I have recently realized how many projects I have/had that never saw the light of day. Easily 10 or more well developed ideas with prototype games lurk on my hard drive without ever being exposed to fresh air. Many of them were good ideas that I came up with long ago but didn't have the skill needed to do the game idea justice. Because I like the concepts so much, I have taken an equally recent liking to revamping the games. One such game idea, REEBO, was looked at today. I am always suprised at how much I constantly improve in terms of graphics AND programming. Alot of the stuff I have "revamped" is art that I was once verrry proud of. In that year, my skills have sharpened immensly, so it gives me absurd pleasure to compare the old with the new. Somtimes the old stuff has more charm, but in an unsophisticated way. Its the kind of charm that can only exist in a freeware game because its not commercial quality, but anything better misses the mark/atmosphere. I am starting to not make sense, so I will wrap it up and leave you with this little side by side of The new/old versions of REEBO.

(For those who might have a panic attack, things like this are mostly experimental side tangents. I may explore it later but what you see before you is NOT really an official WIP like Blackwater and TCOK2. Those two games are still on the roster.)

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