Happy New Year everyone! It's been a wonderful year for me and the team and we want to thank every one of you for making it such an incredible year. I had an eventful. I've had family in the hospital, quit my job to focus on programming, and even started learning new things to improve myself and the things I make. I look forward to what 2024 has to offer and I can't wait to see what it brings.

So, I want to talk a little bit about my goals for the new year. First, I'd like to give everyone a bi-weekly update on the game development. Most of you know that these sorts of posts are seemingly at random. However, this year, I'd like to take the time to keep everyone properly informed on how things are progressing. This may take time but it will be something I'm actively working on.

The second goal for this year is to get a writer, translators, and animator (to do the stuff Thelawfulsock can't) on the team. We've been looking for many of these positions for a while with little luck. With that said, I believe that we will find the right individuals this year.

My last goal is to get the game's base systems and mechanics complete. You may have noticed that none of our updates have focused on the main story or character story (Looking at you Alice). This is due to our systems and mechanics not being fleshed out and complete. We want to ensure that when we add these stories, we won't need to revisit them to implement features or rework them. Once we have all of the mechanics and systems in place we will be able to focus on just adding content, and that's our main goal for 2024.

Before I end this post, I'd like to take some time to address some negativity. First, I'd like to make it clear that I'm not the original developer of the old SimBro game and have never been a part of the development of the old SimBro Game. Myself and my team have been taking flak for mistakes made by the developers of the old SimBro team. For the most part, we understand and are happy to clear things up if the misinformed person is civil. With that said, we will not tolerate people posting hateful and defaming comments about us or the game due to this misunderstanding. We are happy to receive constructive criticism about our games and how we develop them and encourage people to do so. Let's try to keep this community positive or at least civil for everyone's sake.

Finally, the end of the post. Like always, I want to take the time to thank everyone who has supported us throughout 2023. It doesn't matter if it was from monetary support, leaving a positive comment, sharing our posts, or simply playing our game. We want to thank you all for a wonderful year. On behalf of myself and the team, we wish you a very Happy New Year and we look forward to what this new year brings.