Stolen Rose
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Dev Log 17-Mar-2024
🕑 Added 2024-03-17 18:44:44 +0000 UTCHello!
This may be a bit longer than usual as I want to get into some more personal stuff. I'll start with the updates so whoever isn't interested in the rest can skip.
We're currently close to 20k words and going on 900 static images. I've been trying really hard to get ahead with the writing so it doesn't block progress on the images. Also, I added music and SFX for everything that's currently in the build.
Going forward, I'm going to try and optimize the content output as it's been slower than my usual pace in the last few months. There's a good reason for that, but it's been resolved. Which is what I want to get into next.
This has a good ending, but we'll have to crawl through dirt to get there. Over the last four months or so, I've felt overwhelmed. I couldn't work at my normal rate, I was stressed, exhausted and felt incredibly burn out. Looking back, I'm surprised I could do even as much as I did. Even though I was determined to keep going, the thought of how much work I still had to do was daunting. I felt doomed and hopeless. That led me down a path of substance-abuse which only made things worse. I won't say it was my lowest, but it was pretty damn close.
Fortunately, I stumbled upon videos about Magnesium and D-vitamin deficiencies. Now, I knew I was probably somewhat deficient in those aspects and was taking some supplements, but I realized that I was taking Magnesium Oxide and the D3 supplement had so little that I would have had to take 50 pills every day to get to a sufficient dose. So I got some high-quality supplements. I didn't expect a miracle, but I figured I would feel better in time.
But I got a miracle, basically. I slept very well, woke up early, didn't feel anxiety anymore, had energy, felt more confident, and I realized I enjoyed life again. It's been about four days and I've been working hard every day. I don't feel like it's too much, I don't feel mentally exhausted, and I'm excited about the project again after so many months.
I thought really hard whether I should post this or not, but I figured it may help someone. Apparently a lot of people are deficient in those things. Now, please note that I'm not a doctor and all this is just my personal experience. Still, if it helps even one person, it's worth sharing. For that reason, this update is public.
I hope you're having a wonderful day. I am.
--SR
Comments
Sildani
Very cool. Hope there are more. It seems you can’t see all the lewds in one playthrough?
Wrathfulies
Thanks a lot!
Jameson Huddle
Glad to hear you are doing better here's to hoping it's a long term solution for you 🖤 Also don't use all of your good feelings working on the game remember to relax as well!
Wrathfulies
Oh, yeah, magnesium oxide was what I was taking before (which, obviously, wasn't working). Now I'm taking L-threonate, but I'll have to switch to glycinate eventually as threonate is way too expensive. As for D3, I'll look into finding it in oil form, but for now I have a D3+K2 combination and it's working well.
Wrathfulies
I haven't exercised in quite some time, but I do remember feeling great after. I've found that I enjoy taking walks around a nearby lake and do that every morning. It's not quite the same thing, but it works for me. On the other hand, I'd add meditation to things that can do wonders. I really should be getting back into it. It got me out of the darkest place I've ever been (4 years ago).
Aztec God of Fitness
I'm glad to see you've gotten better, if I may suggest, Magnesium oxide is not the best form available, not only it's not the most bio-available form of magnesium, but it can also lead to diarrhea, I would suggest either magnesium citrate or bisglycinate (using bisglycinate myself). As for Vitamin D, I recommend taking it in oil form rather than pills, and it's great to take a Vitamin D3 + Vitamin K2 synergy, people tend to overlook vitamin K. (I'm no professional nutritionist by the way, just a fitness and weightlifting practicioner for years)
Callisto
I am glad that you feel better and that you can enjoy life again. Where I live, there is not enough sunlight half the year to get enough vitamin D naturally and I remember when I started supplementing vitamin D years ago, just 25 μg a day, it had a good effect in subduing my usual winter blues. I've been doing it ever since. Unfortunately, at some point this was no longer enough. Not so long ago, I felt burnt out too. I was trapped somewhere in the dreadful gloom between melancholy and depression. And it was getting worse. As I was already on a very healthy diet and had no nutritional deficiencies, oversupplementing anything was not something I was willing to try. What helped me was exercise, something I hadn't done since I was very young. I started exercising for many different reasons, and it had many different welcome results. But the one thing I didn't expect it to have such a powerful effect on, and the reason I will continue to exercise until the day I die, is the effect it has on brain chemistry. My melancholy and depression are all gone — well, they are completely gone on the vast majority of days. It may not happen that often, but sometimes life-changing solutions can be simple.
Wrathfulies
Rayne, Day 2
Sildani
Thanks for writing this. I’m gonna research this myself. On a more prurient note, I haven’t had a chance to play this much, so let me ask: is there tit-fucking in this game, or planned? Thanks!
