And the winner goes to the following entry…


We call ourselves ‘the human race’,
We flourish because we’re resourceful.
But after a foe caused us disgrace,
We are forever remorseful.

Our lives were peaceful and quiet,
On the plains of this land we inhabit.
Then, suddenly, a fierce, bloody riot,
Caused by our nemesis; the rabbit.

A treacherous enemy are they,
With a sharp, agile mind and perception.
They strike in an ingenius way,
Mixing tactics with skill and deception.

Our skirmish has raged for generations,
With casualties reaching the millions.
Despite diplomatic negotiations,
They continue to strike our civilians.

It seems there’s no way we’ll ever stop fighting,
We won’t make a truce for love or for money.
There’s no chance of our two civilizations uniting,
The battle won’t cease between human and bunny.

— Anonymous human

Big congrats to joe_042293 who wrote the awesomeness that is the poem. Nice work. Runner up goes to LostOverThere’s poem in the beginning of the first page of this topic. Great job everyone!

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I think it’s time for a SOG 2 update, eh? I’ll be completely honest here: the project is stalled for now. Fred has gotten quite a few sprites done but there are still plenty more to go. On my end, only the night/day cycle is done. There is still much, much more work to do.

Honestly, the idea of working on SOG 2 fills me with dread. Working on a game like Spirits of Metropolis (which I’m currently doing) or Liquisity 2 is so much more fun, because I have to figure out how to balance the gameplay and actually have fun with the final product. SOG 2 is a lot like doing a tabletop 500 piece jigsaw puzzle: You know how it’ll turn out in the end, but it’s the getting there that’s hell.

Maybe that’s not the best analogy, hah.

I hadn’t heard from Fred in a while but we were both knee deep in school at one point. I know we’ll finish the project, but for right now it’s going to simmer as I get SofM done, which is still targeted for a June release. Gotta finish one of these games, after all!