Lots of Big Changes and some News

Hey y'all. Big news. Some good, some bad. First of all,

*big breath*

Charmixy is going on Hiatus.

Yeah, I'm sure my gamedev friends could tell this was a long time coming. Unfortunately, Charmixy is game that I both love, but has caused me some trouble for the past three years. As a creative person and game maker, I need to constantly be creating, and working on a single project for such a long time has taken a toll on me. I want to put Charmixy down for a while so I can regroup and make more concentrated, simple, small games. This will probably be better for my mental health, and hopefully will allow me to re-enter gamedev spaces because I've got something to show for myself.

I will come back to Charmixy when I am ready. I promise all the time and money that y'all have invested in the game will not go in vain. My musician and my programmers, who get the majority of your contributions, have made great use of it already.

To soften the blow, I'm adding some links below here to games that anyone who was looking forward to Charmixy will probably LOVE (I sure did!)

Ikenfell  by Chevy Ray Johnson - still in development, but it's an RPG also based in a wizarding/witching school

Beglitched  by Jenny Jiao Hsia - a fantastic tech witch puzzle-style game, my favorite game of 2016 

Fairy Song  by @2Pblog1 on twitter - it's been on my twitter timeline a bunch these days; it's small but gorgeous!

The Arcana  by Nix Hydra Games - a magic themed dating sim with fantastic art and lots of diverse characters

Card Witch  by @bloodyhoney_ on twitter- I heard about this excellent game from the Game Devs of Color Expo. it's looking incredible, and I can't wait to play it!

Well, what now? 

as I stated earlier, I'm gonna be making small games (about 1 hour of play time). I'm letting go of the massive scopes my younger self thought they needed to make, and focusing purely on a simple, bite sized experience. Making games that I (and you, as a player) can finish and really enjoy.

I've been writing up the game design document of the first of these games since earlier this week, and I'm going to pass it on to my programmer today to get started. You'll get a post about it soon!

I'll also be making some tweaks to my patreon page and Charmixy's tumblr. Since the focus of both with no longer be on Charmixy, but all of my games. Expect to see those changes going in effect soon.

By the way, thanks. Seriously.

thanks for sticking with me through all of this. I know there's not a lot of you, but you all have mattered a great deal. If you choose to back out of patreon support after these announcements, I totally understand. I'm gonna work hard to get you back someday, though! Count on it!