Been a while, I've not really been on deviantART, but I'll make it quick -- clearly, I haven't delivered on any Hetagames that I once did, years ago, when I was deeper into the scene and passionate about the stories I was making. Not that I still don't love the stories I created, but college and personal issues have changed my life and taken a chunk of time from the massive amounts of free time I used to have to play and make these things.
More importantly, I haven't felt able to return to it. The person I considered my partner in all the stuff I ever made, and a huge influence in my writing + art + creative style,
Jaime-nr, passed away a couple years back. We never finished any of our projects together, and I do want to return and finish at least one of our bigger projects -- but the main thing is that I want to do it justice, but I'm keenly aware that nothing I write alone will ever live up to what he created.
That being said, I'm no longer passionate about Hetalia. I
am passionate about the worlds and characters we created, though. If I ever find motivation, I'll be back and try to deliver something resembling the vision we had for our games. Can't promise anything, just wanted to put a final message about there about the future of the games that we made together and never had the chance to finish together. Just to clarify: they're on indefinite hiatus, with no guarantee of being touched ever again, but I'm gathering the motivation to try and do something about at least one of them.
Naoto meant a lot to me, and it's been way easier to push our shared work aside and not think about looking back on it or working on it. Press F for the man I'll remember and love as a best friend for the rest of my life. Losing him was like losing my other half when it happened; it's faded as time's gone by, but by no means feels any easier. I just want to put what happened to him out there, for the people who do remember and care about him, and maybe (hopefully) miss him.
Cheers, thanks for caring, catch y'all another time.