Botany Presser’s Anniversary:

Botany Presser has officially turned 3 years old as of February 13th 2024. Botany Presser, known as Button Clicker Tower Defense at the time, was the first REAL game I've ever made. (Nothing Simulator technically isn’t a game and A Game About Tanks is more of a test project than anything) I put a lot of effort into this game and I am proud of how it has turned out. I wish I could do more though.

To celebrate this momentous occasion I have made some art for it. Here's the art. I wish I could celebrate more but to be honest I don’t want to do anything as of right now. 

There are some things I‘ve always wanted to do with it besides making it a full game. I’ve wanted to port Botany Presser as it is right now to Flash. I want to draw Botany Presser characters in [literally anything but Scratch]. I’ve also wanted to make a website dedicated to Balloonshroom with things involving Botany Presser in them but unfortunately, I don’t know how to code. I’d really like to do this one though.

Here’s to Botany Presser’s 3 Year Anniversary and to many more after.

Another Occasion:

I’m also proud to report that I myself am also reaching a monumental milestone in my life within the first quarter of 2024. It‘s actually close to BP’s anniversary too. I wonder if anyone here can guess what the occasion is.

What's happening currently:

I've been in a depressive mood recently. I talk about it more here but long story short, I wish I could make more of a positive impact on the world. Thankfully however, Lizguy74 has been lifting my spirits by spreading positive commentary on my art and news posts. He's even recommending my content to other people. He's also come up with a cure for cancer and solved world hunger. That last part isn't true but the point is he's a hero to me. I like him a lot. Generally seems like a great guy. If you're reading this post thank you. I'm glad i was able to have a positive impact on one person.

I’ve already talked about this in a forum post but recently I’ve downloaded Dolphin, the GameCube/Wii emulator and I think it’s really good. I downloaded 5 games onto it as of now. Does anyone have any suggestions for games for me to play?

Other stuff: 

I should probably talk about some other stuff that has happened since my last Some News segment.

I've just noticed this now but I've finally reached and surpassed 50 fans on Newgrounds. PeintiumMHX was the 50th fan. Only took 3 years. Nice. Hope I can reach 100 fans within my lifetime.

You know, speaking of websites, I have quite a few I’d like to make. Remember the mystery site I wanted to make back in 2022? I don’t want to make it anymore. I now want to make plenty of different sites, all with different purposes and I'd like someone to help me with them. If anyone could at least show me how to code my own site that would be nice. There's a lot of different things I'd like to do in my lifetime but sadly I am currently unable to achieve most of them.

I’ve been thinking about getting my art commissioned (this doesn’t mean I’m doing commissions myself). I currently have 2 art projects I was going to make but I wasn't able to make them on time. I’d like someone else to draw specifically the first one but unfortunately I prefer to have it done for free and I don’t think anyone is willing to do it for free so I guess I’m just out of luck.

I have finished updating this post. Thank you for reading it.

Tomorrow is Botany Presser's 3 year anniversary. I, at this moment (8:30 AM Feb 12 2024), have nothing planned but I'll see what I can do as the day goes on.

Everywhere I look, I often see lots of bad things happening to people. To the world. And I hate it. I hate that things are this way. I want to better the world but I can't I have no power, I have no control over peoples lives. I don't think most people on Newgrounds, let alone scratch know what Balloonshroom is. I'm tired of seeing this. I'm tired of sitting around watching all of this unfold. I want to change things. If I could even help the world in one way, anyway I would be grateful. I'm just exhausted from seeing so much negativity in the world.

This probably seems a little weird for me to post suddenly but it's just, I'm tired of making low quality art all the time for basically no one. I don't enjoy making all this art anymore. I only make art because I want to make others happy with it. But other than a comment here and there I don't see anyone happy from it. Does anyone even enjoy my art?

Ever since December 27th 2023, I've been making tons of art nonstop and I've never felt tired once but today I can't seem to find the motivation to start my next art project. No matter how much i try, I can't seem to bring my self to work on it.

I don't like this.

I do.

I wish I could go back.

The Floating Behemoth Approaches.

Sometimes I wonder what it's like to be popular on Newgrounds. To be recognized for your talents. To even be talented in the first place. It must be nice being able to have your creations highly regarded among other creators and to have such a wide impact on your community. It must be nice even being known to many. It must be nice being cared about. I wouldn’t know much about that. I wouldn’t know much of anything about being influential.

In 10 days, Balloonshroom will turn 3 years old. Does anyone even care about this? Does anyone even know?

2023 was... not the best year for Balloonshroom, but I'm sure 2024 is definitely going to be a great year for me (I probably shouldn't get my hopes too high though.)

By the way. here's the game is was making for Christmas 2023. It's Incomplete though but if any Scratchers on Newgrounds want to finish it for me that would be nice.

Merry Belated Christmas To All On Newgrounds.

I hope you have- er, HAD a Wonderful Christmas yesterday and I hope you have a Happy New Year next week.

Where I've Been:

You may be wondering why I missed the opportunity to tell you this on Christmas Day (To Be Honest, there's a high chance you don't care to know. You probably didn't care or even notice I was gone.)

On December 5th 2023, my laptop broke and I had to get it fixed. I got it back today, after Christmas. I wish I could have been able to make this post on Christmas.

Remember This Post? Looks like the thing I was worried about (losing access to my accounts) ended up happening anyway. I forgot things can break.

The Projects Left Unfinished:

I have some other bad news. On November 29th 2023, I started development on a game that I was planning to finish by Christmas (or Dec. 15 at the earliest) but due to the laptop issue, I couldn't finish it in time. I was also planning on making an art piece for Christmas too (I didn't start it yet.) The projects were Christmas related so I can't just release them now, after Christmas (That would be... weird, to say the least.)

Looking Back On The Year:

Overall, I feel like I had much less of an impact this year than the first 2 years, especially with the hiatus I took from Oct 2022 to June 25th 2023. Sure I made some art in the latter half of the year but comparing that with all the games i made in 2021 and the art contest in 2022, this year feels rather empty in comparison.

Some Regrets:

Honestly I don't like the way Balloonshroom turned out. Don't get me wrong, Balloonshroom turned out a lot better than i ever imagined it could but I wish I could have had more of an impact in not this year but throughout all of Balloonshrooms career. I wish I could have made the projects I could have made. I wish I had more influence with the way things are in the world. If only I had the support I needed to do these things...

Hopes For Next Year:

Hopefully the regrets I have for 2023 will be solved by next year. Who knows, Maybe 2024 will be the year Balloonshroom finally takes off like I wanted it to. Though, I did say that for 2021, 2022, and 2023 and those years didn't take off. Maybe things will be different.

Thanks for listening to my thoughts. Happy Holidays from Balloonshroom.

(Edit: Dec 31 2023: this technically counts as my recap so I will tag it as such.)

New art based on a classic one panel comic of mine is available now on Scratch. It will be arriving on Newgrounds at 7:00 PM.

Edit: Available Now on Newgrounds.