I don't even need to mention this event to all you guys, so why don't we just get into...something. Believe it or not, I was not always into this game. In fact, there was a time I didn't know the game existed! But that was the case for pretty much every fan at one point, so I'm not saying I'm special. No, before Undertale, my main thing was Super Mario sidescrollers, in case it wasn't already obvious by my really old Super Mario Bros. Maker remix from a long time ago. I actually first found out about anything Undertale-related through this weird video Boss Rush SMBX mod where Omega Flowey was attemptively recreated. (I don't know which video/mod it was, I think I found the fight reused in another one called "Goatmom's Tale", though.) I think I remember there being a big grey-oriented room with a pipe and a sign that said Flowey's iconic, "you idiot" line before the battle actually started. Honestly, I thought it was hilarious at the time. (Clueless) That is basically the earliest mark I've seen of the Undertale fandom, and...now I'm here. Thinking about it, I've always enjoyed getting into things that are just variations of itself with slight changes to keep things interesting, whether it be fonts (god, a LONG time ago!), to Mario level-themes (example, SMB3 All-Stars to SMB1), and of course, somewhat-mid Undertale AUs. But the truth is, although I won't tire of this fandom anytime soon or the content coming out of it (especially Friday Night Dustin, that one is pure perfection), there is only so much of it I can do. And I'm talking purely of the content itself, the same-old Neutra-Paci-Geno-story does eventually get old, no matter how many Fells or Swaps or Dusts you throw at it. I still like it now, don't get me wrong, but I think I've exhausted most of that interest back when I made that Omnibelief project (which I'm not sure should even be allowed up anymore to be honest). So what does this mean? Is DryJones leaving and parting ways like everyone else? Is Undertale dead in the ground and erased like a No Mercy route just finished on my end? Well...no. There are a few Undertale AU-related ideas I've got in my head I'd like to bring up to the surface eventually, especially that VHS Sans Retake I was planning. (I've got like half the story written down for the Neutral path, and the spritework is on hold for a while until the story is done.) Plus, with this Undercreator thing I'm hearing so much about, I wonder if I could do something more with that FellSwap trilogy I made a while back...? Either way, take everything I just said in that last paragraph with a grain of salt. I also would like to announce that after SSS is complete, I may be completely switching my high-quality coding uploads away from Scratch to learn Unity, to hopefully one day create something I call my own. I...don't know what that something is yet as of now. I've never really tried to make something that isn't the next "Fell version of" or "Swap version of" or "THE WORLD'S GREATEST DUSTFELLSWAPSWAP TAKE" (yes I made that once without the world's greatest part, it's in Omnitrust Phase 3 if you're wondering). But at this point, I need to do it sometime, I can't just piggy-back other properties forever! Simply put, I have to be...me. With no alterations. But that doesn't mean this old account is dead! I'll still show up around here to share whatever art and story ideas I manage to come up with. So, Happy Tenth Anniversary, everyone! And thanks for reading! - DryJones
