Last Updated: January 1, 2010
Next Update: February 1, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR
(Also, Six Years Of Barn Runner)

Back when I started this shebang, I never expected to still be at this more than five years on. I had hoped, of course, but I had no way of knowing that these games would generate enough interest to keep me at the keyboard coding the silly adventures of a man with a silly name.

And yet, here we are. :D

So big thanks to all of you who have supported me this far. I hope it has been worth your time. Sorry the new game is so far behind schedule. What can I tell you? Daddy's got bills to pay. :P

But I think I've come up with a very (very!) tentative release schedule for this year. I can't guarantee that I'll be able to stick to this, but I have high hopes that this plan is do-able, given my much-increased workload this year. So without further blathering, here it is:

THE SEMI-OFFICIAL TACKYWORLD INTERACTIVE 2010 SCHEDULE

APRIL
The Forever Friday, Chapter Three

JULY
The Forever Friday, Chapter Four

OCTOBER
The Forever Friday, Chapter Five

DECEMBER
The Forever Friday, Chapter Six

You may have noticed that the previously five-part game suddenly has a mysterious sixth installment. For those of you keeping score at home, you may remember a little game called The 5th Anniversary Spectacular (working title). This game was supposed to serve as a bridge between the end of The Forever Friday and Barn Runner 6: Even Rich Dames Cut The Cheese. Well, with some slight re-working, I've incorporated it into the Forever Friday arc rather than have it serve as a "stand alone" game. (Also, I completely missed the five year mark, and I'll be lucky to get it out the door before the sixth year anniversary passes me by. So there was some incentive to fold it into the Forever Friday storyline instead). I think you won't even be able to notice the staple and tape holding the seams of the new story elements together when you play the game.

In other news, many of you downloaded last year's Christmas game, Barn Runner 0: Christmas Soup. Most of you liked it. A few were put off by the cheesecake shots of Noriko and The Chief*. A couple thought it was too short. To those, I say look, I had one weekend to put the game together. The final game was only half the size that I intended it to be. And I like to draw women, so I needed an incentive to sit down and draw all that art when I really needed to be packing for vacation instead.

So if I was going to make a playable Barn Runner game in two days (yes, really!), then I was going to have to WANT to do it. Having the girls as undressed as possible while still keeping my teen-friendly rating was a challenge I was ready to meet. And as to the parts that got cut out, here are two shots from bits that just couldn't be completed in time.

Debbie and Noriko look out on the city below.

The apartment as seen in isometric view.

See? There's was a lot more to it. Debbie and Noriko stood out in the hallway and talked while the Chief hid Noriko's Christmas gift somewhere in the apartment. And later, while Holly readied the bubble bath, Noriko sneaked around the apartment, trying to find where the gift was hidden. I'll bet you're dying to play these deleted scenes, aren't you? Well, fear not. Next Christmas, I'll release an expansion pack for this game which will allow you to add these scenes back in the game. And on top of that, you'll (hopefully) be able to play the final chapter in the Forever Friday. It'll be the best Christmas ever!

But in the meantime, here are some more shots from the long-overdue next chapter of Barn Runner 5: The Forever Friday.

See you next month.

FEATURED THIS MONTH

EVEN MORE SNEAK PEEKS OF FRIDAY PART 3

These new shots help fill that chapter three sized hole in your soul, I hope. Don't worry. The game is coming soon. Everything should be back on schedule now (fingers crossed).

* Most of you however liked the cheesecake. Some of you really, really liked it. Several of you even sent me some awesome fan art about it. One of you sent me fan art so awesome that even my girlfriend liked it (and she doesn't normally like that sort of thing)!