Hello everyone, happy new years!

I wanted to post a post like this at night, but I was enjoying hanging out with family and wanted to wait till a bit later. Just wanted to say this has been a really fun year, and in the scope of Newgrounds in general it was very fun! There was the summer meet up in Toronto which was very cool as I got to meet even more people this time, and the actual stuff we did was also really fun. I didn't think I'd ever get to see a ZabuJard movie in an actual movie theater but that was an amazing time lol. I also accidentally made it to the Newgrounds NJ meet up (I was away from home visiting my extended family, but then a cringe terrorist attack happened, and me and Emily wanted to leave early but planes were only going to America and her family is from NJ bla bla bla) so that was pretty fun too! I got to play pool which I rarely get to but I really enjoy, even if I am not as good as I'd like to be lol

I also met some cool musicians on the site this year! I usually like to listen to music in the morning from latest in the audio portal (haven't been lately just because I have been extremely busy) and there were some super neat people. I'm always surprised how the music on this site covers so much ground, even in terms of stuff I like! From stuff like older techno/dance/trance stuff being pretty much perfectly replicated, to classical/orchestral, to amazing vgm sounding stuff... etc.. And even outside of the audio portal I saw some really cool games and movies, although not as much as I'd like to because of the busy stuff. Hopefully I'll get to see more this year!

I really feel like this site is one of the last places where people can be more pure and genuine if that makes sense (?) so I'm really grateful for it. It focuses on the actual creativity of someone, what they're capable of doing and bringing to the world, and not stupid non-issues or useless drama. Every time I open something like twitter I just feel dread, fb is full of shitty ads and nothing of value, and IG I pretty much only look at memes on lol. Here though I know I can find fun, great people, and much more.

But yeah, before I move on to the update about the game I said I was gonna release in December (oops lol but dw I'll explain!) I wish everyone here a great year, full of health first, but then happiness and then creativity! Let's make this year even more successful than the last :)

Now for the update:

I just needed to delay the game I was gonna release by like a week ish, hopefully not any longer! It started out planning as a small game, and it still kind of is, but it's my first time making a game of this genre and I kinda underestimated it... mostly in terms of how hard it would be to balance it/make it fair, but also how much art I'd need to make. I love drawing, ever since I was very young, but man art is just so hard for me. I'm not even pro at it, I have a style I like to use since I was like a kid or whatever but even then it's still hard! Nevertheless I really, really hope to get it out by this Saturday. I know for sure it'll come this month and I promise if you'll be patient you'll probably enjoy it!

Anyways thanks for reading to this point, I always love it when people read these news posts! See you hopefully soon :D

-MG