Hello everyone! I hope you’re doing well. I’m back from my modding break (Cyberpunk 2.0 rules, by the way), and I’m excited to get back to work. In this post, I want to talk about my plans for the rest of the year.
Whenever I return from a modding break, I always like to spend a little time taking stock of my work and making plans for what to do next. The last time I returned from a...
2023-10-17 16:52:24 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everyone! Hope you’re doing well!
Things have been pretty good for me since my last update. The Gourmet release went very well, and on top of that I was able to release two smaller projects, Starfrost and Candlehearth. I’ve wanted a Survival Mode overhaul with robust integration for injuries for a long time, and it’s pretty cool to see that idea start falling into place. Candl...
2023-08-20 17:02:22 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everyone!
Sorcerer released on Friday, July the 7th, and it’s currently crawling up the trending page and into the Hot Files. Things are very competitive right now (as I’m writing this, the least-endorsed mod on the Hot Files is Xav’s Ancient Falmer Armor, which has 264 endorsements) but it looks like Sorcerer will make it up there soon.
Sorcerer was a very fun project t...
2023-07-10 18:35:52 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everyone!
The release week for Stormcrown went incredibly well. We've earned an amazing 494 endorsements as of the time of writing, and we’re #1 in the Mod of the Month competition with a small lead over the excellent Sirenroot mod. Thanks to everyone who supported the release of Stormcrown! Delta and I really enjoyed the surprise release, and I can’t believe I managed to avoid ...
2023-05-15 23:59:44 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy everyone!
I hope you're doing well. I've had a pretty relaxing break. However, I have decided to come back to Skyrim and mod pretty much full time until Starfield releases. As a little surprise, I also have a brand new Simonrim mod that I've been hiding from you. Stormcrown is out now on Nexus Dot Gov!
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2023-05-06 02:26:54 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone,
I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to let you know that it’s been about a week and a half since my surgery, and I am feeling pretty good. There's still a bit of pain, but I'm feeling noticeably better every three to four days.
As I mentioned before, I’d like to take a real break from modding for a bit, because for the past year and two months, I’ve been ...
2023-04-03 17:06:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
Some of you probably know that I’ve been living with chronic pain for the last eight or nine months, and that I’ve had a decent bit of trouble getting to a doctor who could help. I finally had my appointment with a specialist today. It turns out that I have an internal injury that’s developed a relatively serious infection. This explains so much about my sympt...
2023-03-01 23:27:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
It’s been a while since I made a post. I forgot to update my Patreon when I released Manbeast 2.0 earlier this month, so sorry about that, but hopefully you saw that announcement somewhere else. As you probably know, I’ve been gearing up for a break for a while now. In fact, I’m technically supposed to be on break now, but after I released Manbeast, I felt really good ...
2023-01-30 20:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostScion 2 is out now at Nexus Dot Gov. Sorry about the delay on this--I got interrupted a bit by real life, and there wasn't much I could do about it. I'm going back to my hole and I'll emerge when Manbeast 2 is ready; after that, I'll work on the to-do list I outlined last time, and I'll get as much as I can done before the holidays.
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Howdy everyone!
I apologize for being a little slow in writing this update. Whenever I fall behind schedule, I tend to get a bit nervous about updating people and letting them know what's going on. I think some part of my brain feels like if I just don't talk about it and work a little harder, I'll magically catch up. You'd think I would have figured out that it doesn't work like th...
2022-10-26 04:14:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Hope you're doing well! I realized my last message was a bit sparse, so I thought it would be helpful to let you know what I'm up to.
Two weeks ago I uploaded a modest update to both Mysticism and Adamant. I'm really pleased with how those changes have worked in practice, especially in relation to making duration-based spells feel more usable on more types of character...
2022-09-17 17:28:49 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy friends,
Thanks to everyone who said something encouraging about my hell month :)
I'm back to work this week and I've actually got a couple of fun/fresh ideas that I might put some time into. In the mean time I'm working on Mysticism 2.1 and Adamant 5.6, which should be ready near the end of next week.
After that, the two projects on my road map are finishing Artif...
2022-08-20 17:39:02 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy friends,
Just wanted to give you an update on what I'm up to.
July was basically a disaster. The vacation we planned ended up being one of the worst experiences of our lives, and in addition to several other horrible things I ended up getting injured so bad that I was bedridden for several days, laying in a stranger's (AirBnb) bed while my wife took care of me instead of getti...
2022-08-02 19:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
The Friday before last, June 17th, was my third year anniversary of publishing my first mod. I released a metric ton of content in celebration of that auspicious event. Sorry I didn't make a Patreon post for it. Between all the mod page updating, the reddit post, etc., I kind of forgot :P
I'm going on my yearly summer vacation with my wife this Friday. We'll be d...
2022-06-29 21:19:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update to my Patreon. Here’s what I’ve been up to since you heard from me last.
After finishing Mysticism 2 at the end of March, I took about a month-long break where I didn’t do anything too difficult. I mostly spent my time reading science fiction books (specifically space opera), and then I would log in maybe once a...
2022-06-10 15:08:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Thanks for your patience this week and for the many kind words you sent to me. My grandfather's funeral was on Wednesday and it was as nice as a thing like that could be. I got to spend extra time with my family, including my father and my older brother that I don't get to see too often.
I'm happy to finally announce that Mysticism 2 is finally done. You can downloa...
2022-03-26 22:23:32 +0000 UTC View PostHey,
Sorry for making so many posts in such a short time. My surviving grandfather passed away last night. I wasn't super close to him personally, but this will be a difficult time for my family. I will be in touch soon.
Cheers.
2022-03-20 15:48:33 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to follow up w/ my post yesterday. I wasn't able to finish; I had basically worked myself to exhaustion and there was still a few days worth of work yet. I'm making progress on Adamant 5.4 (the update to support Mysticism 2) today, and I hope I can finish by tomorrow, then I'll take a few days to double check the work I did wen I was tired and to finish documentation, and shoot for nex...
2022-03-19 17:22:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey,
I wanted to leave a quick update on Mysticism development for anyone who isn't following the Discord. On Monday, I hit one of those roadblocks I was worried about. It took me about three days to fix, which means that right now I'm working on things I was hoping to be done with on Wednesday. Looks like there will be a slight delay in the release of Mysticism 2. I think I might be able...
2022-03-18 19:01:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
This Patreon was created in February of 2021, so this March was the twelfth month of donations. For the first year of this Patreon's life, I took all of the money made by the Patreon, matched it with my own money, and then donated that sum to the National Center for Transgender Equality. Today, I made my last donation--$1200, for a total of about $3500 raised in the la...
2022-03-13 17:43:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I don't have much time today, I just wanted to leave you with a quick update. I said last week that I thought Mysticism 2 would be done between March 11th and March 18th, and that I'd let you know for sure on March 4th. This has been a busy and productive week, so it might be a little surprising that I'm going to go ahead and commit to March 18th as the release date fo...
2022-03-04 16:59:31 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
It’s been a while since I’ve done a State of the ‘Rim. If you’ve been following my Patreon or my Discord, you know these last two weeks were a major period of transition for me. Two Fridays ago (February the 11th) was my last day of work, and I don’t intend to seek employment for a while. I have some things lined up in June (because that’s when I expected to be...
2022-02-24 23:37:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
On Monday, I felt I owed you an update, because it was the end of January and I had suggested that Mysticism might be done by then. I wasn’t able to say a lot, because several pieces were still in motion. However, everything has settled down now, so I can update you on what’s going on.
On Friday, January 28th, I submitted my resignation. I do not intend to seek wor...
2022-02-04 16:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I felt I owed you an update. Unfortunately, there's not a ton I can say right now. As I hinted at in my last update, January has actually turned out to be a nightmare, and I haven't had much time to sit down and mod. In addition to normal work stress, a couple of other things happened.
- My state governor set up a hotline for people to report history teache...
2022-01-31 14:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
In addition to updating everyone about what’s going on in Simonland, I wanted to also take a moment to reflect on this past year, especially as it relates to my work on Skyrim modding.
2021 was a big year for Simonrim. A quick check of the “DP” section of my Nexus account suggests I got 4x more downloads this November than I did last November, and actual DP has i...
2022-01-03 20:26:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
This week, I had a pretty hard time focusing on Mysticism. I kept wanting to work on the Hand to Hand and Security trees! So that's what I did. I even took a day off work -- my therapist has been telling me to use those days! -- and I was able to release the mod this Saturday. I'm super pleased with how it turned out!
Tomorrow is Adamant's second birthday, ...
2021-12-12 21:06:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
I have two quick updates for you. I mentioned the other day that I had some ideas for Adamant's future that would require me to add an SKSE dependency. I've chatted with a few people, and one of those ideas is going to become a reality sooner than I expected. I decided that the easiest approach was just to brand the project as an "Adamant Addon" and make a separate mod page ...
2021-12-05 22:53:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello gamers,
It's been a while since I wrote up a "State of the 'Rim" post. As you know, the school year has been super rough for me (and every other teacher I know). Fortunately, I've still been able to make some time for modding. In fact, I've done a lot more modding than I expected recently, on account of a minor mental breakdown which caused me to pull back from work pretty hea...
2021-11-28 19:46:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Today I made a big step towards clearing my plate to work on Mysticism 2. I updated Mundus (this update had been coming for a bit, and I was able to get the companion Aetherius update a while ago). I updated Adamant with some back end improvements. And I updated Thaumaturgy to 1.1.0, fixing bugs and adding new effects. I also sent my Pilgrim co-author a few bug fixes t...
2021-10-31 01:19:33 +0000 UTC View Post