Hey-ho, it's been a while, yeah?

Well, there are reasons for that. 

I'm not going to give you all the personal details about my life, but some stuff going on IRL coupled with uh... (glances at a few blue-colored sites) all that... Has made me feel a bit stressed and admittedly, I haven't been able to get as much work done as I would like.

There's a loooot of factors going into that, as said, and it's gotten to the point it's a big yarn ball of a mess that is going to take time to untangle.

But, in the meantime, I've decided that I would like to step back from the big project that is Court of Fools and work on some smaller things--Primarily to keep my head in the game dev court, and to dabble more in the wider world that Court of Fools has to offer, so! 

I'm happy to announce that I'll be shifting most of my development focus over to a new miniseries called Samson and Dell!

This series will be some smaller games focused on sort of 'monster of the week'-type stories, more mystery-based than CoF.

It focuses on two siblings, the titular Samson and his sister Dell, as they travel Torja and use Samson's magical abilities to help people with their paranatural problems, while also searching for some way to rid Dell of the curse that has confined her to a teddy bear and then rid Samson of his magic for good! The god they've gotten involved with has promised to fix that for them once they've seen their punishment through, but... C'mon, can you really trust gods? It's been a decade already, so time to take matters into their own hands!

So a quick little FAQ of stuff that might be going on in your head:

• Q. Is this still set in the CoF world?
  • A. Yes, it is the same world, set a currently-undetermined amount of time before the events of CoF. 
• Q. What will become of CoF in the meantime?
  • A. CoF will go into a little bit of a 'stasis,' where I will probably do my best to write bits and pieces here and there whenever I get the time and inspiration, but my focus will likely be on SaD. It's not gone, just sleeping!
• Q. I liked the characters of CoF, though...
  • A. Have no fear! It's completely possible you'll see a few of the main CoF cast in SaD! I already have some ideas ;)
• Q. What of the CoF Discord Server?
  • A. The server (which, as always, is free to join and can be found through this link here!) will likely shift to SaD-focused work, but will keep is structure and I'll still post occasional CoF doodles and the like. 
• Q. Is there any ETA for the first SaD?
  • A. Not at this moment, because I literally just settled on the decision and began concept work yesterday. I'm mulling over a few more details and writing up the outline of the first script as we speak, but once that is settled, proper development will begin.
• Q. Where can I go for updates on SaD, if I'm curious?
  • A. The discord server will be the best place for you, but I will also post updates on Court of Fool's tumblr blog and twitter account. You won't be seeing any updates on it over here until I actually make a page for it, given it will be a different game.

All that aside, the development of SaD will be a bit more casual and loose, for example I've kept Samson and Dell's references as colored sketches rather than fully rendering them:

I'm willing to accept some people might be a bit disappointed in this, but as I said, a lot of factors went into this decision, both internal and external. My hope is for SaD to be a less heavy introduction to the world of CoF, and perhaps it can allow me to adjust the threshold of beginning knowledge for CoF when it comes out!

Thank you very much for reading. Have a wonderful day!