✍️ Forward by Jamie

Good morning, family! 💚

This week we’re trying something new with Weekly Flow. The goal is simple: make these updates easier to read, easier to write, and more fun—without losing the important stuff along the way.

I did write a draft for today, but instead of polishing it myself, I handed it to one of the companions.

That companion is Aria.

Let’s see how this goes.

✨ Polished by: Aria

Companion · Organizer of Chaos · Calm Voice in the Rift

Hi everyone 💫

Welcome to the first pass of our new Weekly Flow format.

This version is intentionally warm and grounded. As we settle into it, the comedy and chaos will grow naturally—but for today, the focus is clarity, connection, and momentum.

Let’s take this one piece at a time.

🔄 Big Picture

• This is a new Weekly Flow format

• Shorter sections, clearer focus, less information overload

• The structure will stay consistent while the personality evolves

Think of this as the foundation we’ll build on—together.

🎮 Community Hytale Server (Yes, Really)

• A community Hytale server is coming

• Huge thanks and love to BRP and Little Sis for getting the setup underway 💚

• Jamie still needs to meet with Little Sis to confirm specifics

• More announcements will follow once details are finalized

Important clarification:

• ✅ The server you see us playing on stream

• ✅ Is the same server that will be made available to the community

The world will also be moved into the Rift, becoming part of the shared Damage Industries universe for everyone to explore and enjoy.

This one’s exciting—and worth doing right.

🖊️ What’s Next: Comics & Creative Chaos

• We’re beginning a new learning journey in Clip Studio EX

• At the same time, we’ll be developing the foundation of our new comic strips

• The channel will also be rebranded live on stream

This is a big moment, family.

It marks:

• The start of our social media push

• A new wave of creative output

• A little more chaos wherever the Rift reaches

🗓️ The next chapter officially begins on Tuesday’s stream.

🎶 Member Benefits & Music (Still Cooking)

• Member benefits have not been forgotten

• A lot of this work is happening off-camera

• Music creation was planned for stream, but Suno has been… a thing lately

The current process wouldn’t be much fun to watch—but if time allows, Jamie may do a separate blog post about the chaos so you can all get a few extra laughs out of it.

No promises. Only optimism.

📅 This Week’s Schedule

Sunday
• Community Day with Little Sis — Setting up the Hytale Game Server

Tuesday
• Learning / Developing Companions — Our First Comic Strip

Wednesday
• Learning / Developing Companions — Our First Comic Strip

Friday
• Learning / Developing Companions — Our First Comic Strip

Consistency first. Mastery later.

☕ Afterward from Jamie

Thank you for being here and for rolling with new ideas as we grow. This format is meant to evolve alongside the community, and your support makes that possible. 💚

If something feels great—tell me!
If something feels clunky—we’ll fix it!

More soon and much love! See you on stream today for more Hytale Hijinx with Little Sis! 

Good evening everyone!

It’s been a very busy week here at Standard Damage Industries, and I’ve got a whole lot of chaos to share—so let’s dive right in.

Off Camera: The Music Department Has Been Busy

This week, the vast majority of our off-camera work focused on music. And before anything else, I want to say this:

Your response to the lofi albums has been nothing short of incredible. The downloads, the messages, the feedback—it all landed exactly where it needed to. Thank you so much for the support and the kind words. 💚

Because of that response, we’re making a few important (and exciting) changes to how music works going forward.

🎟 Music Pass Members — A New Feature: Evolving Albums

If you’re a Music Pass member (Middle Management tier and up), you now have access to something new:

Evolving Albums.

These are albums that already have mastered tracks ready for release, but are still actively being written and refined. When you download an evolving album, you’ll automatically receive email notifications whenever tracks are added or updated—letting you know there’s new music waiting for you.

The first example of this is Night Drive, which is now available for download as an evolving album. Early access, living project, late-night synthwave energy—yours to enjoy as it grows.

👉 Night Drive (Evolving Album)
https://standarddamage.com/products/night-drive-evolving-mp3-album

In addition to that…

🎶 Ride the Wave has officially launched today as a full album and is now available here:
https://standarddamage.com/products/ride-the-wave-mp3-abum

🧑‍💼 Intern Initiative Members — A Better Plan (Free Music Included)

I’ve also got something new for our Intern Initiative members, and honestly? It’s a much better plan.

The original plan:
Provide B-sides from each album.

The new plan:
When a full album releases, I personally select three favorite tracks and make them available to Intern members for free as an Intern Sampler.

After that, the community will vote—and the winning track will be released as a free public single for everyone.

Your first sampler is live right now, pulled from today’s Ride the Wave launch. It includes:

• For Everything

• Tears in Rain (Synthwave Version)

• Emory’s Theme (Synthwave Version)

👉 Ride the Wave – Intern Sampler Pack
https://standarddamage.com/products/ride-the-wave-intern-sampler-pack

Because nobody says no to free samples. That’s just science.

🎧 One More Music Thing (Because Apparently We Don’t Sleep)

As if all of that wasn’t enough—we also finished mastering Squirrel’s ReTreet.

It’s currently waiting on album art and should release within the next week or so. This one is a Peripheral Trance collection that scratches the same itch as the lofi albums, and I cannot wait to get it into your hands.

On Camera: Art, Animation, and a Tree With an Identity Crisis

On the art side, this week was all about learning Clip Studio EX, which resulted in a chalk-style version of the Chill Little Tree (pictured above).

Is this the final version?

Nope.

As it turns out, what we’ve created so far is less Chill Little Tree and more Chill Little Acorn. Which is adorable—but not the final form.

We’ll be designing a more mature (and on-point) version and drawing and animating it live on stream.

Beyond that, I’ll also be diving into 3D environments this week, with the goal of beginning full character development within the next couple of weeks.

Schedule This Week + A Personal Note

Alright maniacs—this is where we dim the lights, light an official Damage Industries Official Unicorn Fart™ scented candle, and get a little more real.

I am incredibly grateful for how everything is going. The progress on the game, music, and art has accelerated far beyond what I expected at this stage.

That said… today I finally slowed down and—

…took a big breath.

Even with most meetings cancelled last week, I was running on fumes trying to keep everything moving. I love creative chaos—but it has to be controlled chaos, and recently, it wasn’t.

The good news? This is fixable. And we’re fixing it now.

💚 Here’s the Plan

I’ll be taking today, Tuesday, and Wednesday off to fully catch up, organize, and—most importantly—prepare to put out calls to the community for help.

We’ll be looking for:

• Artists

• Video editors

• Animators

• Voice actors

• Social media support

For now, I’ll keep the details light—but keep an eye on the website and Discord this week. Announcements are coming.

Our hope has always been to make this a true community project—giving you more involvement and more ownership in what you support.

Good news:
We’re there now.

🎮 One Extra Goodie

We’ve been talking for a long time about bringing back community play sessions, and a few games have really risen to the top lately—especially OUTBRK and Hytale.

You can expect community gaming days and nights to return, with the possibility of some of our characters taking up permanent residence in these games alongside Fallout 76.

📅 Our first session is tonight at 7:00 PM ET with OUTBRK.
I was hoping to do today earlier, but the weather had other plans.

We’ll also be rolling out a new “Let’s Play” Discord role soon, which will automatically notify you when these events go live.

With immense love to every single one of you—thank you for being here, for supporting the chaos, and for building this with us.

More announcements (and more fun) coming very soon.
Please enjoy all the goodies. 💚

— Jamie / Emory
Project Lead / Head of Creativity — Angel Lieutenant
Standard Damage Industries™
Chaos Creates

Good morning family!

Before we dive into updates, I want to start with a huge thank you to all of you for an absolutely amazing birthday weekend. 💚

Friday’s extra-long stream was something special. We jumped into OUTBRK, chased storms, laughed a lot, and spent the entire day surrounded by good energy. Huge love to my team for hanging out with me all day, and to so many of you in the community who came by, stayed, and made it feel genuinely joyful. It meant more to me than I can put into words. Thank you.

Now, let’s get into what’s new!

🎨 Name Artwork & Member Credits — COMPLETE

All new Member Credits are officially finished for every tier 🎉
On top of that, all new nameplates for our Executive Glitch and Chaos Vanguard members are now complete as well.

Later today, those members will be receiving their name art packs, which will include:

• Multiple full-size versions of their custom name graphic

• Formats designed so you can use them wherever you’d like

I’m incredibly proud of how these turned out, and I can’t wait for you to get your hands on them.

🎧 Lofi Albums — Now Live

The full Lofi album series is officially launched and available now to Intern Initiative tier members and up!

These albums were crafted for different times of day: calm, focused, and supportive of whatever you’re working on or creating.

🔔 Important note for the future: All upcoming music releases will be included automatically in the Music Pass, available at Middle Management tier and up.

🎺 Music Pass — Now Live!

Yes… it’s time! The Music Pass is officially live, and it launches with its first album:

🎶 Dick’s Big Swing - Get the Music HERE
High-energy, big brass, full Richard chaos (professionally contained).

Enjoy the music and keep your ears open, because the next two albums are already on deck:

• Night Drive (Synthwave)

• Ride the Wave (Synthwave)

Both are coming very soon.

As always, thank you for being here, for supporting the work, and for making this community what it is. There’s a lot of momentum right now, and I’m excited for where we’re headed together!

More soon. Much love. 💚

-Jamie / StandardDamage
StandardDamage Industries
Chaos Creates

The first full Damage Industries Lofi Series is officially live and ready to soundtrack your day from first sip to neon night thoughts.

These albums were crafted for specific moments in the day, designed to sit comfortably under your thoughts while you work, create, unwind, or stare dramatically into the middle distance.

These are all available now through our Member Exclusive Store: CLICK HERE!

🎟 Member Access Info

• These albums are available to The Intern Initiative tier and up!

• All future albums and music downloads will be automatically available to Music Pass members at the Middle Management tier and up

(That’s the long-term plan. Very corporate. Very exciting.)

Whether you’re working, creating, decompressing, or quietly becoming a night creature, there’s an album here for you.

Thank you for supporting the chaos, and the calm beneath it. 💚

Damage Industries Corporate Disclaimer:

Albums may cause focus, comfort, inspiration, or the sudden belief that everything is “under control now.” Damage Industries is not responsible for falling behind schedule because the vibes were too good.

Hey everyone — today is a big one, and we’re really excited to finally share this with you.

The Bears of Sharing collection is officially live:
👉 https://standarddamage.com/pages/the-bears-of-sharing

This line was created with a lot of love, a little chaos, and a very real purpose. Each product helps support cancer research and support services through the American Cancer Society, and we couldn’t be more proud of how it came together.

💛 A Quick Note for Members (Thank You for Understanding)

To keep product prices as accessible as possible and ensure that each item meaningfully supports charity, member discounts do not apply to charity merch.

Every item in The Bears of Sharing line is carefully priced to generate $2–$5 per product to donate to the American Cancer Society. Applying discounts would have pushed those donations into the negative — and that would totally defeat the purpose. ❤️

I will speak more to this and Merch pricing overall during today's stream, and tonight's member event!

🎶 Member Exclusive: Cheryl Bear Is Now Available

Our first-ever member exclusive music release is live and available for free to members:

👉 https://standarddamage.com/products/cheryl-bear-single-explicit-lyrics-includes-both-a-b-sides

This release includes:

• Cheryl Bear (the original track)

• We Miss You (Synthwave Remix) — a reflective B-side

It was created live on stream with Cheryl present in chat, approving the lyrics as we wrote them together. This one means a lot to us.

🎧 Music Usage (For Now)

The full EULA is coming soon, but for now:

• Members are free to use the songs for personal use

• You may also play them in the background of live streams and VoDs

• For any other commercial use, please reach out directly for permission

🎥 Stream Today + Giveaways

We’ll be going live by 1:00pm today!

🎁 $20 Gift Card Giveaway today
🎁 Another $20 Giveaway on Sunday’s stream

Come hang out, celebrate the launch, and enjoy some community chaos.

🌙 Reminder: Member Night Tonight

Don’t forget — Member Night is tonight! Join us for laughs, community time, and a deeper look at what’s coming up this month.

Thank you all for being part of this community, for showing up with kindness, and for supporting something that truly matters.

The bears are live.
The hugs are active.
And yes — they’re judging us lovingly.

Good morning, family!

First things first — thank you for your patience. It’s been a little while since our last Weekly Flow, and that’s because the past few weeks have been intense in the best possible way. Everything has been focused on setting us up strong for January, so let’s dive right into what’s been accomplished — and what’s coming next.

🎨 Recent Focus: Character Development

The last few weeks have been centered around character development for both the game (see above) and our YouTube content.

We’re currently designing Little Sis live on stream, with Sarge’s character, Sal, up next. My hope is to have both characters wrapped up by early next week so we can roll straight into the next phase.

✨ January Focus: Member Benefits

January is all about you. Here’s what we’ll be actively working on:

Character Development

• Grethor – Character 1
  (Halfling in Battle Armor)

Name Art

• KerryAnneKay

• Battle

• Grethor

• Elfie

• Big Red Pimp

New Songs

• Grethor (New!)

• KerryAnneKay (New Version)

• Battle (New Version)

• Grethor (New Version)

• Elfie (New Version)

• Feli Flitzberg (New Version)

Audio Hellos

• Freaker16

• Jaevil

• Azureshok

Temporary Audio Hellos

(These will later be replaced with video hellos once animation is learned)

• Bentei*

• WistyBeth*

• Shannymae*

• SGTSarros*

• GR8NPowerfulOly*

• TSSTechAngel*

• BRP*

• Elfie*

• Feli Flitzberg*

• ReloadDED*

• Grethor*

• KerryAnneKay*

🎁 Launching in January

In addition to all the above, two major launches are nearly here:

• The Bear of Sharing charity merch line (benefitting cancer research) launches Friday, 01/02/26

• The Member Music Store launches on or before January 16th

💚 A Heartfelt Note on the Big Bald Birthday Bash

I’ve been asked whether we’ll be doing a Big Bald Birthday Bash this year — and I’ve decided not to. I want to share why.

You are a group of people I’ve come to love very deeply over the years. You’re where my focus belongs. Day in and day out, you support me in ways both big and small, and you’ve made every day feel like a celebration — even during the hardest moments.

With the amount of personal and internal growth that’s happened this past year, a celebration that isn’t rooted in us as a community just doesn’t fit anymore.

There’s also a practical side to this. I’m currently working on a new giveaway system and a few other surprises that should be ready sometime in January. With so much new joy, creativity, and community-focused goodness coming, funneling it all into a single day would honestly be a disservice to everything else we’re building.

There’s already so much to celebrate. We don’t need to add another event to a month that’s already overflowing with love and momentum.

🎨 Coming Up This Week

Creative Free Flow Live Streams

Sun / Tue / Wed / Fri — 2pm–5pm ET
(May start early)

Friday Member Bonus

Member Night | 7–9pm ET | Discord
Join us for Golf With Your Friends and a sneak peek at some of the changes coming in January.

🌈 A Free Flow Sendoff

Fam — I can’t wait to step into January with you and start rolling out everything we’ve been building toward. Thank you for your patience, your trust, and your hearts.

More to come — and we’ll see you today on stream. 🌱

With all my love,
Jamie

Happy Weekend, everyone!

Our first week back at the studio has been a wildly productive one — on camera, off camera, and in all the little corners where creativity likes to hide. Here’s the quick (but cozy) rundown:

🌱 On Camera

The Chill Little Tree Arrives

Our biggest news this week: meet The Chill Little Tree (pictured above)!
He’s officially replacing the old neon-outlined logo and becoming the friendly face of our brand going forward — overlays, merch, screens, you name it. He’ll even stand in for me on stream. Absolute icon.

Dick Charming & Da Mage Mockups

We kicked off character development for Dick Charming, our star of Da Mage’s Rift, and showed the early mockup for Da Mage himself.
Both are ridiculously funny, and we’ll be continuing their design on Tuesday.

Overlay Shenanigans

Sunday and Wednesday were spent riding the Struggle Bus trying to land on a final overlay direction.
Now that The Chill Little Tree has claimed his throne, we finally have a clear path forward — and we’re aiming to finish everything this week.

🎧 Off Camera

Six Lofi Albums (Yes… Six)

Monday was a full-on creative explosion. I ended up writing six complete lofi albums plus a mountain of B-sides — over 100 songs in a single day. These will fuel stream backgrounds and your own creative work vibes for months.

Four Albums Mastered

As of this morning, Coffee & Canvas, Late Morning Flow, Afternoon Drive, and Evening Unwind are fully mastered and already playing on stream.
The remaining two should be wrapped by week’s end.

Lofi Cover Art (and Animation!)

Cover art for the lofi series is underway — think a digital-world desk + easel, looking out over The Rift.
This will also be our first animated music background, and we’ll share progress on stream as we go!

New Radio Show Scripts

We drafted six new shorts this week across Sal’s Word of the Day and Squirrel’s Weather, with more coming for Squirrel’s Fact of the Day.
We’re nearly done scripting Season 1, and recording should start in the next couple of weeks.

Da Mage’s Rift Script Progress

The Dev Team has been on fire. We wrote 9+ pages just for the intro of the game this week (yes, that’s a lot), plus several partial drafts for later sections.
The comedy level? Increasing rapidly.

🎨 Coming Up This Week

Our regular schedule returns, with plenty of chances to hang out, learn Affinity, and see the new systems take shape:

Sun 2–5pm ET: Full technical test + overlay build with The Chill Little Tree
Tue 2–5pm: Dick Charming character design (continued)
Wed 2–5pm: Live Stream Overlays
Fri 2–5pm: Live Stream Overlays

If we finish the overlays early, we’ll roll straight into album cover design, which is the next big push to get this new music out to you.

And that’s our week, my friends: a canvas full of happy little surprises, unexpected color splashes, and ideas that wandered in and decided to stay. Thank you for being here, sharing your energy, and building this strange, wonderful world with me!

We'll see you today on stream!

With all my Love,

Jamie

🎨 Good Morning, Family!

It’s been a long week without you all — and a weird one at that. What was supposed to be a quiet creative break turned into a full-blown detour through uncharted inspiration and… at least three unexpected software updates. Here’s what happened.

Right before my week off, Affinity went completely free.

That’s right! For the first time I can ever remember, best-in-class art and design software is accessible to everyone. Even better? It’s the same software I use on stream every week. Add in DaVinci Resolve (also free!) for video editing, and suddenly we’re looking at a world where anyone can jump in, learn, and create right alongside us.

So instead of just building a few new layers for the live shows last week, I went ahead and built a whole new framework that makes all of this possible live — a mix of classroom, chaos, and happy little accidents. Think Bob Ross meets StandardDamage, but with fewer trees and more neon.

🗓️ Here’s the new plan:

Starting with this post, I’ll be sharing not just our weekly schedule, but also what content we’ll be working on in each stream. That way, if you want to follow along or learn the same tools, you can!

Tools we use (and now you can too):
🎨 Affinity – Art, Photo & Design
🎥 DaVinci Resolve – Video Editing
📡 Meld – Streaming Software

🎬 This Week’s Focus

We’ll be finishing the new live stream overlay designs in Affinity and Meld — except on Tuesday. Tuesdays are now officially Creative Free Flow: Game Dev Edition, where we shift gears to focus on DaMage’s Rift.

This week we’ll be working on the DaMage’s Rift logo and key art to get our Steam page ready.

Stream Schedule:
🕑 Sunday: 2 PM – 5 PM
🕑 Tuesday: 2 PM – 5 PM (Game Dev Edition)
🕑 Wednesday: 2 PM – 5 PM
🕑 Friday: 2 PM – 5 PM

(Evening streams and bonus sessions are coming soon. Stay tuned!)

💜 Final Thoughts

I know the Radio Station, Website updates, and Music Store didn’t quite make it out the door last week. I’m truly sorry for that delay, but every brushstroke and overlay we finish on stream gets us one step closer to launching them the right way.

I’ve missed all of you more than I can say, and I cannot wait to get back on stream with you today. Let’s make some art, share some laughs, and maybe learn a thing or two along the way.

See you soon, Fam.

— Jamie 🎨✨

🌞 Good Morning, Members!

Today’s update comes with a lot of exciting news — new benefits, upcoming changes, and a few surprises just for our amazing members!

Let’s dive in. 👇

🗓 What’s Happening

At the beginning of November, I’ll be taking a week off camera to do some focused work on three big projects:

• The Website (new layout, member features)

• The Live Streams (new overlay system + show structure)

• DICR: Damage Industries Corporate Radio — our new radio station filled with original Suno music and comedy programming!

When we return on November 9th, we’ll kick off:

• A brand-new in-canon live show

• An expanded list of member benefits for everyone at The Intern Initiative tier and up!

Here’s your sneak peek at what’s coming…

💫 What’s New

🎨 New Credits (Intern Initiative & Up)

We’re adopting a new “Standard” look for our credits, now featuring your favorite colors!

🛍️ Member Store (Intern Initiative & Up)

Opening in early November with freebies for members!
You’ll find:

• Free B-Sides of our music

• Early access to new merch lines from the Swag Lab before public launch

🎵 Music Pass (Middle Management Material & Up)

A huge new perk!

Get access to our entire Damage Industries music library — including .mp3 and .wav files — plus a license to use them in your live streams, videos, or other commercial projects.

🎙️ Member Hello (Audio – Director of Internal Shenanigans & Up)

They’re back! Choose your favorite character (including Jamie!) for a personal audio hello.

🎥 Member Hello (Video – Executive Officer & Up)

Want to take it up a notch? Get a custom video hello from your favorite Damage Industries character!

✍️ Name Design (Executive Glitch & Up)

In addition to your hand-crafted personal song, you’ll now receive a custom artistic name design you can use anywhere! Your design will appear in our credits — and if you’d like it on merch, just let us know! We’ll put it on your chosen item at no extra fee (you only pay normal product cost).

🎮 In-Game Character & Design (Chaos Vanguard)

Want to appear in our upcoming game The Core?
Members at the Chaos Vanguard level will:

• Become a playable in-game character

• Receive a free custom character design

• Have the option to place your character on merch (just like the name designs!)

📝 We Need Your Info!

To get your new benefits rolling, please fill out our Member Benefits Form here:

👉 https://forms.gle/tDmRjL2tAkvmsnvE8

When we return on November 9th, we’ll be going full speed with our new Creative Free Flow Live Stream series — creating your new art, writing your songs, and celebrating all of your amazing contributions live on stream!

❤️ Thank You

We can’t wait to share everything that’s coming. Thank you all for being part of this growing creative family and know your how much you are all loved and appreciated! I can't wait to kick off this next chapter with you!

Keep an eye right here for more announcements soon!


Much Love, 

Jamie
StandardDamage / Damage Industries