Taking a moment for an  introduction. I am, RIPIX, a creative across assorted mediums. Game Design is a hobby for me.

Even if I don't finish a video game, I find great enjoying in creating them.

I used to actually teach game design, college level in Las Vegas, NV. I won't pretend it to be my first best area to teach in. The opportunity was literally thrown at me, so I pursued it. Until, expectations grew beyond my ability and desire, to prepare and deliver instruction at an acceptable level for myself, but mostly, my students.

My bread and butter career, was as a  dyed-in-the-wool Photojournalist. Best job in the world! For me at least. Love love loved it. My job, was to photograph, life, the World - while people lived their lives and careers, my job was to cover it. You learn about so much, interacting with all that makes our world, what it is. There is a dark side, where it all starts to run together, where fending off becoming cripplingly jaded, becomes an increasingly impossible effort.

I don't take pictures anymore. Frankly, I can't really, but I'll spare everyone my getting into it. I'll just say, I don't miss it. I had more than my fill, and it was a glorious adventure I will always cherish being a player in.

Speaking of being a Player - I'm in love with making games more than playing most of them. Where, to be perfectly honest, I do not see myself as overly skilled in making them. It's about creating. About exercising various skills across various creative disciplines. This is why I don't charge $ for what I make. At least for now. If something catches on out of my game development hobby, we'll see how I handle that then.

Not to drag out this introduction, though I must mention, I am a singer-songwriter and performer- Alt Rock, Ambient, Soundtrack, Electronic, Others. It's in my blood. It is my deepest, strongest, expressive passion. I have music on the streaming services, Spotify, Amazon, Apple, etc.. That's all I will say about this in this game developer intro. If anyone would like to know more about me and my music, feel free to ask, I will happily respond.

I'm also a published author, so yes, a writer. I won't get into it here, as I'm already at risk of turning this intro into full on resume. ;)

My station in life has at this stage, resolved itself to a very simple and reduced lifestyle. I say just to complete the snapshot of this intro. Am now in a family of two beautiful souls and me, that are my cats. Magical, wondrous creatures they are. They give me purpose, that is pure and overflowing with thankfulness.

Their names are, mom cat, is Whisper Ann Winker (she actually winks at you), and her son, Vincent Van Gogh, who sings like Pavarotti (he's very vocal and loves to project loud enough to hear on the ISS Space Station).

I put them in this game as Player Companion NPCs, just so I can have them with me not just in my heart and home, but in my art. Maybe my playthrough of 'Stay', encourage me. :) They will help you in 'No wHere'. They will vex you in 'No wHere, because they are cats, and cats don't always behave as others may wish.  Overall, you will need them to help you defeat the game. Though, I expect someone might manage to, why would you not want them to?

In any case, the game in Pre-Alpha. Much is still in flux. It remains to be seen how I finalize game completion paths. I'd like to leave room for a few, for both re-playability and Player style reasons.

To wrap up this Introduction, followers of the development of 'No wHere', I'll be doing some development streams soon. As well, dev updates here, screenshots and videos here and on YouTube. Perhaps TikTok. I have to be careful not to over promise in this area, I am a solo developer (at least for now), so my time is best spent developing, over content creation supporting it. As I get into Alpha and then Early Access, I'll worry more about that end of things.

We'll see. Sometimes, it's nice to break from development to focus in another areas for a moment, like sharing progress/promotion.

Please feel free to ask questions, make comments, interact. I'll do my best to engage.

Fwiw, I'm heading over to Steam, and try my hand with setting up a listing there for this project. I will announce it here, when that is up and running. Don't forget about the YouTube channel, please follow the project there, any and all support is greatly appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/@No_wHere_Game

Final words for today - if you're a dev, and looking for a project to help on, I can't pay you, but am open to dialogue with those interested in helping, even for support roles. For more information, Email me at NowHere@ripix.com.

Until next post, happy gaming!