Hey !
I hope you are doing as well as you can be in these strange times. At least on a personal level, I think the timing of this Kickstarter worked out well, as, pandemic or no, I'd probably be spending all day at my computer and not going outside either way.
I mean, I am still approaching the edge of my sanity, but I think that has more to do with the Kickstarter than anything else.
Did I mention the Kickstarter? Oh, okay. I'll try not to have this whole message be able that, but it has been kind of dominating my every waking thought since my last message. We've raised a ludicrous amount of money (over $9 million at this point) and are currently the 9th most funded Kickstarter of
all time (2nd in board games), which is all just super surreal. It's hard to properly fathom the scope of this thing, so I try to pretend I'm still just making a game for myself and a small group of fans, so that I don't go crazy with anxiety.
The project also has just an obscene amount of guest designers at this point, which is also wild. It has kind of allowed me to pinpoint the weirdest thing about being famous, which is how other famous people react to you. When you come across someone you've respected and admired for years, and then they react to you like you're the famous one, and I'm like, "No, no, I
am not the cool person in this conversation." So weird.
That also happened recently with that Cook, Serve, Delicious post I talked about last time. David Galindo, the creator of the game, was all surprised on Twitter that I liked his game, and it's just weird because I've been playing the crap out of his games for years and years, and I am floored that he even knows who I am.
But enough about that. What other games have I been playing to keep myself sane? My wife got Animal Crossing, so I have been playing that with her somewhat. A lot of times it kind of feels like doing chores, though, so we'll see if I keep up with it. Also XCOM: Chimera Squad just came out, which made me realize I never got around to playing
XCOM 2. So instead of playing Chimera Squad like everyone else, I'm catching up on XCOM 2, which has been enjoyable, though Project Avatar is stressing me out.
So that's about it. I just wanted check in and let you know this is the last week of the Kickstarter, so make sure to jump on it if you are interested. I'll see you next time, when I hopefully spend less time talking about my fraying mental state.
(Seriously, though, it's fine. I'm just looking forward to the end of the project and sleeping again.)
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