Hello everyone! Levi Ramirez here.
Just wanted to post an update saying that Shoot Trip Die is now on Itch.io! Am I excited?... I guess? I'm not a huge fan of itch.io but If it means more people get a chance at trying out STD than so be it, no matter my own personal, petty beef I have with them.
Along with that, The Official Item guide is now (or has been) live! I know a lot of people have been wanting help with items and such so here ya go! Why didn't I do this earlier? TO PUT SOME HAIR ON YOUR DANG CHEST! But not only does this guide have detailed explanation's of what items do but also some Trivia about items and what they mean to the game world! So if your interested in learning about that then why not give it a skim...
The Future of Shoot Trip Die
So I've been working on STD for almost a year and a half now, My job doesn't really stop beyond actually making the game though. Promoting it has been a big hassle and probably the weirdest part of this. I'm not huge into e-begging in the sense of like "play my game." The whole "Wishlist Shoot Trip Die on Steam" thing, although helpful, was all and all mostly a meme. It was just funny to have stupid gifs promoting a game, but I think that humor fell on deaf ears to some people... I mean if a gif of a worm moving quickly made you buy my game, idk what that says about you or the landscape of modern commercialism.
Anyways, back on topic, Shoot Trip Die started out as my "farewell" to game development, at least for a while. A lot of the themes of STD exists specifically for that reason, in a very over-dramatic way, I felt that game development was becoming an addiction, something barring me from enjoying my young, adult life. I've also been developing games for 5+ years, just now getting into the "commercial" spotlight, most of my highschool days were spent in front of a screen grinding away at projects to see if I could ever make it to this spot, and now here I am. Truthfully, as Shoot Trip Die's development winds down, I don't think I'll be stopping. Game's, no matter how much time they take, are just so magical to me, and I love knowing that people want to play them!
But! I am 20 years old right now. I'm not old, but I'm getting older. I want to enjoy my 20's for what they are, since I guess I felt I wasted my teen years. So with that in mind, I think I'll be taking a 2-3 month long hiatus from game development and STD updates. I'm also going to be less active on social media as a whole, probably only outside of Newgrounds and (MAYBE) Discord.
But yeah, that's all I gotta say for now. Hope you all enjoy your summer! Hope your safe wherever you are and I hope your excited for new stuff within' STD when the Hiatus is over! I'll make a post here where updates are started to get worked on again.
TLDR; STD is on a Hiatus. This is not the end, but merely a break for me. I will be less active on social media outside of Newgrounds and Discord. Everyone have a good summer.
-Levi Ramirez