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We have something else to say...
🕑 Added 2022-01-28 20:02:27 +0000 UTCAs some of you might be aware, half of our team lives in Ukraine, and as you probably heard, our country goes through rough times right now. We're doing all we can to distance ourselves from bad news, but sadly they affect our lives directly. That's why we wanted to ask you to be a little more patient with us this time.
Young and Naughty (people, not whole team) had to relocate to another city hundreds of kilometers away from their families, because of the fear that war might start at any day, while our second artist was forced to stay there due to personal reasons. The feeling of uncertainty overwhelms us. We do all we can to just focus on work, but, as you can imagine, it's hard. Even the simplest tasks might require a sheer power of will to do due to stress, but gladly our mental health has the capacity to manage that. We'd like to move to another country, but we have neither resources, nor options.
That being said, we're not allowing ourselves to slack off. Quite the opposite, every time we encounter a roadblock of some kind, we do something else to fill the void of unproductivity. Naughty, our lead artist, is now taking animation classes and you may be sure that she's gonna put her newfound skills to use in Academy34. Young (it's me) contacted numerous artists on behalf of our team with the idea of expanding our art department once again and getting closer to the promised "two routes, one update" goal. We even got in touch with few background artists, who will help us update all in-game areas, remake them in a proper FullHD resolution, so we finally will release less questionably-looking version of our game! That will also take off the stress of drawing backgrounds from Naughty's shoulders, which is a huge deal, since they take up to a whole week to finish! We also cooperating with a musician, who will help us to add some sound into dull and empty world we currently have.
So yea, a lot of things.
We know, you people are a very understanding folk. Please, give us some time to gather our thoughts and we will deliver even more than we promised. We just don't want to burn out due to everything that's happening.
Thank you <3
Comments
TheLilNyce
Stay safe. That’s is the most important part.
Miguel Arriola
Stay safe, in this times of uncertainty you have all our support.
Stay safe!
Nicolas HENRY
Stay safe and well, good luck for everything ;)
Graeme Thorburn
Like everyone here, we just want you all to be safe and well. Take whatever time you need. I have a friend who is living in Kyiv for a couple of years now. He is staying put but has preparations in place if needs arise. No matter what, safety is priority one. Good luck and hopefully it will come to naught.
KnottyDog
Excited to see that animation is hopefully coming. That being said, please stay safe and take care of yourselves. As people have mentioned, it is just a game at the end of the day. Take your time and do you what you need to do to take care of yourselves.
Lesser Mook
Take care of yourselves, as much as I love the game your wellbeing should absolutely take priority.
M2
Be safe chaps.
Xerxes
I visited Kyiv in 2019 and have fond memories of my time there and the people I met. All the best for the team and your country and I hope better times lie ahead.
GoatMother
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