So I recently had the idea to do some spring (summer?) cleaning. Not physically, but mentally. I have a lot of unfinished projects in my head and I just need to give them the axe and move on (I was inspired by this post to do something).

I've had the desire to finish the Ultimate Story for over a decade now, and unfortunately in that time I've made little headway into that. It's time for me to make it official; I'm cancelling the Ultimate Story. It will never be finished (I guess I'm saying that more for my sake than yours, lol).

However, I had done some work. In 2015 I made a strong push to complete the story and make it happen, which fizzled out due to the scope of the project. But I still wanted to salvage what I had made. So today I'm releasing two things to celebrate what I have made and making it available, and saying goodbye to the project.

First up is Usuru. The 2014 update from a few years ago simply re-released the game and just removed some game breaking elements. This new 2018 update adds a few bug fixes and quality of life changes. Plus, the download comes with a secrets .txt that shows fun extras sprinkled throughout the game, and fun bugs you can exploit.

Vengen: Ultimate Story Part 2 is the continuation of the story, picking up shortly before the end of Usuru and continuing the story a little bit. Admittedly I didn't get far, it should only take an hour to play. But the town of Sanctuary is dense, lots of fun dialog and some fun ways to tackle the game. If you play the piano in a townperson's house before going to the bar, you get different dialog. Depending on how well you play the bar game will change how the game plays afterward.

While Usuru was unintentionally hilarious, Vengen was made intentionally hilarious in the same vein (ie misspellings). Hopefully it works!

If you get the chance please play these games and let me know what you think of them.

Usuru: Ultimate Story 2018 Update

Vengen: Ultimate Story Part 2

I saw that post on the front page's content feed. That title certainly caught my attention.

Hope I can try this one! I've heard Usuru is one of the gems back at the pav.

It's a special game for sure.