Working with mental problems


So to clearify before the update. This is a messy "update message" where I am gonna talk about my mental health and some problems i am having in my life that have stopped me from working on the game for some time.


Hi everyone reading this. I am Jako, and I am the solo developer on DLC Incoming, which started out as a small for fun project that i had planned to be done with about 4 months after starting. We are now creeping up on 6 months to the day of work on the game and i have enjoyed most of the time working on it.

This project is my biggest game i have ever made. It might look simple and definetly plays every simple as it is an idle game. However i have needed to take multiple breaks from the game because of mental breakdowns, anxiety attacks and finally getting someone to talk with about my issues.

Normally in these i would say what is new and upcoming in the next update, but since the last devlog, not much have been done. I have had serious breakdowns that have broken me mentally to the point where i barely would stand out of bed. I have had one of the hardest times in my life with barely no help from people around me, and have had multiple thoughts about ending the games progress at a proof of concept game, so someone else could make the game that you all deserve.

But i can stop, i wont stop, i am scared of stopping. This game is the only thing that still makes me believe that i can make something others might enjoy. This game is the only project i have ever felt so attached to. This game is my passion project and i dont know if i ever will make anything after this game. I am scared of it. 

I have been told that i shouldnt go into many details about my issues and i probably already have said to much, or lost 99% of people from the first paragraph, but to the 1% still reading and the 1 person playing my game now and again. Thank you what you are doing is showing me that even tho life isnt all roses and cakes, then there still is a reason to be around. Even when you dont like the game i am making and then gives feedback, shows me that there is interest and that some people might wanna see a finished project. Thank you.

This "Update" is messy as heck, and i am sorry, but i hope it gives a bit of insight into what is going on and why no updates have been made in a long time. I will slowly start to work on this project again and hopefully have a new version out at some point later this year, but right now i am not promising anything as my mental is very unstable.

Thanks again for reading and i hope you all have a nice and awesome day.

- Jako (Pumpkin_Dev)

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