good. Here's to better days ahead!

Sounds like a hellish week! I'm sorry you had to experience all of that, and here's a hope for (much) better days going forward!

Gastro-intestinal problems are hard to endure. Don't be afraid to ask to be referred to a specialist, or otherwise seek a second opinion, if possible. At the very least, tell your relevant MD "Hey, whatever you're doing is not working well enough. I need you to step things up, please." Doctors get inundated with various health crises every day, and can lose sight of variances after they've made an initial diagnosis. A good doctor will actually be glad that you've said something if a treatment isn't working as planned. Best to you and yours!

Thank *you* for releasing such excellent tools, so easily understood.

You were also extremely patient with me, and helpful to me, when I posted my n00b questions on the ren'py Discord under a different alias. 

Your kindness and patience were the reasons why I remembered and recognized your alias here on itch, and how I knew buying your ren'py tools would be a help to me.

Thank you, and be very well!

A mixed bag of events, indeed. Wishing you and Morgana the best. As for the character Astarion? When I finally, randomly met him in Baldur's Gate 3, my allies and I were fairly levelled up. He threatened me, and he threatened them, right off the jump -- so I ended him right there. Sure, sure his "special condition" may grant him a return to the story, but I'd put him down again for free. Maybe don't tell Morgi? :-) Wishing you both better days!

So very pleased to hear the "best possible" good news for Morgana's situation! And regarding the pic above? I can only reiterate the timeless advice: "Never trust anyone whose axe is bigger than their head". Here's to better days!

Busy days. Still hoping for the best news for you and Morgana!

Thanks for the update. Wishing you and Morgana all the best outcomes!

Sorry to see that things have gone so roughly for you and Morgana. I hope the DNA screens will tell the best tale possible. Hoping for the best for you both!

Many of your tools have been very useful to me, and I've been happy to buy them. As for perfectionism, I am reminded of the warning "Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good". But you've been releasing tools, so I expect your perfectionism and your practicality are at least on speaking terms. :-) Best to you and yours. Be well!

Genuinely sorry to read about the literally dreadful news. I hope things turn out for the best for you and Morgana, and wish you both all the strength, resilience, and support you may need to arrive safely at the other side of these troubles. May all good things find you both.

Ah, I think I understand now. I was merely offering a possibly entertaining "brain vacation", but if it might make you pressure yourself regarding your own creation, I'd say skip it. As for technique -- including the sexytimes stuff -- I'd say yours serve your story very well, and you have nothing to fret about. For me, the best sexytimes content is actually also character content and relationship content. As in life, people will often reveal details of themselves, and their feelings for the other person, in intimate times that they might feel too self-conscious to speak of in other less "we're both literally and personally naked here together" moments (e.g look at Tammy in "Come Home". Hard as diamond, and very sexual, but she'll say I love you to the MC freely in the quiet, close moments). Because of this, I sometimes wish the Mythos intimate sequences were a bit longer to allow for a bit more obvious rapport and affection, but I *do* realize that you're writing a murder mystery here, so too much honest character revelation works against that. Okay, this post is officially far too long. Shutting up now. Best to you and yours. Be well!

Glad all is at least nominally well where you are. And yes, I'd wager your stepfather will be surprised, if not outright shocked, by how much better he feels once he has his knees attended to ... I have a relative who is effectively allergic to sutures who has a similarly bad knee, and they know (having a medical background) what they could have otherwise in terms of pain relief. The sooner someone can cajole, convince, or (kindly) coerce your step into taking the jump into getting things fixed, the better he can feel, I suspect. But everyone must make their own decisions, I know. Best to you and yours. Be well!

Glad to see you and your game are surviving nicely. Be well!

Wow that's a lot of questions this week, Nine! Some interesting answers too. You mentioned that while you like some VNs, many can feel like "homework" to read. May I suggest "Trouble At Home"? It's very different from your Mythos, so it might seem like a "vacation"? The story starts out a bit shaky, and might seem "standard", but the author quickly finds their tempo and it rapidly becomes more than it initially appears. Just an option. Best to you and M. Be well!

Interesting second survey! Regarding the future of the saga, I chose mostly those options which I felt preserved my sense of choice/agency while moving through the story. No problem with various forms of consensual love and passion being offered to players, so long as what's being offered is offered honestly, with no "surprise! haha!" gotcha-style framing. I like Mythos as a VN, *but* if you need your story to exist in a different format (a novel? a grapic novel?) to serve it best, and be happiest, then do that. You're doing the lion's share of the work here, and we only live once, as far as we know, so plan to make your art what *you* need it to be. Cheers!

Weird factoids and vocabulary helped me remember how to spell February correctly. The ancient Romans (who assembled the calendar we use) thought that fevers were more common in the month in question, and named it for such. An older word for feverish, or full of fever, is thus "feBRile" (rhymes with "textile", sorta). Febrile helps me remember how February is spelled. May it assist you too! Best.

Doing the voices aloud is a solid technique, recommended for checking the viability of dialogue. Things convey differently when said aloud, and some writers don't realize this. As Harrison Ford famously snarked on the set of the original Star Wars: "You can write this shit, but you can't say it." :-) Cheers!

Becki with an I likes Spillways by Ghost? Now *that* surprises me for a couple of reasons. Cheers!

Hope you are feeling better, Radondy. Take care of yourself first. People get games for *free* on itch, and Patreon is *voluntary*, so don't let anyone pressure you. As the old saying goes "You can't pour water from an empty jug", so take care of you, and the creative stuff will get easier once you start feeling better. I wish you strength, and happier days going forward.

If I remember correctly, developer Drifty only released Leap of Faith on Steam after it was finished. If they do that with this new game, you could be waiting a while. Just so ya know. Be well!

I would expect so. Leap of Faith arrived there.

Ask The Cast Question: "Name up to three songs that you secretly love. New, old, it doesn't matter."

I am reminded of the words of Popeye, BM. This story is a fine "pigment of your imagic-nation" Be well! :-)

Great to hear that you're doing what you love, Matt, even amidst all the mayhem. I'm out here, and curious to see where you take us all. Be well!

Some people might find creative spelling really ... ennoying. :-)

Hey Eris, dunno if you'll see this, but I bought your game even though it's discontinued, because it gave me a hearty laugh when I discovered it elsewhere -- a laugh I didn't know I needed. Thank you. I wish you good things in whatever you do next. Cheers!

Thanks!

We're ready. Hope things are feeling a bit better for you!

You have definitely done what you set out to do! I remember the first time you helped me with something over on the RenPy Discord -- I just could not get my (writer's) head around what I was trying to code. Other well-meaning people tried to reassure me that it was "so easy", but you were the one who took the time to *demonstrate* what I was trying to achieve with ultra-simple examples until I began to see the concepts behind it all. I've had your website bookmarked since. Your ability to teach is so appreciated, and your offerings here are a gift. Thank you!