Heyo! Just wanted to share a quick little update since I've been quiet the last few months.
Not long after The Deep Webb went live I returned to warehouse work full-time to make ends meet. Naturally, The One About Forklifts was my next upload after that break. Since that was a seasonal job I expected to come back with lots of ideas and to go back to putting videos out every couple weeks like normal, but obviously that didn't happen.
I don't really have any great reason for the long pause. Getting myself to work on YTPs has been a struggle for a while and I genuinely can't tell if it's burnout or lack-of-confidence or something else. I did start a big YTP project that I've been working on somewhat consistently but it won't be ready for a long while. Plus I'll be back in the warehouse soon which will give me even less time.
For now, I have a handful of smaller, completely unrelated-to-each-other videos that I can put proverbial bows on and upload just to give y'all *anything* for your patience. I haven't decided whether to compile them into a 10+ minute "Crepes" video like old times, but I'm leaning toward keeping them short and separate so they're easier to find (multi-source YTPs have this problem where people - myself included - will forget which video had what segment in it).
Obviously I don't feel great about having so little to show YTP-wise for the last few months, so the ongoing support from my Ko-fi members has been, no exaggeration, keeping me alive. I know everyone's kinda Going Through It right now financially so it absolutely means the world.
DaThings oldheads will remember a time in 2011 when I was uploading videos every single week. I picked that trend back up for a while during 2020. I think with some effort there's a solid chance I'll find my groove again and get back to making consistent videos one day. YTP is still alive, and so am I.
ICYMI I'm making a YTP of Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore that can be modded into the game itself as individually-pooped cutscenes. I'd been chipping away at it between other projects over the last few months, but it's become evident that this isn't a "chip away at it" kind of undertaking. So I've made it my main focus right now.
The bad news is that it's a lot more demanding than any YTP project I've yet taken on so it'll still be a hot minute before it's complete. Before August is the plan, but I'm not gonna rush it. Since it's my main focus there won't likely be any other YTPs uploaded in the meantime unless I get divinely inspired. Plus I've gotten some unfortunate family news that has further slowed me down.
The good news is that it's coming together really well and so far stands to be comparable to the unedited game cutscenes in terms of total runtime. So when it's finished it'll likely be a 20-40 minute megapoop basically. I know a long YTP means nothing if it ain't Good so I'm putting some extra love into making sure it doesn't get stale!
Some of my initial ambitions for the project turned out to be a teensy-bit more than I could handle so it has been scaled back some. For example, I was going to make mashups with all of the in-game music that you could seamlessly swap-in. Ultimately I figured that was too distracting to the gameplay and also a lot more effort than I'd initially thought. I might post the ones I finished as bonuses somewhere eventually.
Whether you plan on experiencing the Arzette project as a game mod, or just by watching the YTP'd cutscene compilation here on YouTube, I hope you're looking forward to it!
For those hoping for a full version of the credits mashup from Speedfolded - that being the one that includes "We're Finally Landing", "Linger", and a Meowsynth cover of "Gusty Garden Galaxy":
- Mashups of mine are typically posed to‪@EllieSpectacularMashups‬ when full versions are available - POLL: What is the *main* reason you want to hear a longer version?
Just a heads-up, I have fully deactivated my Twitter/X accounts @ DaThings and @ EllieSpec, so if you see any tweets from 2024 or later they are not from me. If you've been following one of those accounts for updates or anything, the best place to do that now is tumblr.com/elliespectacular - or maybe I'll start actually using the YouTube community tab, who can say?
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Heyo! Just wanted to share a quick little update since I've been quiet the last few months.
Not long after The Deep Webb went live I returned to warehouse work full-time to make ends meet. Naturally, The One About Forklifts was my next upload after that break. Since that was a seasonal job I expected to come back with lots of ideas and to go back to putting videos out every couple weeks like normal, but obviously that didn't happen.
I don't really have any great reason for the long pause. Getting myself to work on YTPs has been a struggle for a while and I genuinely can't tell if it's burnout or lack-of-confidence or something else. I did start a big YTP project that I've been working on somewhat consistently but it won't be ready for a long while. Plus I'll be back in the warehouse soon which will give me even less time.
For now, I have a handful of smaller, completely unrelated-to-each-other videos that I can put proverbial bows on and upload just to give y'all *anything* for your patience. I haven't decided whether to compile them into a 10+ minute "Crepes" video like old times, but I'm leaning toward keeping them short and separate so they're easier to find (multi-source YTPs have this problem where people - myself included - will forget which video had what segment in it).
Obviously I don't feel great about having so little to show YTP-wise for the last few months, so the ongoing support from my Ko-fi members has been, no exaggeration, keeping me alive. I know everyone's kinda Going Through It right now financially so it absolutely means the world.
DaThings oldheads will remember a time in 2011 when I was uploading videos every single week. I picked that trend back up for a while during 2020. I think with some effort there's a solid chance I'll find my groove again and get back to making consistent videos one day. YTP is still alive, and so am I.
Thanks <3
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ICYMI I'm making a YTP of Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore that can be modded into the game itself as individually-pooped cutscenes. I'd been chipping away at it between other projects over the last few months, but it's become evident that this isn't a "chip away at it" kind of undertaking. So I've made it my main focus right now.
The bad news is that it's a lot more demanding than any YTP project I've yet taken on so it'll still be a hot minute before it's complete. Before August is the plan, but I'm not gonna rush it. Since it's my main focus there won't likely be any other YTPs uploaded in the meantime unless I get divinely inspired. Plus I've gotten some unfortunate family news that has further slowed me down.
The good news is that it's coming together really well and so far stands to be comparable to the unedited game cutscenes in terms of total runtime. So when it's finished it'll likely be a 20-40 minute megapoop basically. I know a long YTP means nothing if it ain't Good so I'm putting some extra love into making sure it doesn't get stale!
Some of my initial ambitions for the project turned out to be a teensy-bit more than I could handle so it has been scaled back some. For example, I was going to make mashups with all of the in-game music that you could seamlessly swap-in. Ultimately I figured that was too distracting to the gameplay and also a lot more effort than I'd initially thought. I might post the ones I finished as bonuses somewhere eventually.
Whether you plan on experiencing the Arzette project as a game mod, or just by watching the YTP'd cutscene compilation here on YouTube, I hope you're looking forward to it!
Thanks <3
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For those hoping for a full version of the credits mashup from Speedfolded - that being the one that includes "We're Finally Landing", "Linger", and a Meowsynth cover of "Gusty Garden Galaxy":
- Mashups of mine are typically posed to‪@EllieSpectacularMashups‬ when full versions are available
- POLL: What is the *main* reason you want to hear a longer version?
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Just a heads-up, I have fully deactivated my Twitter/X accounts @ DaThings and @ EllieSpec, so if you see any tweets from 2024 or later they are not from me. If you've been following one of those accounts for updates or anything, the best place to do that now is tumblr.com/elliespectacular - or maybe I'll start actually using the YouTube community tab, who can say?
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