Hey guys. We hit 11k downloads last month, around new year’s day. I wanted so badly to do something special to celebrate such a huge milestone, but I’m very unwell. I kept postponing writing this post, believing I would be able to get things sorted soon.

I’m feeling a lot better now, but drawing makes me nauseous. I tried for a while today and it just didn’t happen. So sadly, I’ll have to break our tradition of posting a celebration piece for big milestones. :(

Still, thank you so, so much for downloading MyGF. I never thought my game would reach so many people. I’m so thankful that I took the chance of sharing it with a big audience last year. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I’d like to take this opportunity to offer some transparency regarding the future of MyGF and my projects in general.

To be completely honest, my imposter syndrome has been so bad lately that I almost deleted everything I’ve ever made several times this last year. It’s a struggle that comes and goes, even with everyone’s kind words and assurances that my projects are enjoyable. I’m my own biggest hater, seriously. I wish I could see MyGF the way you guys do.

It’s because of those feelings that I’ve also been putting off announcing my future plans regarding this game. I’ve had a whole new ‘episode’ ready for some time now - hours of brand new content with potential for more expansions in the future!

I took in consideration all the feedback given by you guys while crafting this new episode in MyGF’s story. But a part of me is still afraid to release it. Another reason why I keep putting off releasing it is because of pricing. At this point in my life it’s just not feasible for me to keep releasing long games for free, spending dozens upon dozens of hours doing absolutely everything; yet I’ll need a budget to hire people who can help me make better games too.

That’s why the extra episodes would be paid. I’m not sure how much I’d ask for it, but the mininum, considering that 30% of all purchases go to taxes, would be $2.50.

I don’t want a portion of fans of the game to miss out on this huge amount of new content, though, so that’s subject to change and will probably be on sale at various points - itch’s creator’s day, christmas, etc!

This new release would also be accompanied by MyGF’s official release on Google Play… it’s exciting that it could reach a new audience, but it’s also scary!

I’m sorry that this post is a bit of a downer and that I couldn’t do anything special for such a huge milestone in the game’s history. I really hope I can work on myself further and be able to look at my work in a more kind light, as soon as possible.

Once again, thank you so much for your support. Ash, Rikka, Lion and Mafuyu are somewhere out there celebrating their success, I’m sure!

• Meiri.