Wow... I just realized that the last time I wrote anything here was nine months ago, and what's worse, almost every word that I wrote is no longer true. The only thing that remains pretty much the same is my job, which is still the same as 11 years ago. I found that at this moment I'm much closer to what I wrote in April 2014, in the previous Life goes on post. So who knows, maybe it will become a new series?
First of all, I'm officially divorced, once and for all. I tried to fight against it, but when your life becomes an endless war, it means that something went terribly wrong. So in the end it's a big step forward after all the turbulences from the past three years. Still, much time has to pass before I can even start thinking about being with someone again, and I must admit that's something that I really miss. It's really ironic that in 2014 I wrote that I'd already gone through all the denial-anger-regret stages, because so much has happened since that time that now I'm in yet another stage of profound sadness.
Also, the project that my company has been working on for almost a year, failed miserably for reasons beyond our control, just like the previous one. Ironically, the reasons were pretty much the same in both cases - the people that we relied on exhibited a very harmful mixture of greed and utter ignorance. We still have to decide what to do next, but honestly, none of us is willing to go through this once again. It surely wasn't a waste of time, working on this project was a great experience and I'm extremely proud of what we have accomplished as a team. However, seeing things that you've created burn and fall because of someone's bad will doesn't feel so great.
So what remains? Not much for now, I must admit. Obviously I have to start working on something again just to remain sane. The most logical thing would be to return to one of my open source projects. For example, there's a pile of feature requests for WebIssues. I don't rule it out, perhaps I will do that next year. However, at this moment I need to start something new and a bit more creative. In my case typically that means creating a game. I still remember the lessons I drew from Mister Tins, so this time I will take a slightly different approach. It will be a simple 2D browser game. There will be stronger focus on graphics and level design, and the game engine will be as simple as possible. Generally the goal is to create a nice looking and fun game with reasonable effort. Recently any plans I make tend to backfire, but on the other hand it's always important to keep trying, so time will show how it goes this time.