Sooo...

I've got some news for y'all regarding the book. I have most of Book 1 complete in terms of drafting. Actually, pretty much the entire book (or at least part 1 of it) is written in a readable format as it stands, though I might just release each part as its own thing and instead label the books "Episodes" or something quirky like that 💀

Disregarding this, though, the final 3 chapters are still almost entirely in a draft-only format that reads like a script. As a matter of fact, the final chapter isn't even properly drafted yet. It's literally just a collection of my thoughts written onto a page on how it should go... so yeah-

I do still need to go back and rework a lot of things either which way. For instance, I'm re-adding gunpowder-based ammunition because it simply isn't practical to have electronic guns be the primary weapon. That will warrant a rewrite of at least one chapter and a lot of changing things up. Another big things is I want to introduce a little more screentime for the enforcers so that they're more intimidating and interesting, especially since they're mentioned so much.

That aside, I also have a few tweaks to the general story and some massive revisions to make, as well as some data logs to insert for some generally interesting lore tidbits.

Then, after I have everything set in stone, I'll begin to commission people for the project... this will include things such as a new book cover, updated character designs, proper weapon drawings, some specific scenes, etc. I dunno how many illustrations will be in the final book, but if my wallet lets me, hopefully it'll be a bunch.

After all that, it'll be done... I think. Probably. Maybe. As for a time estimate? Can't really give ya one. Sorry. I'd love to but at this point, I really don't know. Feeling rather unmotivated lately and anxiety keeps bubbling in my chest when I don't work, leading to some... less than well feelings. Yet I have a hard time picking up the good ol' keyboard and writing things out regardless of how I feel, which is a really weird and frustrating form of procrastination to deal with. It's like "Hey, you should do this! You feel almost incapacitated and as though your heart will explode! But nah, let's just stare at the page for an hour and then just watch YouTube."

Why are we made this way ._.

P.S. Cuz of all that, I'm not so sure if we're gonna do a 300 member milestone video or not to be honest? I think I'd rather put all my effort into the book at this point-

So yeah, that's sort of how things are. Not great, not too zesty, but uh... it's goin'?

After everything is said and done, I do kinda wanna make a sort of mock-up video. Kinda like an "Anime in so-and-so minutes" sort of recap that makes fun of the story while also recapping it. A meta sort of "Yeah, I know it took a while, I know it's not that great" sort of thing to hopefully save myself from a lot of the soon-to-come "This is all we get?" comments when it releases-

So yippee.

I really appreciate my community for being so patient with me. I set out and promised an animation, shifted to a comic, and now I'm making a novel. How did we get here? Shit planning a lack of foresight. I was naive and didn't understand how the world worked... and now that I do, it's a bit too late and I'm sorta on a time crunch in a sense.

So I ask for a little bit more patience if at all possible.

I really do appreciate y'all.