Hello folks, it's Saturday!
I'm afraid I have basically nothing to offer this week ^^; I spent most of the week packing up orders and taking them to the post office, and the remaining bit of the week resting.
My back and especially my dominant arm became very sore from the package work.
I haven't worked on the keychain art I sh...
2025-08-02 14:23:47 +0000 UTC View PostTLDR: A huge amount of my recent customers in the USA have selected Small Packet: Air™ shipping. This shipping does not include tracking. If you selected Small Packet: Air™, which was the default on Apple Pay, you will not be getting a tracking number. Your package is still on its way to you normally.
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2025-07-31 15:48:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello again folks! It's been another eventful week!
I'll start with the hot news: If you haven't heard, the payment processors are going after itch.io now too. For the time being, adult content on itch is simply being hidden from search results [ although I am seeing some patchy reports of games actually being taken down ]...
2025-07-26 14:19:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello again! It's been an extremely hectic and busy week, but I'm really glad that people seem to be enjoying the game 💚
I spent last week getting the game launched on Steam, and getting 2025-07-19 14:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post
In a few hours [ 1:00PM MDT ] the YKMET:Strade will be going live on Steam!
I've been getting blasted with questions and DMs so here's a little FAQ to hopefully help people find the info they want:
The game is coming out at 1:00PM MDT Today!
For anyone who can't or don't want to play it on Stea...
2025-07-15 14:06:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe release date is nearly upon us! I've been completing some background work and stressing behind the scenes and I am very exhausted 😂
Most things are going fairly well! There is some setbacks/bad news but it's nothing too serious. Actually, let's just get all the bad news out of the way first:
So the short version is that I won'...
2025-07-12 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I've got a special announcement to make:
I've just sent the first batch of Steam Access Code emails out! That means that 1000 of you should be receiving your free Steam code any minute now. The remaining 709 of you will get your email sent out tomorrow [ Google workspace has daily limits on how many emails I can send like this, so I...
2025-07-09 19:19:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello again people!
Last week was actually very productive! I took a break last weekend to go camping and I think that helped me get back in the zone.
As usual, the beta testers have been working very hard and helping a lot.
For the first half of the week, I beefed up memelord mode quite a bit. It's finally now at the point tha...
2025-07-05 14:28:17 +0000 UTC View PostI'm afraid I don't really have anything to say with this update ^^;
The beta testers and I continued our work like normal last week. I've been struggling somewhat still with my anxiety and mental health, but we're still getting work done.
As the release date approaches, I find myself pretty terrified. The poor beta testers have had t...
2025-06-28 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWe're less than a month away from release now!
I got a little stressed and overwhelmed this week but the beta testers are always working hard and we're still making great progress.
I do feel like the core game is complete and adequately tested now. Now all that's left is adding more bonus content. I've been adding more content to me...
2025-06-21 14:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostI can finally write a Saturday update about progress and not waiting 😩🙏💚
As I'm sure most of you know, beta testing has kicked off and is now in progress! I've gotten 150 testers, but a few are still stuck outside of the discord server. The last Saturday update has some comments from testers experiencing the issue and organizing t...
2025-06-14 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
If you are interested! Read this other post fully and carefully!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/126871293
WHEN: Monday Ju...
2025-06-08 01:48:40 +0000 UTC View PostSo, as I'm sure you guys have heard, Steam approved the store page for YKMET and we're still waiting for the actual app approval.
I'm feeling fairly hopeful...
BIG NEWS! During the last hour of the stream, Steam approved the store page for YKMET!
That's half the battle! The game still needs to be approved but the store page is now PUBLIC!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3515380/YKMET_Strade 2025-06-05 23:39:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning and happy Saturday folks!
The fight with Steam continues.
While it is frustrating, I actually find it personally clarifying to know now, without a doubt, that they are deliberately sabotaging the game. There are no more other possibilities left.
There have been very few changes to the situation since last update: 2025-05-31 14:02:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hell again, it's been another week.
Well, Steam changed the status of my game last night. They failed it again.
This time they said that I didn't fill out the content survey well enough. Which in my opinion is a lie. The content survey is a long form of checkboxes for sensitive content ranging from violence to drugs to racism etc, en...
2025-05-24 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello again!
This week I have a few things to cover, some bad and some good. The anxiety/adrenaline was bad this week so bear with me 😂
I might as well get into the bad things first so we can end on a fun note:
Steam still has not approved my app. 9 days ago, they updated my Steam...
2025-05-17 14:44:33 +0000 UTC View PostHello again!
I 'm afraid there's still no real update from Steam. I can't believe it's taking this long 😩
On May 7th I got a message on my support ticket telling me that my game needs 'an additional review' [ full screencap of convo is up on DMG 2025-05-10 14:45:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello folks! It's the weekend and I have... very little news for you 😅
I want to start off with another thank you- this time for everyone's patience and understanding with the game's beta testing and launch delay. You've all been really kind, and I appreciate it a lot. I also gotten a lot of messages urging me to just take a break, and ...
2025-05-03 14:43:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello again! It's finally time for the final credits update and the end of the credits tier on Patreon.
I do a lot of this process by hand and I'm pretty tired today so human error could have slipped in! If you have pledged $20 or more under the Credits tier here on Patreon any time in the last 23 months, yo...
2025-05-01 00:56:13 +0000 UTC View PostBeta testing general guide: https://www.patreon.com/posts/126871293
I'm very sorry to report that we can't start beta testing tomorrow. Steamworks has been flat out ignoring me and hasn't approved my game.
I sent in a support ticket yesterday asking them ...
2025-04-30 18:02:37 +0000 UTC View PostBeta Testing guide: https://www.patreon.com/posts/beta-testing-126871293
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It's actually Saturday this time! Good morning!
So, last week was very stressful. I do think I got a reasonable amount of work do...
2025-04-26 14:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys! Surprise Tuesday ping!
So, I got a quote back from a plushie company I'm interested in working with. They have very high trustpilot reviews and they have several examples that show me they should be able to create what I want.
I'll cut to the chase: Making these plushies won't be cheap. We're not working with massive corpor...
2025-04-22 18:41:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again! It's already the 19th... sheesh.
I'll link to the Beta Testing post in case anyone missed it until that starts:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/beta-testing-126871293
In other news, I unfortunately don't have a lot I can show yo...
2025-04-19 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello! It's time to get more specific about the beta testing coming up and what I'm going to need from potential testers.
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The beta testing tier of patreon will be opened at 10:00AM DMT [ GMT-6 ] on Monday Morning, June 9th! The beta testing will begin immediat...
2025-04-17 17:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! We've made it another week! 🎉
I had another pretty productive week, but the results are mixed. I had some great successes and some disappointing failures.
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Let's rip the bandaid off and get to the bad news first: My translation mod system is a total bust. 😩 I'm sorry.
I though...
2025-04-12 14:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again folks! It's been a pretty good week!
I'm feeling a lot better after I got stuff off my chest. I'm finally feeling less anxious and depressed. It's also getting warmer here and the snow is melting, so that's really nice too.
I got a pretty good amount of work done last week!
2025-04-05 14:13:46 +0000 UTC
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Good morning! Sorry, I'm balancing the jokes for Aprils 1st out with everyone's favourite: Records and accounting!
Seriously though, it's the first of a new month so it's time for a credits update! This will be the second last credits update- People will have one last chance to get on the credits during April, and then I'm deleting the 'Sp...
2025-04-01 15:07:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe weekend has come again, and I bring you updates!
Last week was quite productive. I managed to work through an entire week without having a major meltdown 😂
I won't lie or sugarcoat though, I am still struggling with depression and anxiety. My family member's health and the shadow of fascism stretching up from the south is a ne...
2025-03-29 14:24:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello folks! It's time for another update! I'm sure you can see the embedded video up there [ I don't get to decide where that goes LMAO ] so I'll just explain that first. It's a set of short examples of how the sound coding is going, with background music inserted and some sound effects.
I've gotten roughly half the script done in terms o...
2025-03-22 14:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post