Small bit of advice for your works.

[OddieTheRock]

Whether it be a fangame you're currently doing or maybe some indie related thing, please make sure to make backups (multiple of them, and frequently, if possible) of anything you are working on.

Imagine working on a thing so many people admire and would love to see released, and then all of a sudden your computer fails on you and you lose all of your work.

That is not a situation anyone wants to be in.

List of projects I eventually plan to finish after the indefinite hiatus is over, assuming I don't abruptly cancel them:

Spoiler

Mario's Rather Unusual Trilogy (Mario's slightly unusual Boss Rush (Completed), Mario vs. Some Unusual Foes (In development), Mario's VERY Unusual Final Frontier (In development))
Sonic's Foray into Random/Unusual Zones (spin-off of Unusual Trilogy, in development)
Angry Birds Slingshot Frenzy (In development)
Super Mario Flashback: Really Good Edition (In development)
Super Hilda DX (In only conceptual phase)

Yes, I am aware that I have about 6 or so fangame projects currently in development at the same time. And yes, I am also aware that all of this is very ambitious.

+ List of projects I'm helping out with in some small capacity during my hiatus:

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Super Mario Bros Dimensions 2 (as a spriter, only for Mario's sprites)
MFGG Community Fangame Project 3 (as a spriter)
WordGirl ReWired (as a artist)

[Vert]

You can still recover your files most of the time. Or use git.

Good luck though, hope you're not screwed!

[sooshy]

what happened

TWITTER @sooshyzone
DISCORD sooshy#5346

[OddieTheRock]

what happened

Nothing happened, sooshy. Just wanted to give off this advice to people.

Like I said, nobody wants to be in a situation where you lose all your hard work and haven't backed any files, especially if you haven't backed up frequently.

List of projects I eventually plan to finish after the indefinite hiatus is over, assuming I don't abruptly cancel them:

Spoiler

Mario's Rather Unusual Trilogy (Mario's slightly unusual Boss Rush (Completed), Mario vs. Some Unusual Foes (In development), Mario's VERY Unusual Final Frontier (In development))
Sonic's Foray into Random/Unusual Zones (spin-off of Unusual Trilogy, in development)
Angry Birds Slingshot Frenzy (In development)
Super Mario Flashback: Really Good Edition (In development)
Super Hilda DX (In only conceptual phase)

Yes, I am aware that I have about 6 or so fangame projects currently in development at the same time. And yes, I am also aware that all of this is very ambitious.

+ List of projects I'm helping out with in some small capacity during my hiatus:

Spoiler

Super Mario Bros Dimensions 2 (as a spriter, only for Mario's sprites)
MFGG Community Fangame Project 3 (as a spriter)
WordGirl ReWired (as a artist)

[Fun With Despair]

what happened

Nothing happened, sooshy. Just wanted to give off this advice to people.

Like I said, nobody wants to be in a situation where you lose all your hard work and haven't backed any files, especially if you haven't backed up frequently.

That is good, I was worried that you lost all your progress on your fangames

[Vert]

oh lol.

good advice either way, use source control for sure

[LellyLL]

Thanks man

[VinnyVideo]

Preach it brother!

Keeping multiple versions of your game source is obviously vital, but it's also wise to back up any other game assets that are important to development but aren't part of the source file - concept art, soundfonts you used to create game music, sprite sheets you downloaded from MFGG, anything that took time to create or curate.

Course clear! You got a card.

[SuperSledgeBro]

Absolutely! I'm growing more wise about keeping backups of what I'm making.

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[Amine Retro]

Yeah well see i do have backups, but problem is,
Certain gamedevs don't make backups because they will quickly become outdated and you have to re-implement the features from where you left off since backing up. I think github works just fine? I've yet to try it.