Rhythm Quest Devlog 83 - Verified Artist Flow rhythmquestgame.com/devlog/83.html

ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of February 2026, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-th... I think it's time for me to really sit down with an update...well, here we go. My upcoming trip got cancelled, probably for the best for all parties involved. Obviously I'm excited to have some more time back, and to just not be traveling, but [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-fe... I feel their silent judgment, the spite in their voices. These are the kind of memories that leave scars, their mark on your psyche a cruel reminder of a thing that you wish hadn't happened. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/its-... It's still going okay. I have my 5th match coming up for ALTTPR and I've been trying to cram for that to make sure I'm prepared. Fortunately, it'll be a morning match this time, so I won't be spending the whole day anxious about it like last time. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/02/thin... Things are going okay. I wrapped up a fun/busy weekend full of activities and am feeling thankful that Monday is a off-day for me to just chill and maybe work on Rhythm Quest a little, maybe play some ALTTPR or other stuff. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Since outgoing links are not really a thing anyways, I'm going to take a stab at using these monthly artworks to inspire blog posts to put out there. [...] ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026...

Monthly pixel artworks that I did over 2025. I did tracings for the first half of the year, but moved on from those. June and October were the standouts, they're really so much better than anything I made before despite still being on the same 100x100 canvas. #pixelart

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/but-... But why? Why couldn't I save you? Why did you have to go? So I'm doing pretty well, but also pretty sad. Both are true, almost assuredly. I'm doing more good than bad, but I can't for a moment deny the pain of it. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ke... I keep on meaning to write here but end up getting sidetracked into other things. I've been continuing to play lots of stuff, whether it be more ALTTPR practice and prep, or the two roguelikes (Hades 2, Ravenswatch). [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... The feeling that you're gonna be okay. That you're getting it. That you can be proud of yourself. It's not about surpassing others, but about meeting your own standards.

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/01/ive-... I've been doing well, but somewhere along the way I guess I forgot to spend time being sad. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of December 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-... It's weird just how easy it was to slip off the lifelong habit of blogging in here for a little bit. Well, I guess it's fine/just as well, since I was sick and recovering and all that. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/12/i-go... I got taken down for the count, but it's just as well, I guess. If I won't give myself a rest, then I'll just have to be forced to, perhaps. [...]

Y'all are really out here sharing how much music you listened to on Sp()tify? Like, what's next, you wanna brag to me about how many orders you made on Amazon? How many ChatGPT queries you made? How many single-use plastic bags you threw away?

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/12/what... What is it like, I wonder? To be "normal", to go down the path that you're supposed to. Is it just, easier? Some people I'm sure, pay a price for trying to be normal, and "failing". But I'm sure there are those that also, don't. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/12/perh... Perhaps what is so important about loving yourself is that you are always entitled to your own self-love, no matter how shitty you've been, or think you've been. Maybe everyone "deserves" to be loved, but we are never entitled to it. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of November 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.

ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of October 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.

I know I don't usually post stuff like this but this comes with the support and behest of a highly trusted friend. Pitch in a bit, maybe it will help you feel a little more hopeful in these times. Check out Wake Productions by Dr. Rebecca Hall on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wak...

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/perf... Performing surgery is always scary, especially when you're inexperienced with it. I hope that everything will be alright, that things will take root, heal, and grow again. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther... There's a weird feeling of emptiness that I have right now. I guess that, is better than anxiety, at least. I think it's a combination of rolling the credits for Silksong and then just... [...]

ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of September 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-m... My mind keeps on refusing to learn the lessons that my body so desperately tries to tell it, I guess. So here I am at 4AM, anxious and sitting in the company of the doubts that I swatted away like those buzzing flies that kept me on edge even as I [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/it-i... It is one thing to want something for so long and then to realize that you will never reach it. It is another thing to come to the understanding that you will still keep trying despite knowing that you will never reach it. And it is [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/alri... Alright well, I've actually not been doing well, not really. I keep feeling tired and a little depressed, and uneasy, which probably means I've been burning out a bit or something, despite my attempts to try and relax and not worry [...]

So guys...is it just me or is Silksong is just...dark everywhere? Like, these screenshots are just the first 5 locations shown in the trailers of Hollow Knight vs Silksong. ...it's not just me, right?

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/so-f... So far what I've learned from the various mutterings about Silksong is that modern game discourse is "weird". Weird, but not unexpected when you think about how we've gotten here. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/thin... Things are ok! The first half of this week hasn't been as productive for Rhythm Quest as last week was, but there's still time to remedy that. I was quite happy with how I did last week, hopefully I can keep up that pace. [...]

Thinking back to the time when my Japanese-speaking hairdresser who had been speaking English tried asking me "Do you speak Chinese?" in Mandarin and I wanted to tell them that my mom spoke Cantonese but my brain blew up trying to figure out what language to reply in

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/09/some... Somehow I've ended up with all of these different projects that involve a nigh-infinite amount of work, it seems... I've got Rhythm Quest, of course, which it's felt good to sink more time into. [...]

A YEAR OF SPRINGS plush preorders are now open!! 💐🎮 i'm partnering with plush wonderland to make haru, erika & manami dolls! the designs are super cute & i'm so excited to share them with you ✨ they need 50 orders each to happen so help me make them real! 🧸 🔗 plushwonderland.com/collections/...

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/toda... Today was kind of really what I needed. Little things to remind me how to enjoy life. I've been so busy working for myself and others that I forgot to spend enough effort on just having a good time. "Healing" after all is only one part of care. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/it-f... It feels nice, doesn't it? To work, and to play. Certainly, it feels better than either of the two on their own... I've been working on Rhythm Quest some more, which of course, always makes me feel good, [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-di... I didn't do toooo bad, given how hard it was for me to even get out of bed in the morning. After that whole struggle, I did manage to do the work I needed to do, take care of two meals, I solved a steamdeck issue for Rhythm Quest and finished up [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/i-me... I mean, I wish my cooking could solve all my other problems for me, too (spoiler alert: even in Chef Hua, it doesn't). I wish all the knowledge and skills I put into ALTTPR could help me feel a sense of self-worth. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/what... What exactly do I want life to be like? I don't think I'm quite sure...I don't think I'm sure... JaSmix went really well, almost perfectly to be honest. The only real blemishes were the almost-snafus [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/ive-... I've been putting in a lot of work! It feels good to be productive, I feel like somehow I'm back on my game. I sank a bunch of time into Rhythm Quest, which is always a good feeling. Nothing sexy, [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/it-f... It feels good to be validated for your efforts, doesn't it? I've been watching "Chef Hua" -- part of what inspired my previous thoughts on cooking and everything like that. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/love... I talked about love languages in my last post and how when we see them in a more mature and nuanced lens we begin to see things like how "gift giving" doesn't necessarily have to be something really shallow and transactional and how [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/08/cook... Cooking, is, of course, a craft, and a skill. When I'm really enjoying the process of cooking I get a similar enjoyment out of it as I do when I'm playing a videogame, or making music. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.bandcamp.com/album/monthl... Monthly free album release for the month of July 2025, featuring the songs I make in one hour for One Hour Compo.

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/07/i-me... I mean, what is there to say??? ...is my first thought, but I figure I should write something anyways. I've had a long day. Empathy is important, we all know that, at least on a conceptual level, probably. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/07/time... Time for another update... I'm doing okay.? Feel like time is flying by since I've got all these various things that I'm dealing with, but I'm managing somehow, amidst all of it. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/07/okay... Okay, yeah! It's been a while...let's see where things are at. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/07/show... Showing up for yourself means understanding that you deserve love even when you don't think you do Showing up for yourself means learning about what makes you undeserving of love, too [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/07/im-d... I'm doing ok, here, in this place away from home. As much as I like to always keep the same pace and do the same things, it's hard to argue that taking a little break away from myself isn't good every once in a long while. [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/07/blog... Words to Remove from the Dictionary (Part 1) [...]

ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2025/07/can-... Can people really change? I mean, of course, people do change, but I wonder sometimes if that change is slow and hard-earned, or whether change is more like something that just "happens" to you. Like how you can go to bed, but [...]