INSTRUCTIONS Use the left/right arrow keys to change the music Click the character to swap them Hold space for some customizable sliders Stare into the endless void of space and think/reflect DESCRIPTION (lengthy) Long story short, I got the idea to make this at school pretty recently Long story long, before I made my current welcome project, I had one that looked almost identical but with my old art style and more boring button shapes. It also included a "look at background button". You might think I included this button to show off the background I have made of scrolling planets and stars, and partly, yeah.. But I actually used the button myself pretty frequently. Thing is; i uploaded it in early 2019. I was not happy around that time, late 2018-early 2019 was undoubtedly the worst time of my life. I would just press the button, look at the background and reflect. This is also why two of the music tracks were unfittingly calming/sad and made the background scroll slower, as they're the ones I actually used while doing this. Aight cool story and all, but why am I bringing it up? Well, this is kind of a sequel to that. Why? Well, like I said, I came up with the idea and wanted to make it, but why did I want to do this in the first place? Honestly, I've kind of been a mess mentally lately. I keep randomly feeling bad about myself or getting a sense of dread for some reason. It's one of those things where it's extremely hard to pin-point why you're feeling that way and it doesn't feel like there's a definitive source. I feel like it's probably a mix of a lot of different smaller things, but a big portion of it is probably from me going through loss right now. I feel like I'm handling it pretty well, but maybe not subconsciously. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything, I'm a LOT better mentally than I was when making the original welcome project version of this and it's not even my first time going through loss, but I still wanted to explain why I decided to make this and dump my mind along the way (and if you can't tell from all my long descriptions, I really like dumping my mind). So I guess in a way, this project is kind of a way for me to vent in a creative way. I don't know if I'm gonna be using it, but either way I'm really happy with it. But yeah, don't worry about me, I definitely see myself getting better after a while and I will return to the regularly scheduled funny for my next project. edit like a month later: The mood dampening does remain, although really it's more just mood swings, but I do feel a lot better.. Though I do still return to this project sometimes. Not to toot my own horn, but this is just such a good mind cleanser to me. There's a reason why I still occasionally update it. edit like half a year later (Novermber 7th 2023): Yeah honestly I'm still kind of going through the wringer mentally, just in a different way. I feel like I'm generally doing well in life but mentally it's been pretty bad all year. Sounds naive at this point but I do genuinely feel like things are getting better, I've been starting to figure out where my issues lie and how to fix them. Overall I'm pretty optimistic despite everything. Credits To: HAL Laboratory and Nintendo for Kirby and Mario
