Oh yeah, back when I was trying to do music full-time I started working on a soundtrack for a visual novel, but put the work on hold pending funding for the game itself. It’s taken a bit, but the Full Course Kickstarter is finally live, and if this game gets funded I’ll be able to finish making the soundtrack.
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current status: wrapped up the web standards meeting for the day, and now watching the recording of yesterday's Planning and Sustainability Commission meeting in Portland, a different kind of standards meeting.
what? I don't have too many projects *you* have too many projects
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