Weekly Roundup 215 - Getting back into work!

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a great new year. On my end it was a very fun and eventful one.

Since the release of the remastered Loona animation set I took a few weeks off to rest. Originally it was supposed to be to just the new year. But I did take a few extra days off and got back to work at the start of this week.

Let's talk about what I've been up to!

1: What's New?

One significant update is that I had to migrate the Bindmancer Build from a 2020 version of Unity, to the newest version of Unity 6.

That was because Unity sunset the middle tier of Unity plus over a year ago. I did purchase a final year of it but it ran out, Meaning I had to migrate back to the free version.

However on a positive note, the free version of Unity 6 more or less has the exact same feature set I was previously paying $400 a year for plus. You don't get the "Made in Unity" logo anymore and my dev windows where dark mode. As previously free would light-blast you with light mode forever.

I was dreading doing this migration as there may of been tons of features that would break. However due to the prior conversion I did with the Loona set I was better prepared and it only took 4 work-days to migrate Bindmancer onto the newest version. There was some lighting and sprite jank to fix, but everything important held up!

 Overall much better outcome then multiple weeks like i was expecting.

In terms of others things I've done this week:

• Made a "To do in 2025 list" for me to aspire to.

• Started working on some programmer documentation for a feature I'd like them to create.

• Got started on some version-control tweaks.

2024 was notable in that I didn't contract that much help at all, mostly just due to the life event of the house move and learning to drive a car and get a license took time away. But this year I want to get back into hiring a programmer, and seeing if I can contract some artists for level sprite work.

2: What's Next?

The next week will continue to be some behind the scenes documentation work and possible hiring work. Doing my best to set 2025 to be productive and interesting!

In terms of getting on with some new and kinky projects and artwork I think once I have planned out some work for others to do, I'll get started on either a new enemy type, or a new trap type!

Thank you all for allowing me to take some time off during the holidays. And I can't wait to make 2025 a great year of fun content for you all! :D

Cheers!

• Caroo