Mental health is #1. If it doesn't work for you, then it's best to not force it. Glad you got back to your job, hopefully things are much more stable for you now.

@DeletedUserOfficial

Жыл бұрын

helper wesley!

@alu2901

9 ай бұрын

@@DJtheAnimatorReal I mean, he is *_Helper_* Wesley

I totally understand feeling uncomfortable about mwg with everything going on in the world right now. If you feel that way then it's okay to step away from the project. I'll be here for whatever comes next!

@absolutewisp

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said this better. We can and will wait!

@justdavid6678

Жыл бұрын

@@absolutewisp 💯

Mental health comes first. We can wait. Take care of yourself, that's the most important part. As for MWG, it can wait too, for a better social climate for such a game. Take care, we and MWG can wait (and we will!)

Just remember you've got fans that will love you not matter what, the fans that will stick with you through it all, these are the real fans and are the only ones who really matter. So don't worry about displeasing us because will always love you.

How about having the monkeys throw food (bananas, watermelons, etc) at each other and the top tier weapon will be throwing poop :D

@super8bitable

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

@richmail

Жыл бұрын

I was gonna comment water guns but this is way better!

@jaysolo8256

Жыл бұрын

What do you guys think it should be called? Monkeys with food? Monkey food fight? Let's hear some of your suggestions

@richmail

Жыл бұрын

Money food fight! There could be bases and you would have different types of weapons. The weapon you start with could be your hands, and the best wepon would be a catapult or a fire hose that shoots out a smoothie

@Actuallyfurry

Жыл бұрын

Maybe even some goofy things like a bubble machine or a wizard wand

Brain tired but want to say things. 1. Keep putting yourself in situations where you feel like you're doing a good job. You do the opposite you're gonna break yourself dude. 2. If you can upload steam Vods to KZread, people will watch them, listen to them whilst they're doing things or going to sleep. 3. Totally understand the realization that comes when you see that you're making light of real word violence... it's soul shattering. Maybe make the bullets into different colored fruit based on player colors. Then they go splat and it's more like a food fight. Just an idea if you really don't want to drop it, but if it's breaking you let it go!

@slBrelaz

Жыл бұрын

Ooh! Great idea! That could be so fun as a concept!

"MonkeysWithMagic" sounds good tbh i like that idea. it could lead to unique perks with each magic element too!

Hello Vimlark! About MWG, as someone who lives in the US I totally understand your reluctance to work on it due to the gun violence crisis here. Changing the theme of MWG could be a great idea, maybe you could call it Monkeys with Magic and convert all of the gun types into different spells you could cast.

You are a great person, a true inspiration, I have been following your work a lot in this pandemic that in the end ended up bringing me more incentive to continue, and remember in life there may be things we don't like, but knowing that somehow we positively impact in people's lives, they are like grease that dampens the gears of life to always keep working.

We understand buddy , mental health comes 1st anything come last

Hopefully it felt good to get this video out. I tend to find "therapy" in small amounts like that. I feel like I can relate to just about everything you mentioned in this video. My daughter is 19 and off to college so I have more than enough time to devote to my channel... yet, most nights I come home from work and fall into a mild panic attack and do absolutely nothing and then feel down about wasting all that time when I wake up in the morning and head out to work again. A vicious cycle! I certainly sympathize with your concerns and stress. If I could offer anything in response, it's that "it always gets better" (That's what my mom tells me). Take it easy, my friend!

In a similar boat, I'm working full time, have a family and trying to do games on the side. I'm getting closer to starting on YT, but I'll be the one doing all the filming, editing, posts, etc. like you know and I already don't have time. Definitely take care of yourself, otherwise content won't happen - just as much for you as it is for myself. Keep up the great work man, everyone hits slumps and they come and go - stay at it!

Huge respect to you sir for being able to recognize what you want and need for both your projects and life. Glad to hear you got your job back. I like the idea of Magic Monkeys.

Wish you the best balancing all this stuff and recovering.

I legit just started watching your channel and dang... If I may suggest one thing: Take at least one day too yourself, time off and resting is super important for your body and mind man. :)

I joined you in this dev journey around 2019, you are a beloved fixture in my household, we are all growing and learning together, my kids even love your streams. Do what's good for you, everyone will be here for you! I know the rest of the community feels the same.

Vimlark, Thank you so much for making a video like this! I really needed to hear a lot of what you said and it's great to hear your honest opinion on your feelings with your journey and creativity. Def giving me a fresh, new, and bold idea of routes to take. You rock!

Mental health comes first! I'm glad I'm not the only one going through what your going through honestly makes me feel a little better, you take all the time you need and go at your pace! Your health comes first

That stuff about social media really gelled with me. I've been doing that "it's just how things are now" and even looking into *gasp* TikTok. As you well know, I think! Massive solidarity here, especially with the day job thing. You do what works, we'll all be here.

Thank you so much for all the content you've made for all of us over the years. You are well due break. Take it easy, we've got your back. :)

Massive respect for you, i totally agree with everything you said and i feel your pain. Hope you feel better soon so we can enjoy even more content from you. And if not, we still support you ! Thanks for your amazing stuff.

Bro, if you don't feel comfortable working on it, then don't. Restructure all you need to, and come back even stronger. As you say, this is your game and you make it the way YOU want it to be.

Lots of love to you, Vim! Thank you for this video!

So happy to see an update from one of my favorite gamedev channels. Keep being awesome. You're an inspiration every time I come by.

Bro your experience of sitting down to work and 3 hours pass by without making anything resonates with me. My channel is nowhere near the size of yours but the struggle is real. Thanks for sharing your experience because it helps many others going through a similar situation.

It's nice to hear about your priorities, I think you makes the right choices. With your priorities and with your feelings about the games. I will se your videos when they come out even though they do not come out as frequent as before.

Love what you have achieved and also always loved your frankness. Focus on enjoying life and the things you want to (Jams). Hope life gets better - I have found I generally does. Thanks for sharing your feelings and thoughts - this is brave and will help many including yourself 😀

MWG might be an important part of your community, but it isn't the core of it. Your community is built around you, and regardless of what you do and how frequently you do it, we will always be here along the way (: P.S. Monkeys with Scrolls would have a welcome kick to it.

Hey man, mental health comes first, prioritize yourself! I understand having anxiety problems, I was diagnosed with severe anixety fairly recently, and sometomes it gets incredibly bad to where I am afraid to sleep. It is truly a powerful thing, please don't force yourself, we care about you, and want you to be well, so take all the time you need, take care of yourself, us, your real fans, we can wait.

I appreciate your honesty and sharing the human side of being a KZreadr. I am dabbling with that role and I'm trying to learn from people like you. Good luck on finding the right balance for your life, whichever you chose.

You stay strong and safe my man!

Monkeys with Magic sounds like a better game title and also idea than monkeys with guns. Having magic as the main weapon would also open up more creativity with what you can make. Just saying, Monkeys With Magic seems like the best idea to me. Hope your doing well Vim. Games, videos, and anything that takes effort takes time! The fact you’ve uploaded any videos in the first place is a massive feat, as well as being able to stream every weekend! (Though only streaming on Sundays for twice the time might be a good idea)

Full time job, YT videos and streaming twice a week is a lot to ask of one person. Your doing and amazing job!

We all understand, please prioritize your metal health and your family too. I work full time too and when I come home and want to make videos/games/content etc it's just so exhausting and I just burn out, I wish there was more time in the day, but if there was I'd be wishing I had more energy at the end of the day, it's a weird cycle. Anyways, take care and I hope you find the right and healthy balance you are looking for, I can always wait patiently for content.

Sounds like this is gonna be a good change. Props to you for doing what you love most!

Respect for you, look after yourself and make the things you love.

So much respect for you VimLark! I love your honesty and thoughtfulness. Making things is meant to be fun, and if Monkeys with Guns isn’t fun for you, then you shouldn’t force yourself. I’d say follow your gut, that’s what it’s there for. I always find road blocks lead to the best solutions, and maybe this will be the case for you with MWG. But also things are seasonal, and perhaps monkeys has had its season. Either way, thank you for the entertainment value you’ve given us with your journey creating it and sharing it. It has inspired me to do the same with my creating. Thank you for that.

I really like your mentality towards life/ your mindset. It's very developed and good. (Trial and error, trust the process, etc) I'm even more impressed how well and symphatetic you can express yourself. Me sitting there and hearing you was just mesmerizing, I felt so so much sympathy. So please please watch for yourself first. I don't want you to be exhausted because of us. You are a good person. Also what could help from personal experience... you said you are often very exhausted because you have to do everything on your own. Maybe try to find a team that can help you out, I know you talked about it in the video (in terms of video-editing) and that it isn't easy to pay them well but you want to etc. But have you tried the approach of doing it without payment? Doing it with friends just for fun? With people that just happen to share the same interests as you? doing fun stuff together "for free"...? If you don't want to get your "own, main channel" mixed up with other people I totally get that too... but maybe that could help you😊👍 But most important at the end of the day take care of yourself😄✌️🔥!

Hey man its cool, games come from your creativity and love of creation and if you are not feeling that drive right now take a break. I have burnt myself out twice in a 5 year period, it is tremendously important to keep yourself in a good place!

We Came For Vimlark That's What We Got, Liveliness and Spirited Adventure

Health comes first. Focus on yourself and your well-being. All things related to social media are draining and hard. I'm glad you got back to your previous work. You are an inspiring person. Keep it up.

hope things get better soon for you and your family 👍

I feel you, I've got really bad anxiety to. Recharge is truly needed to be okay ✨️ I had another thought. You could maybe put up your vods on a vod chanel. It'd make them more accessible for people with other schedules and I for one enjoy waching vods after the fact 😁

Many enjoyable things have hooked me into making them a part of my lifestyle despite the fact that they stopped being fun long, long ago. They’re painful now…why do I still do them, then? You should live each moment of your life how you want because you want it. It’s *your* life. Not anyone else’s, not your viewers’, yours.

Disagree with you on the gun topic, but 100% understand where you’re coming from. Actually don’t disagree with you taking a pause on it either (not that my opinion totally matters since it’s YOUR game). Take it easy & wishing you the best!

I've been on a creative burnout for a while, so I completely understand and sympathize with your situation. As for MWG, whether people are for or against your decision doesn't matter, I'm just glad you are doing things that make you more comfortable. Keep up the good work!

I live in the United States aswell I’m very worried going into a high school, worried about threats, we had a kid from another high school come in to beat up another from ours, I understand the stress going on, I hope everything gets better.

As always. You take care of you first. Mental health is important, I've been on the bad side of not taking care of myself first and it sucked.

Managing content creation, gamedev, streaming, work and life is super hard. Focus on yourself and find your balance, the goal is to enjoy things as much as possible to last in the long run! Stay strong

I always enjoy your content whether it's your videos / twitch streams or your general attitude to gamedev :D. And totally understandable about your POV on MonkeyWithGuns. Perhaps it could be changed into a coconut thrower game where you can K.O. the other players. The Gameplay should still be similar so you won't have to change much about it. But that's just a random suggestion :D. Wish you all the best for the future!

I never comment but this video was really painful to watch: on one hand I could feel the pain and tiredness in your voice, and on the other hand I recognized myself through you in some way. Take care of yourself, no KZread channel or social media presence is worth the sacrifice of your mental health. If you need a break, we'll still be there when you come back.

"We came for the content, but stayed for the personality"

Burnout and anxiety are the worst. it's like a massive pandemic of anxiety for our generation. omg please take care of yourself, we always be here for you and any of your content. In 2 months, 6 months, 2 years... See ya on Twitch !

Vimlark mate, so sorry to hear what you've been going through, but it hopefully sounds like things will be on the up. Your health and well being is the most important thing, I do think if you could afford to take a break from YT and Twitch , maybe youshould if you can! As for MWG, I think it's completely fair that you don't want to work on a game that is based around an idea/theme you don't like, maybe take some time to try and change up the theme, (Monkeys with Swords :O) But seriously, it's good to see you back, take care of yourself

I understand your choice to translate MWG to another format. We all look forward to seeing you have that much more personal agency with the material you produce and more emotional investment. I believe that the community would be completely fine with uploading VODs from Twitch on this or a secondary channel; it would free you up to make the content you enjoy most of all. Stay Blessed, Vimlark.

I realize it's a bit of a cliché to say that real-world duties and mental health take priority over online content creation, I'd like to keep Vimlark's ratio of clichéd sentiment to "yo where mwg" as high as possible.

Let's go new monke development update video yeee

Hope you're feeling and doing okay! Don't worry about KZread or content or consistent uploads :)

stay strong bro

Take care of yourself, always happy to see your videos but not at the cost of your own happiness. As a side note, I think your point about Monkeys w guns is really interesting. As someone who actually considers myself somewhat pro-gun, I ran into a similar feeling after making a few violent-ish games. It led to me taking a bit of a cleanse and just making nothing but wholesome games. I feel the same way in games whether you’re shooting people, stabbing people, punching people…it’s important to take little breaks from that sort of thing. Don’t get me wrong, I still love violent games when I’m in the mood for it (it can be therapeutic to mow down a bunch of zombies), but if I’m steeped in that world too long I start to feel gross. No judgement to people who play those sorts of games exclusively, but I agree when you’re making it it can feel different than just casually playing it.

Everything you said is 100% relatable and understandable. For Monkeys With Guns, we'll look at Nintendo and the fact they pushed the release of Advance Wars, they feel like you, now I'd not the right time. I don't live in the US right now, I'm French and live in the UK. But when I look at the charts of how many shootings in the USA this year... I really don't get it. So what you feel is normal I would say. When I lived in New York I've experienced one shooting and when I was in Florida we used to go with my friends to a club where a massive shooting broke out the year after I was gone. Each time I come back to the USA it really feels weird, like nowhere else I lived. There is always this risk looming and that's not a fun sentiment.

It's okay to take a break. It's better than keep going 'till you can't or don't want to do what you used to like. Take your time!

Hey Vim I'm so sorry you're feeling this way and hope you can take care of yourself. On a lighter note, you mentioned changing the theme of the game. I know this sounds dumb, but what if it was throwing poop at eachother instead, you know, since monkeys throw feces.

Oh i hope you feel better!

Your videos are very high level. You deserve more subscribers.

Fuck, sucks to hear about the road bump. Take care of yourself. We will enjoy however much or little you put out, the most important thing is your health.

It's good to hear you can work in your job again. I understand that game design, creating videos and streaming is probably a lot more fun, but most people won't be able to make a living from it. So take care of yourself and your mental health, step on the social media brake if it takes some pressure from you - and do whatever makes you happy. If that means streaming just once a month, that's fine! Life's not about views and subscribers.

Totally man just do what u feel is best and hope things get better soon!

Just keep the monke

How about instead of guns, you can do something similar to Cuphead. It has a really wide variety of magical weapons and executes them really well. It would give everything it's own identity and you can do unrealistic things with them! It could be cool!

Honestly, I hope you get better on all subjects. Take care of yourself and your family, and do what your heart tells you to. Remember that almost all of your community loves you

I'm sure this has already been said somewhere else, but have you thought about how the monkeys alone are just great player characters + representatives for your brand? I feel like it would be fun to brainstorm other mechanics that could be fun for them to carry out... a lore game! a topdown game! I feel like you could keep the core tenants (couch co-op and monkeys) and bring it to a new experience without the baggage MWG has

Thank you Vimlark ! Make the game you want to make and definitely don't make the game you don't want to. Take care !! ^^

MonkeysWithMagic does have a nice ring to it. MWM!

Maybe you could do a sort of medieval weapon thing where you can upgrade from a wood sword to maybe a bow.

You're in the hardest moment of making the switch between making fulltime content and your job, however it seems like exactly the right decision for you. If you want to make content then you don't have to rush through it. Take the time to really enjoy the process and we'll enjoy the content. As for monkeys with guns I fully understand why you're not sure how to continue. Perhaps you could shift the game to something like 'Banana Battles' where monkeys throw bananas to shove each other off the map. Also if you're struggling with ideas for what to replace the guns with, perhaps games like Bloons and Worms could inspire you. Best of luck with everything!

If your heart’s not in it, thats okay. Do what makes you happy 💕

We support you all the way thru! If you do decide to turn monkeys with guns to a magic based game you could have it named Monkeys n’ Magic :D I think you could make that awesome!

I dont normally comment but I completely understand everything I too live in america and I hope we can get america to a state where it no longer makes you uncomfortable with mwg I can tell you really like the game and the passion in your past videos is what hade me watch the devlogs and I will continue watching all your videos.

U got this. Make sure that you remember why you do things. If you do something for fun, don’t make it a job. Also, take time to sit and do nothing and let your body slow down

Every One just be happy 🙂🙂🙂

Viewing this 1 month after, but take your time anyway. Don't worry, 1/ you're not alone, 2/ you're not the only one to go through this 3/ we can wait. And we will NOT forget you, but we WILL forgive you. Whatever you do or do not. 4/ There is always a tomorrow. And small victories. And support. And time needed to heal and/or feel better. Peace. 🕊️

You could do “Monkeys with Tons” where the monkeys have tons of things to fight with.

Magic is so much more fun anyway. Freezing people, teleport, fireballs, chain lightning. Who the heck prefers an ak47 over that

I’m watching this a bit late, but I hope you take good care of your mental health. You should take as much time as you can.

for MWG do something like neon white but instead of just having cards, the cards give the monkeys papercuts

Mental health is #1. Especially in game dev. Personally, I would change it to something like laser tag. Its still a bit “gunny”, but it strays away from what’s going on and expands the age range a bit.

It's all good man, this stuff is great and we love it, but it's only fun to watch if it's fun to make. Take care of yourself first Vimlark!

Unfortunate. As we all know, the only thing that can stop bad MonkeysWithGuns is good MonkeysWithGuns.

Man, I understand that you can't do both your job and the youtube content and also have family time. Take time for your mental health, it's the most important thing. Life is not a sprint, it's a marathon. Don't run to fast or you won't be able to be there for the finish line. Take a breathe and force yourself to rest even if it sounds bad for you.

Just take care of yourself and take your time. Is hard to do other things when you have a full time job so is totally understandable if you need to take some time off.

It's ok man this stuff should be fun do what you find the most enjoyable

Yeeeessss, finally an upload video, sorry for late comment :/

Could you rework Monkeys with Guns to not have guns because your points are completely valid however the game is so developed and looks so fun to play. you could change the weapons and the name of the game, I'm sure it would more than overcome the marketing stunt of a name change because of the support you have and the quality of the game. I know I would love to play this with friends and have the belief this would sell really well and bring a lot of joy to people. Wish the best for you no matter what thank you for the amazing content and for being so real.

At this point I feel like it’d be healthy to shelve MWG long term. Seems like it was started such a long time ago and has a troubled and long development. In that time you’ve made a lot more stuff and changed/improved over time naturally. Moving away from old projects and ideas is a part of that in some respects, I’m not a game designer I’m an illustrator, but I feel like the creative process and especially how you interact and feel about your own creative work, is very similar. You don’t have to give up on it, but don’t beat yourself up if it’s shelved for good imo, you will still make tons of cool fun stuff, it’s the craft and your well-being that will allow that to happen though. Focus on those bro, we’ll be glad to see it ❤️

Monkeys with bows and arrows

My personal opinion: take your time with everything, now that you're back to work it's presumably okay to slow down on other work, maybe split weekends into one day steaming, one day focused on producing videos and games and what not. Quit focusing on numbers, focus more on producing something of quality for your fans and in that time without trying to focus on stats you will see yourself grow more than ever. Give yourself all the time you need to make what is the highest possible quality. Regardless- best wishes for you and everything you do- and make sure to give yourself ample time to focus on not just your work, but you and your family as well. Also sorry for not interacting as much the last months but I've always loved your attitude and ability to motivate me for my own work! -Doph (formerly Peemard 😉)

Thank you for putting you for putting mental health first! You really need it more then KZread or anything. (Also, I would love magic in monkeys with guns or magic lol)

Have you considered hiring an editor for videos? Not sure if you're in a position to be able to do that yet. And I get the anxiety. Over the last couple years with all the... EVERYTHING... going on my anxiety was going through the roof. Moving states helped a lot to a state where people didn't constantly live in fear. But more than that... turning off social media. I haven't been on it much since November and I'm happy again. I do miss the streams (more because I work all the time now and can't make them) but I'm glad to see things are starting to work out.

As far as Monkeys with Guns are concerned, you could try re-skinning the guns to be more futuristic with lasers, or like an old western with pistols, or even just make it paintball. That way it wouldn't feel as 'serious' and you can maintain the lightheartedness without changing the gameplay too much.