First off, why the delay?
I finally got COVID-19.
The silver lining here is that most of the teams for the next few games already work remote, and Kittens in SF is basically 98% finished. Which sounds relatively easy, but I have never felt this lethargic and aimless with any other cold or flu that I've had the chance of catching. There are maybe fifteen minute windows where I feel good enough to work on the game, but then those pass and I can't even think straight. Even with those fifteen minute windows, my body is constantly fluctuating between extreme hot and extreme cold.
I can't talk, I can't smell, and while I still retain my sense of taste, it's dull in most areas but extremely punctuated in others. It's super weird.
But wait, it's not all doom and gloom!
While the game may be delayed, it won't be delayed that long, as I'll be out of isolation next week and plugging away to get you, the general public, your yum-yums.
At the very least, I'll probably take this time to finish up work on some future store pages so we can announce some new products in the interim. Who knows.
If you can, please get vaccinated. I have a mild case, but knowing it is a mild case, I would not want anyone to experience a full-on case of COVID. Because I can't even begin to imagine what that feels like. I also am still deep in recovery from a prior surgery, so these two factors combined are..... not great.
The Halloween Retail Season sale is still on if you feel so inclined.
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The East Arden Mall has seen better days. The 24/7 Halloween shop, Super Scary Halloween Spooky Times, has seen its heyday come and go. But the various mallrats and workers of the mall are fighting back against their Corporate Overlords!
A dark shadow looms as King MacBeth and his mall-eating corporation, MacEmpire, threatens to swallow every mom-and-pop shop in the country of Arden. You have one season to prove that your store can.... like, make the mall profitable? Make sure it doesn't get bought out THIS particular year? Manage your employees, interact with them on a personal level, and train them to be the best Halloween workers ever!
Darn the man. Save the empire. By not selling to the empire.
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Try to make your store so profitable it will become the #1 Halloween superstore in Arden! Maybe.