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This is long so I'll underline the important stuff.
Venji
It started as a joke, then turned into something waaaay bigger than I expected. I got ambitious with the plot and forgot that I was supposed to make a tiny little goofy one-shot.
This is likely because I felt like Venji was a rare chance to get people who couldn't care less about Tezakia a chance to see my questing style. Then I realized they probably wouldn't like it any more with Venji than they did with Tezakia. Whoops!
Venji tried a lot of things. Some of them worked, some of them didn't. In a sense, it really is the spiritual sequel to Tezakia, reviving the Queue system and trying some similar story elements.
It also showed me the flaws of the Queue system, especially when you don't have sprites and pre-drawn backgrounds to throw around. I've learned a lot from Venji, and while I don't feel I did a fantastic job with it, I don't regret running it. The lessons I learned will make Slissa Quest that much better.
To those of you who stuck with it till the end, I thank you. I really hope you enjoyed reading and/or participating in Venji. Through the entire thing, my goal was to make something you'd like, and if you liked it then I did my job.
Above all else, Venji has shown me that I still have much more to learn before I do Slissa Quest. What to do, what NOT to do, how to keep tones and characters consistent... and most of all I learned not to use stat bars because holy cow that's hard to keep track of.
I should also thank Testpattern and Seal for not strangling or perma-banning me (respectively) for completely ruining their canon.
Speaking of which... this should be obvious, but nothing in Venji is considered canon in the Deep/Tozol universe. Its canon is completely self-contained.
Hiatus
Starting now, I will be taking a hiatus. The soonest Slissa Quest will begin is in 2 months. Depending on how kind the job market decides to be, I may end up running a few short one-shots before then. But even if I somehow get a job tomorrow, I'm still taking 1 month off.
Of course, if I don't get a job in 2 months, SQ will be pushed back as will any one-shots. I think you all can understand that survival is a little bit more important than drawing quests for Internet, so SQ simply will not begin until I have some money coming in.
That said...
Current plans
Despite the hiatus, I will still be drawing pictures. Someone has paid for spiders, so I will be drawing spiders.
Someone else paid for an Amiel.dll, so I will be making an Amiel.dll. I somehow felt that needed underlining. I'm not going to lie and say it'll be the sexiest thing ever, but I will be playing it straight, so to speak.
I will be accepting any other commissions people might have, and I will still do ITQ (assuming people ever have anything to ask my characters in ITQ). Technically I'll go from "not really checking ITQ" to "sometimes considering checking ITQ" so the hiatus might be your best bet to ITQ it up!
If you have questions or comments, feel free to post them. If your comment is "I hated X in Venji and you suck!" then you can rest assured that I'm most likely aware of where I failed and that I'll be working on improving for Slissa Quest. Also, there's no need to be mean :(
I will keep you guys posted on anything that comes up. For now, I hope everyone had fun and I'll see you next mission.
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