Hi Everybody. I'm just thinking a lot lately about this project, pros, cons, all the rest. There's a part of me which is thinking maybe it is time for me to move onto a new project, and another part of me who thinks there's a few more updates to be done here. I go back and forth on it. The core idea, at the heart of this project, was that I would be building this to learn as much as possible about building my own interactive dynamic system, whatever that meant. I wanted to create an experimental sandbox, for testing out ideas, messing around with possibilities, so forth. 

This project has some very clear shortcomings which I am quite certain are totally obvious to anyone who has downloaded this app. There's no easy way to synchronize data between instances, no phone version, no cloud storage, no social features, and a number of other limitations here and there. The question for me is, what do I want to build next, and someday?

I still want to build a mobile application and get it on the app stores, so it does make sense for me to create something. I'm not quite sure if it will be related to this or not, but the whole idea is, once you make 1 app, building the 2nd app becomes much easier. That's sort of how programming works, each successive project is easier than the one which came before. This application was a pretty ambitious project to start with, and I am very proud of it in so many ways. I think I would like to adapt it to be easier to synchronize between platforms, I do still have dreams of building some kind of social system, allowing for things like plugin support, and even abstracting some of this down a bit more to allow for a community of people to interact around whatever this is becoming.

Where I get stuck sometimes is around the question of whether this is it, OR, if this whole developmental arc might be better served making a leap to a new project. I can't quite answer this yet, it's just something on my mind I wanted to share. I haven't really made a decision.

I am also finding more and more that in my free time what I really like to do is write fiction, read, relax. I still want to make a video game, sometimes. I am thinking about getting back into making music again. So there are a lot of questions circling, circling, circling. Either way, the more components I create attached to this project, the more potential it will all have to be renamed, reinvented, later on. If reinventing this whole project is what will be best for it, I will not hesitate. Backwards compatibility is not my main goal. However, if I make some kind of dramatic change I will provide some kind of converter or other software to redeem all the data already compiled. The project will continue to evolve into whatever it is going to become. Its future is open!

The bottom line: This project is an experiment, and it continues to be experimental. I have a config update in the works which I mentioned, I am still thinking a lot about what is going to come next, and I am not in any rush. It might be a while before the next update. It may interest you to know that in addition to this software, I am using Notion and Google drive, so clearly even for me, this app is not meeting all my needs, however interesting and fun it might be for certain things. These signs to me indicate there is more to explore, that maybe a shift will be in order at some point, in the entire design. I will continue to think about it. As always, you're welcome to fork the code and go bonkers doing whatever it is you want to do.  A part of me is already ready to try something new.

Either way, I will keep working on this as long as I enjoy doing it. If that ever changes, I will move on. Big DAY! they announced death stranding II and Hades II as well. I am also thinking a lot about new projects. I want to do something new soon