We’re in November, it’s time for a little recap of what happened in the Geddonverse last month. It has not been a productive time—I have been sicker than usual, and spent a lot of time broken in bed. Health-wise, and thus mental-health-wise, it has not been great.

Blogging

I published 13 blog posts in October, which is only two less than in September. Since I haven’t been able to do much, it’s pretty good still.

• September 2025 Recap
• Geddonverse Games: Building the Menu System (Part I)
• The Problem With Being Undiagnosed
• Drawing Maps & Dungeons
• Shadowdark Village Map
• Choosing My Color Palette
• A Dumpster Fire Life
• I Live for Small Delights
• The Difficulty of Doing the Things I Want to Do
• 50 Goals: Create a Grand Tally for My Project
• Create Chibi Avatars in Aseprite
• Geddonverse Games: Building the Menu System (Part II)
• Creating Background Music in LMMS

I had 16 posts so far, that makes it 29 in total that I can list on my homepage.

October Goals

I had quite a few goals I wanted to reach in October:

• write September Recap
• create more pixel art assets for my game with Aseprite
• create some designs on Procreate
• decide on a color palette
• create some music with LMMS
• work on systems for my project game dev with Godot Engine
• post regularly on Bluesky

I was quite afraid as the end of the month was getting near that I wouldn’t be able to check them all off, but somehow I regrouped during the last days, and was able to do at least a little for each of them.

I worked first thing on my September Recap, because it’s important to me to see what I am working on, and how much I got done. It is always fun, but also a little bit disheartening sometimes, to see that there is not a lot of people around that care about what I do.

I made more pixel art: Chibi Avatars. I don’t know if it is counting towards my game assets, though. Close enough, I guess.

Regarding drawing on Procreate, I created two maps for my husband’s scenario—that will be trad published in a zine with other Shadowdark contributions from TTRPG peeps he knows. A dungeon map, and a village map. More on that when it actually gets published and I receive a copy!

I decided on a color palette for future illustrations and projects. This solved one of the barriers I had that was preventing me to start on other projects. It is possible that it is going to have some changes in the future (probably the pastels), but so far I am happy with the choices I made.

I created a small loop in LMMS for my Save the Geddonverse game dev project. It’s good enough for me to be happy to use it—though I certainly am not what you could call a music producer!

I worked some more on my game dev project. It’s been hard to show up because of my health problems, but I found some renewed motivation and energy at the end of October, which allowed me to make some progress.

I also, as planned, posted more regularly on Bluesky. In September, I had 15 followers and 22 posts. In October, these numbers grew to 21 followers and 121 posts. I think I did good with posting more, but somehow this did not translate to a lot more following. It’s still fine, I’m still enjoying the process.

I did a little more than those goals:

• I also posted three shorts (here, here and here) about my game on YouTube and other social media platforms—I will be counting those as assets creation videos on my homepage,
• I worked on more pixel art, that I have not posted about on the blog yet,
• and I started working on a secret project (more on that in the future).

So, all in all, still progress!

Learning

Still watching YouTube tutorials on pixel art and game dev in Godot, but I have also watched quite a few YouTube growth strategy videos—mostly the ones that are more up my alley with slow living and slow working.

Social Media

October’s numbers are not great. I’m consoling myself with the fact that it might be because I didn’t post as much as I hoped, due to my health and mental health struggles, but if I want to be real, I’m not having much of a reaction to what I’m posting. Heh. 🤷‍♀️

• Bluesky: 21 followers (+6), 121 posts (+99)
• Facebook: 211 friends (+32)
• Instagram: 6 followers (+4), 16 posts (+11)
• Mastodon: 6 followers (+2), 50 posts (+33)
• Medium: 0 followers, 2 posts
• Pinterest: 1 follower (+1)
• Quora: 0 followers
• Reddit: 0 followers
• Threads: 1 follower
• TikTok: 1 follower (me), 3 videos (+3), 2 likes (+2)
• Tumblr: 0 followers
• Twitch: 0 followers
• X: 3 followers (-1)
• YouTube: 1 subscriber (me), 3 videos/shorts (+3), 486 views, 0.4 watch hours

I will still follow the social media plan I brainstormed. I’m playing the long game. If it happens, good, otherwise I won’t have spent all my energy in something that yields few results. Next month, in November, I will focus on Facebook. I will of course still post on other accounts, sharing my links and thoughts, and chatting if someone interacts with me there.

In conclusion

Future looks cloudy, my body has chosen violence, and time is fleeting by. It’s a miracle I was able to work on all of my goals in October, and do real progress.

There haven’t been a lot of work done on future passive income streams, but still:

• I created and posted 3 shorts
• I worked on my game Save the Geddonverse
• I created two maps that will earn some income (my husband will earn those, since I am forbidden to work)
• I worked on a secret project with earning potential in the future

I am feeling more confident with my drawing/pixel art and even if coding in Godot is pretty difficult, I’m still making progress. I just need to buckle up and keep going, for as long as I can.

See you next month for the November 2025 Recap! 😊