Soul Sunder

Inspiration comes from the weirdest places sometimes. I sent a text to one of my friends the other day, and when I typed in Soul Sunder, the autocorrect changed it to Soup Sender. I took a moment to stare at the words, mouth agape. Suddenly, it all became clear to me. Suddenly, I realized the error of my ways.

"Error of your ways? What are you talking about, Nova?"

Well, people have praised the story for this game in the past. I cannot understand why. I mean, people play video games to GET AWAY from issues like loss and grief, right? So why should I force others to confront these problems through the medium of game. Really, people. Video games cannot be considered a form of artistic expression. Haven't you read Ebert's blog post? Sheesh.

Soup Sender has been a revelation. I can't make games that touch on such heavy issues. I want to make something FUN! I want to make something CHEERFUL. I want to make something that people can laugh at!

So here's what's going to happen: Tomorrow, I'll be taking down all the downloads of Soul Sunder and I'll begin work on the rebooted version. Soup Sender's story will be drastically different from the mess that was the original game. Now, after Arya runs away from the village and becomes Zero, she instead decides to not pursue Cieran. Revenge is too heavy an issue that I want to tackle with this game, so it's scrapped.

Instead, she will search for a new passion in life: Cooking. That's right. Soup Sender will be a cooking simulator.

I've already made a quick concept mockup of the new look. Admittedly, not much has changed in terms of Zero's design, but I want you to at least take a look at what I have so far:




Look at how happy she is! Her sheer joyfulness perfectly reflects my own newfound attitude towards this game's new direction.

Artistic subs may notice that the line art looks a bit, well, different. You see, I have actually purchased a drawing tablet just so I can make better art for you! I've also graduated from GIMP and bought Paint Tool Sai. Gimp doesn't have a pressure sensitivity function, so I had to find something else that did. I'll admit that I'm not exactly perfect at it yet, but I promise you that I'm working hard to improve!

The fact that I've bought a tablet and a new art program should tell you how serious I am about this.


I'll leave the current downloads up for a few more days just so anyone who wants to see the old project can do so. I'm really excited about this new direction and I hope you all are too! I'll make more announcements on the project as I finalize the details, so stay tuned!