Well it's been a long while since the last update, so you're probably wondering what I've been up to with the project.

Welp it's been a ride to put it simply.

Originally I planned on creating Project Apple Pie in MUGEN, but working with MUGEN sprites proved to be aggravating with how small the character sprites had to be. So I decided to change the game engine that I'd use, which started a long long looooong journey to finding the engine for the game.

First I decided to go with Universal Fighting Game Engine 2 since it had alot of documentation and resources to learn from to get a handle of it. One problem: it was $90, so I decided to look elsewhere, though I worked on sprites in the mean time.

Then I found NightSky Engine, an open source fighting game that had a ton of promise and I dedicated this whole month to learning it. But as it turns out, it's incredibly difficult to work with (I don't have any coding knowledge) from installation and storage issues, to Microsoft Visual Studio tech difficulties, to incredibly lacking guidance and help to work with.

So I decided to abandon NightSky and look for any other alternatives, and today I came across Castagne. So far, it's been much better than the other engines. No installation issues, and there's a good amount of guides and resources to help me out. I have been having a bit of issue getting sprites in, but it's Day One for me so over time I hope I'll get better at using the engine. It looks much more promising than the other two, and I hope it works out!

If I get a basic version of it completed (All 8 characters, training mode, VS mode, and Arcade mode), I hope that I'll be able to upload it on Newgrounds and potentially for it's Game Jam when it rolls around.

This journey's been alot for me this year, and I hope that my lack of work hasn't made anyone think I've been lazy/slacking on the project.

Though with that said, if I can't make the game... what will happen to the project?

After thinking about it, if I can't make Project Apple Pie a game, I'll make it a webcomic. I am an artist, and I do like making comics so I think it'd fit, though I really want the fighting game to be made.

I'm going try my best to make Project Apple Pie a reality in anyway I can. If worst comes to worst, and I find myself absolutely struggling with game development I'll throw one last hail-mary and try to find others on Newgrounds to help me in creating the game, mainly programmers.

I hope everything goes well, and that Project Apple Pie's development finally gets started for real.

See you guys later!