Darkest Depths started as a passion project. I set out to make the game that I wanted to play. At times it hit that mark and at others it failed dramatically. I honestly didn't really have a goal or direction other than random levels and fun gunplay. It has been a huge part of my life through college and leading into me getting my first professional developer job. It definitely ate a huge chunk of my GPA but it was worth it. As of now I no longer have all day every day to invest into the game but I do finally have a vision. I've been so busy learning full stack development that I haven't had the time to pour into the update but I definitely am putting my heart into it. Maybe one day it'll be good enough that I can make it my job. For now I unfortunately have to eat. ːsteamfacepalmː

I told people over a month ago that I was dropping the next release in two weeks. I definitely missed that mark but that's because I really wanted to get over the fail hard and fail fast bump. With the scope of this update there are some issues that I need to iron out before I can push it live. Almost the entire game aside from gun play has been reworked. I feel like I've learned what you guys like and don't like. I also feel like every one will like the visual changes. I've been spending most of the time completely reworking the art and removing every piece of programmer art or random texture that I pulled off of the internet. Everything art wise is officially hand done by me (excluding animations and effects). The player now has arms and some animations to add a better feeling to game play. The bosses are all being reworked to actually feel unique and use different strategies instead of find a safe spot and shoot. There are still static levels that are randomized but there are also procedural levels as well. Once this patch is ready there will be two different level types or floors as I'd promised what feels like ages ago. I plan on pushing that further into at least one more floor type but for now two will do. I will be adding more rooms in updates that won't take as long. I know it's taking forever but I promise that I have a huge list of patch notes that I'm dying to post.

Anyway before I rant on for an hour. I just wanted to let you guys know that there is a huge update coming just not at the speed that I was able to deliver before. I hope that it was worth the wait for you and I genuinely appreciate every one reading this and their time.

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