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Q: Is Swordmaster Odyssey dead?

Heavens no! It will probably be a few more weeks before I get back to it, though. Right now my focus is on getting the initial in-game art for AetherFall together, which is no small feat. Once I get a hold on the style I want, and get into the groove of producing it, things should lighten up quite a bit on that end.

Q: Is Sketchbook Monday dead?

No, I just keep putting it off.

Q: Is My Brother dead?

No, my brother is still alive and well unfortunately, and so is My Brother. However, there likely won't be any work on it until next year. The project has not been canceled, just delayed in favor of AetherFall.

Q: Is Procyon dead.

Yes. As explained before, the project was axed due to major story problems, made even worse by a horde of technical problems.

Sorry it took me so long to get around to this post, things have been a bit harsh lately.

If you're reading this, it's probably because you've already noticed that Vision Riders as a whole--including Swordmaster Odyssey--has been on hiatus lately. Here's the deal: for the past two years Vision Riders has been my full-time job. Before that, I'd worked freelance jobs here and there when I could land them, but I wanted to see if I could make a living working on my own stuff. For now, the unfortunate answers seems to be "no". Money that I thought I would be able to put towards Vision Riders ending up having to go elsewhere, as life has an annoying tendancy to be unpredictable, which only compounded the problems I've had trying to get animation going--which was the whole reason Vision Riders was started in the first place!

At the moment Vision Riders as a company, a web site, and a creative entity, teeters on the edge of non-existance. However, while I may no longer be able to devote my full time to it, I want Vision Riders to continue because I enjoy it, even if I can only pursue it part-time or as a hobby. We'll have to see how that goes. For now, Swordmaster Odyssey is set to return next week, but everything involving animation has basically been put on indefinite hold. I'll see if I can't get Vision Riders in the air again and will be actively looking into alternate business models, namely ones that don't focus on animation. At least, not in the short term.

Happy second birthday, Vision Riders!

I can't lie and say that the future is going to be bright and happy for you, but here's to my sincere wish that it will be! ^_^

Where has the time gone? Vision Riders is now one year old!

Who knows what the future holds?

No Sketchbook Monday this week. Sorry. I'll have sketches up next week, though.

After much waiting, Vision Riders' tax permit has gone through. We haven't gotten the paperwork from the State yet, though. So how do we know? The never-ending calls trying to sign us up for merchant accounts. Sorry, but we've already got a place in mind.

This post exists for the sole purpose of pointing out the day Vision Riders Entertainment was officially formed and incorporated.