alright, it's been a moment so i figured i type out a few words to note what the hell is going on and to properly thank everyone involved;

~3 weeks ago i released my flash forward 2025 submission

and a week later, a lil update. now, here's the thing - this update was supposed to be bigger - and not only that, but it was supposed to be the first out of numerous updates, to finish up some features and continue expanding the internet for a while.

so why isn't the update bigger then? glad no one asked, happy to answer! i fucked up. or maybe Flash fucked up, not sure, but i do know that the stuff planned for that bigger version of the update is all done, and is in the project's main .fla. however, i can't get Flash to export it. no errors (like the infamous no memory one, love that one, all my homies love that one) or nothing - the exporting window just disappears, and Flash in turn becomes unstable and unusable until restarted. while there's no memory error message, i am almost certain it's a memory thing - though i've ended up allocating more than 1tb total to page files at certain points so i don't know.

been away for some time, so now i'll try one last thing to try and get this stuff out - nuking every trace of flash from my pc and attempting a clean install. this is a risky one, as there's already issues (API stuff) opening the project file on different machines/different installs. so, a few things can happen:

• everything completely breaks and the file explodes
• nothing changes
• it magically works™

let's hope for the last one, i guess.

thanks for playing and/or reading through this diary entry lol you're the best FOR REAL!!!!! even with the missing content, the reception has been amazing and i'm really happy that people actually engaged with the game like it was intended; i've seen people come back to play for multiple days, or go on for hours in one sitting - absolutely insane, i genuinely didn't expect that!

now to properly thank everyone for their contributions and to actually specify who did what;

BIG THANKS TO

@MihaP for handling the stuff i couldn't (he actually knows how to code) such as the AOL Runner, the scrollbars and the browser back/forward buttons - he also did some share API magic but, uh, yeah. oh and the CD Burner!!!!!

@bergmik and @Krutches for helping me out with writing all those fucking websites, they did around 20 between the two of them

@Mantis @MalFromed @bro-son @Cyberdevil for throwing some graphics my way to fill up the internet;

@Mantis did the main category buttons on the NetTowns homepage, as well as the abandonwear button.

@MalFromed delivered a few wallpapers, helped with the AOL guy running, and let me use his older stuff for the NetTowns homepage logo, as well as the Homo Guy found in the AOL Runner.

@Cyberdevil did a bunch of NGTV logo variants for the last Christmas Marathon and i recycled one for the NGTV website.

@bro-son did the assets for the lil guy talking to you from the Dick Pills ad - voiced by @bergmik

@Sro and @TeffyD for the 3D Tunnel Demo - @Sro delivered the visuals and @TeffyD did the music. worked out very well, i think.

@sntnc for the fancy Winamp music - 90s rave bros rise up

@NickSenny and @Krutches for letting me use their pictures for some of the webpages

@53xy83457 for giving me The Robust Anticheat System™ a year ago, for windowz XP 2012, which is so good i used it AGAIN

@Noves for polishing up some writing a while ago, for a failed project, that i ended up recycling for the game

and @Dungeonation for letting me bother him with dumb Flash questions and actually helping me out instead of telling me to go fuck myself - real MVP

see you all soon with some exciting stuff!

oh and here's the mandatory shameless ko-fi plug GIVE ME MONEY THIS IS A THREAT

no cool closer image this time, sorry, love you though