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To whom it may concern,

I originally set the Drake and Eumeaka game to debut on August 29th 2021. This is the birthday of the woman I love - Eumeaka White.

Unfortunately, the debut date was missed; and delayed due to unexpected issues.

Because of these unforeseen issues the original ideal had been altered. Early in the beginning of the 400 days, the original idea was deemed impractical; so a more practical alternative was developed.

And then, I discovered later in development, neither was the alternative going to be achievable by the release date. This was due more so to my lack of knowledge and the unavailable equipment and tools needed to create such ambitions. So I settled on producing only a segment of the alternate idea.

However, shortly after that, other ongoing issues had escalated to the point that I had to put all of the game development on hold.

Later when I returned to finish the game, neither was the more practical ideal - was going to be achievable due to time constraints. But I was determined to achieve the goal I set for myself.

Plus, I believe that in achieving my goals, I would also overcome my current mental impairment. This mental impairment was due to harassment on my job amongst other things.

Unfortunately, the exact origin that caused my impairment is unknown; so I was unsure if I would make a full recovery in a timely manner - if at all possible.

Therefore in order to meet the Deadline, I contrive a totally different game that was simple, intriguing and fully within my capabilities.

But still due to my mental impairment and emotional stress - among other things, my ability to code has also been impaired. I found it difficult to work as fast as I use to; and thus I was unable to meet the deadline even for a simple game.

But I chose to persevere; and even if the debut date was going to be unachievable - a completed game was still important.

But because of time, on going issues and a mental impairment brought on by my job, I stripped the contrive game down to a mere demo.

The shortcuts I took were for practical purposes; but many of them are regretfully done.

I only developed the bare minimum to save time, so the story acted more as a premise rather than a full narrative; plus, I used artwork from free assets on the internet, and I left the game mechanics unpolished.

Moreover, the game, now a demo - is void of fun.

Many of the game mechanics that I had envision for the demo, became to difficult to complete in a timely manner - due to my mental impairment. I found it very difficult to contrive puzzles and riddles at the standard that I previously could that would had added a sense of entertainment to the game; and thus I left them out for the time being.

Such things were easily done by me before the on job harassment.

Nevertheless, I will take the next few days to polish the demo to a reasonable standard for deployment.

However, currently the game has not been optimize nor fully debug for glitches. So I presume there will be some issues even after deploying the game for download.

Lastly, I believe the demo has potential and I believe with enough time, I can fully achieve the previous objectives, the Catch Tay game and much more.

Therefore I will seek to find funding to support my efforts in becoming a game developer; and if possible I will attempt to complete the journal up until today if time permits it.

But due to ongoing issues, I make no guarantee that future game development will continue; but I will attempt to put a decent amount of effort into the dream.

And in the meantime, enjoy new knowledge.

(last revision: November 25, 2021)