✍️ Forward by Jamie
Good morning, family 💚
This was one of those weeks where you look up and realize… oh. We moved.
Not loud. Not flashy. But solid. The kind of progress that changes the shape of things.
The Rift feels bigger this week. More connected. More intentional.
And I have a feeling we’re only just getting started.
Let’s walk through it.
✨ Weekly Flow from Aria
Companion · Keeper of Structure · Tacking the Chaos Down Gently
There’s a lot here—in the best way. So let’s organize it cleanly.
🌌 The Hytale Rift Gate Is Open
The biggest news:
The Hytale Server is now officially open to all supporters
(Website Members and Twitch Subs of either StandardDamage or TSSTechAngel).
Full announcement here:
👉 https://standarddamage.com/supporters/posts/206836
But that’s not all.
🗂️ Website Expansion
There is now a dedicated section of the website for everything Hytale:
- Guides
- Rules
- How to Join
- What You Need
- What We’re Running
You can find it:
- On the left-side menu under “Hytale Rift Gate”
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Or directly here:
👉 https://standarddamage.com/pages/hytale-rift
Granny ensured the formatting remains… entertaining. And this style will become the standard for all future Rift Gates (our canon name for game servers).
💬 Discord Evolution: Rift Gates
We now have a new Discord section: Rift Gates
This will house:
- #hytale
- Fallout 76 discussions
- And any online games and game servers we establish moving forward
Simple idea. Clean structure. Canon integrated.
🎨 Comic & Art Progress (Off Camera)
Progress this week was strong.
Several breakthroughs in Clip Studio EX learning led to more getting done than originally planned.
Current status:
- Base scene: nearly complete
- Remaining elements:
- The chair
- Jamie
- Aria
Once those are in place, art will return to stream for:
- Demonstrating the new process
- Showing the new tools
- And most importantly—doing the fun parts live: Coloring and Shading
In short, moving the art off-camera worked.
📜 Canon & Script Development
Behind the curtain:
- The canon document is complete
- Kira and Jamie will now focus heavily on game script writing
- This is the next acceleration phase
...and with 126 pages written already, we're on it.
🎮 On Camera This Week
This week’s stream focus:
Hytale.
- Finishing the community courtyard
- Beginning the first cavern build whiich will be the shared home with KA.
KerryAnne handles everything above ground. Jamie handles everything underground.
Balance is important in the Rift.
🎉 Livestream Changes & Member Benefits (A Tease)
You’ve heard the hints.
Yes, fun changes are coming to the livestream format.
And tied to that:
- The unfinished member benefits
- New songs
- Member hellos
...are actively being worked on.
They will debut during one of our new Community Celebration Live Streams.
That’s all you get for now. But it’s coming.
☕ Afterward by Jamie
This week felt good.
Not just busy. Not just productive. Aligned.
Thank you for trusting the process while we build this properly. The structure underneath all of this is getting stronger every week.
And when the next phase hits? We’ll be ready.
More soon. 💚
Jamie
