Despite the entirely underwhelming amount of support I've accumulated from supposed friends and family, I still continue to update my website almost daily with progress on my independant RPG Shadowdawn. The basic game engine is nearly rock solid, and I plan to have a playable demo soon, depending how fast I can develop the first stage's art assets.

Since I've had no inspiration for the accompanying promotional website design - especially since all my productivity is entirely focused on the actual game, I have no place to post the game features yet for Shadowdawn Gaiden: Arashi, so for now I will list them here:

• Realtime 2D action RPG for Xbox Live and PC (as of this publication)


• Explore the cities and countryside of the Foxfire Empire as the blademaster student Arashi unravels the mystery behind the assassination attempt on the Imperial family.


• Attack combos, blocking, parrying, dashing and special sword techniques are all at Arashi's disposal


• Use various tools and the four magical runes to both augment Arashi's abilities and interact with the world


• Special "Aura Gauge" meter allows enhanced combat skills and movement


• Use timing for defense and counterattacks to land decisive finishes to enemies


• Storyline is a direct prequel to Shadowdawn, fleshing out the backstory behind the game's main character.

As more game and promotional artwork is done, I will try to share some here, though I don't want to share it all here. Thanks again to those few who haven't totally turned a blind eye to me, this is the most exciting thing I've ever done in my life and your support means everything.