Hello Neighbor Windows game

Happy belated anniversary, folks.
It's taken an embarrassingly long time to get to writing this, for that I have no real excuse. But I at least wanted to provide something as to explain what's going on.

As always, for more updates/insight you can join the Discord server if that interests you.

2025

So, it's a new year again. Three months in and what do I have to show for it? As usual, not much.

One item I've been meaning to get off my bucket list for a long time is a specialised keycard terminal for the basement. After much procrastination though, it got done.

Now this one's been a real doozy to try and finish. It's not that hard, just monotonous really.

Nostalgia's Home

So, where does NH stand in March of 2025? Well, not at all different than where it was in December of 2024.

For many reasons, NH development has slowed to probably its slowest since the release of last year's Halloween demo. The leading reason I haven't been working is simply that life's gotten busy. I don't have the free time to make mods that I did when I started this project so I just cannot give this project the same time now that I've got bigger things on my plate.

I don't believe I'll ever truly cancel NH because of any of this; I'll always keep it in my back pocket to return to whenever I have time and energy.
And that may be either a positive or a detriment, but I don't know which yet.

The Future

So, with those concerns, what does the future for NH look like? I can't say.
For the coming months, it's likely just going to continue as it has been the past few months: really, really slowly. As I said, I've become very busy in recent times with matters that are more critical to my life than this project, so there's not much more I can do beyond that.

Basement Part 1 is still in progress, with its last-last leg in the concepting/blockout phase. It's ambitious, so I hope I can stick with it and get it done at some point.

After that's done? Well, I'd like to return to the drawing board for Basement Part 2 and redefine my workflow so I can hopefully create something better and less time. Basement Part 1 has been kind of a mess to develop so I hope that approaching Part 2 from a new angle will improve it as an experience.

Outro

To anyone reading this or to anyone still engaged in the development of this mod, I just wanted to say thank you. The fact that anyone cares even a single ounce about my work is a great motivator for me to continue. It's cheesy, but it is kinda true that this project wouldn't be much without you.

I'll see you when I see you.