Special shout-outs + Minor announcement

Special shout-outs to the VN community during O2A2 VN Jam:

•  I doodled fanart for Cerise’s sci-fi O2A2 VN Solar Flare: https://justababy-studio.itch.io/solarflare

(I used to post indie VN fanart on my dev Twitter account, but maybe I should repost them again at other places for better visibility)

•  Feature in VN Game Den in which O2A2 VN Jam 2022 entries are recommended: https://old.vngameden.com/vn-game-dens-favorite-vns-from-o2a2-vn-jam-2022/9452/

(The team at VN Game Den does a lot of coverage on indie VNs, and they are reliant on Patreon and Ko-fi supporters to keep on running)

• Streamed by LunaRaydue whose O2A2 jam entry Cultivating Happiness can be played at: https://lunaraydue.itch.io/cultivating-happiness 

• I want to thank the players again for the 400+ combined plays!

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Announcements of what is to come:

All in all, I want to close off this project in satisfactorily way, so that I can dedicate my energy to work on The Snowperson, possibly some other unannounced small VN solo projects, and freelancing for “Symphony”, the VN project by RunnerGuitar: https://twitter.com/symphony_team

• Working on a new version build:

There were parts I’m not content with code-wise, and I want to spend some effort to redo them. To continue the O2A2 spirit there will not be any new art assets, but there are some visual post-processing pipeline things I want to test out. Personally I find it a good habit to maintain old projects, because sometimes you simply want to get more familiar with an engine and it’s a hassle to start up with new projects for a new playing ground. This is purely as a programming exercise. Not very beneficial for gaining new players as new projects tend to yield more visibility boost (so long the launch is done correctly) than updates to existing games.