THE ANZKY NOVEMBER REPORT IS HERE!!!

it's about time i catch up with you.

FIRST OFF, I HAVE A BLUESKY ACCOUNT NOW.

if you enjoy what i post, check out my bluesky!

i plan on posting smaller progress updates for games there. and some exclusive silly art unfit for newgrounds.

WHAT'S WITH THE GREEN GUY IN YOUR PROFILE PIC?

well, that's ME, you silly goose!

i made a new sona! but if you look back through my posts,

you'll find my last design wasn't even that long ago!

what's the deal, anzky? sick of yourself already?

yeah, pretty much. i'm a green lover now.

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW?

funny you ask. i have a roadmap for three games in production!

our list consists of:

Ballgame DX - (A high-score arcade game on a time limit!)

?????? - (A point and click game about [things].)

PABLO: EXTRA LIFE - (An RPG game, planned to be my biggest project yet by far.)

the list is organized by priority. Ballgame DX will release first.

also, i can't promise when each of these things will come out!

ideally, Ballgame DX will be out by this year. DON'T QUOTE ME THOUGH!

RETHINKING THE BALL GAME...

here's a current concept image for Ballgame DX's gameplay!

you're that white ball, and you need to collect the smaller ring balls to earn points.

some balls give more points, and move differently as well, which is dictated by color.

there are multiple different "rooms" you can travel through using the doors on the sides.

they take you to new rooms with more balls. maybe there could be multiple paths. i dunno.

there's also that little snake enemy. pretty self explanatory. you touch it, you die.

there'll be more enemies. if you have any ideas for enemies, please comment them.

ONE HUNDRED?

that's right! one hundred fans on newgrounds, baby!

thanks to all my loyal fans. glad to have you here.

i think you're all different than a follower, or a subscriber. you know that's not how newgrounds works.

you chose me! and that's so special to me. honestly i didn't think i was that cool. not newgrounds cool at least.

even though i don't post very often, i'm still working on stuff, i promise. i'm out here working on three games!

i'd argue i'm working harder than ever, and it's all for you guys. keep your eyes peeled...

THANK YOU ALL!!!

thanks for the positive response to Ballgame's OST.

i got two frontpaged songs in the span of a week. you can check them out here and here.

it takes a lot of work to get frontpaged, and to have it happen twice? my oh my!

as a result, i feel confident that i want to finish Ballgame DX. i'm gonna try.

if i can't finish Ballgame, i don't know what i can finish. hopefully it'll be easy. easy-ish.

THIS CONCLUDES ANZKY'S NOVEMBER REPORT.

hopefully i'll post more here. don't count on it though.

-anzky

secret project

can YOU figure out what i'm using this instrumental for?

-anzky

hey, want a free song snippet?

here you go, pal. knock yourself out.

song coming soon to an earhole near you.

-anzky

why i’m quitting pablo ballpark’s big day out (april fools)

by anzky

hello, everyone! sorry to announce, but due to recent events, i am going to be stepping down from development on the pablo ballpark. this has been a hard decision for me to make, but i know that it’s more important that i put my mental health before the game. i would like to thank all of you who supported me/worked on the game, even if you didn’t do much to contribute. many of your kind words was one of my main reasons i kept developing. sadly though, due to recent events, i simply can’t continue working on the game. it’s taken too great of a toll on my mental health.

but why?

in the paragraph i just wrote, i had referred to recent events, but if you haven’t been active in the server for the past few days, you may have completely missed out. before i can explain what happened recently that would push me to quit, i have to explain where it started.

the first of many difficulties with pablo ballpark’s development was when i realized i needed to switch to godot. in the Löve2D version of the game, it had become apparent that creating the jiggle physics of pablo’s three asses would be impossible on godot. even two asses ran terribly, even on my computer. godot handled it much better, thankfully. it still took an entire month to figure out how to implement it though.

this is the code i eventually landed on:

needless to say, i’m still pretty proud of that code. but with a fourth ass planned, the code for the jiggle physics would just become too much to code. that and having to switch engines took a significant toll on my health. that wasn’t even the final straw though. i have to bring up the elephant in the room:

working with pablo

working with pablo ballpark hasn’t been the easiest, considering the multiple incidents that have happened throughout development. in fact, he was the one who originally suggested having multiple asses, and i didn’t want to say no. i was pressured into giving him what he wanted throughout development of the game. 

one notable incident was during the Löve2D era, i had asked pablo for a pen. he stared at me with a mischievous grin, and replied: “I do have a pen, but you need to find it” (Ballpark). i spent at least three minutes looking around the room, until i spotted the pen perched atop his lavender rump. this was a red flag, but i had tried to ignore it. as time went on, it became harder to ignore. 

one day in january, he played that one Witch Doctor song at an ear shattering 100 dB. every time i would tell him to turn it down, he would turn it up by 10 dB. as a result, i’ve had to make the entirety of the pablo ballpark soundtrack beethoven style. pablo has never apologized. i started to become convinced that the more asses i gave him, the bigger his ego became.

the recent event

if you have been on the pablo ballpark server in the past few days, you’re probably aware of what this “recent event” is. i had found pablo ballpark’s private X account, which was quite disturbing. it seems he spent multiple hours fighting the “#woke SJWs” in “our blessed country”. they were all bots. he also followed multiple gimmick accounts related to piss drinking. but the most disturbing detail of all, was that he followed Elon Musk, Elon Fusk, and even… Elon Busk. 

i eventually confronted him about such behavior, and he simply stared at me in silence for about ten seconds and then said: “Sorry, I don’t listen to STUPID.” (Ballpark). he then proceeded to do his “Ass Claps While Walking Away Smugly Walk”™ when he tripped on a pebble, rolled down a ten foot ditch, rolled beneath a horse, and was stomped to death slowly and brutally. this was a traumatizing event, to say the least, but on the bright side, a huge burden was lifted off of my shoulders.

future plans

since pablo ballpark has ended, i’d like to set my eyes on something more enjoyable, something new. i want to make it clear that my game development career is far from over, and i plan to make much more in the future, so expect big things. i have a completely new project in mind, something bigger than ever before. i might need a big team, but if i work hard, i’ll give the world something truly special. i can’t wait to work on it, so i’ll see you guys when Pablo Ballpark With Five Asses (2029) is done!

-anzky

Pablo Ballpark's Big Day Out is here!

(logo for said game)

so, what is pablo ballpark? and why do we care?

well, it's an RPG game that i've been working REALLY REALLY hard on. it has, you guessed it, quirky characters and worlds to explore! it even has a unique battle mechanic requiring you to do a warioware-esque task to use attacks!

AND, you care about it because I MADE IT. CARE NOW.

meet pablo and darren.

(pablo is the one on the left, darren is the one on the right)

important info:

pablo and darren are both 19* years old.

*just because i said they're both adults, please do NOT draw porn of them. i am a MINOR.

pablo is really into baseball and partially into gaming.

darren is much more into gaming than pablo, as well as computer science.

(AKA NERD)

despite what it seems, pablo is the anti-social one, and darren often has to drag pablo around.

they are roommates.

pablo is aroace and darren is bi.

gameplay:

you guys deserve a treat for being so patient with me. here's some gameplay footage!

(btw, more goodies will be released on this youtube channel, so if you wanna stay up to date, subscribe.)

how can i support the game?

you can't do much at the moment, but i'll announce anything where you can directly help. for now, you can join the discord server!

discord server

that's all.

demo coming to gamejolt and itch.io in the coming months.

until then, get excited!

-anzky

hey! here's a free song snippet!

full song:

-anzky

boy, it's been a while, huh?

you may have noticed i've been posting much less lately. why is that?

there are a few things on why.

(that's you, the feeble reader of this blog, enamored by my wit and ingenuity)

number one: TOP SECRET CLASSIFIED INFO!

everything i've been working on i've deemed too lame to put online, and the rest is TOP FREAKIN' SECRET!

to keep you all at bay (AKA to shut you all up), i'll tell you the vague mediums i've been creating with lately.

- ableton**

- aseprite (related to godot)

- blender* (surprisingly not related to godot)

- godot (game engine)

(* means it's being used frequently atm)

congrats! you have a vague idea of what i've been doing. onto the second reason.

number two: laziness.

my bed so comfy... also no inspiration to draw at the moment. in a state of art burnout i think(?) i go through phases where i feel like drawing less. this is temporary, and could soon come back perhaps.

(who is this man. he looks like a harold)

number three: school

school been making me busy. simple as that gamers. a lotta stuff has been going on in terms of work so you know how it is... not like i don't have time to do anything now, i've just been pouring that into relaxing or AGRESSIVELY making music.

SPEAKING OF MUSIC...

oh boy, the interesting part! you get to see (some of)

the culmination of my hard work over the past month or so!

(this is you at the moment. freaking HYPED for what i have made. you even peed yourself a little in anticipation but you're hiding it really well!)

THE MUSIC FILES:

sad days if it was different <-- test(?) for sad days

telephone company <-- instrumental (for now)

mirrorman (temporary name) <-- oh i like this one!!

that is all guys.

for now i shall keep working, doing things in secret, maybe a little bit of crime too. hopefully you've all stopped crying tears of joy from that awesome music by the time you get to this message. if not, deposit said tears into this mug:

anyway, bye for now!!!

-anzky



I HAVE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

but instead of telling you like a sane person, i've put it in this riddle.

not too hard thankfully, good luck.

if you figure it out, you can say what the secret truth is. good job! feel free to ask for any questions or hints.

-anzky

all my music is probably gone. womp womp :(

i guess the most unfortunate part about all of this is i was just about to release a brand new song! with vocals!

listen to the demo i made here.

remember that demo track i posted? one of the songs on them was literally almost finished. it was high quality, and i'm debating on whether i should release it. as much as i'd like to show you it, i also don't want you to get attached. if i send it, uhhhh.... lol.

gameplan:

CONTINUE LOOKING!

probably send the demo for the song....

DELETE ALL OF THIS IF I FIND IT

if the bad ending happens (i actually lost it fr) then i remake it... sigh

thanks for listening guys! it's good to get this out. i'll keep you all posted

-anzky

HELLO! THANKS FOR ALL THAT ART IN THE ART TRADE!!

i'm really sorry if yours didn't get picked. if you DID make me something, i'll probably end up still doing my part. thanks for being so patient with me!!

but here's the poll i need to do.

okay! so you're aware of the comic i've been working on... dogboy and stopsign.

good comic! except i've started this next issue without writing the plot. not good.

what is there to do?

(this is where it gets important, read this)

i've been considering making a philip & gupler comic for a while now, but every time i think of it, i know i can't make two comics at once. so tell ya what. if i do end up making a philip and gupler comic, you'll get some nice big issues, all colored and beautiful! but if i end up making dogboy & stopsign, it'll be more bite-sized, emotional, and wholesome! only problem is i'm kinda screwing that up...

so what do you wanna see?

a philip and gupler comic (fun and action packed, time consuming, colored)

or...

a dogboy and stopsign comic

(more emotional, requires me to restart, b&w)