I'm a nobody on the internet right now. I have no face. No fans. Handful of friends. I want this to be the year I finally get back on the train. Let's get down to business. If I can accomplish all of these goals and all of my new years resolutions for this year, I'm rewarding myself via taxes in 2019 with a huge purchase that I've been eyeballing for literally 11 years as of this post.
Do you have any goals? Check up on me and I'll check up on you! Let's support/nag each other!
Here are my NG goals for 2018:
Submit a game that scores 3.5+
I'm hoping to make the Construct 3 jam my first real game submission to Newgrounds. The trash I have up here now is a prototype for an abandoned commission. I have a literal megabyte txt full of ideas. So there's that.
Submit an animation that scores 3.5+
The only animation I am proud of is like thrice the age of my daughter. Unacceptable. SAD. I have NO ideas for animations, but I'm sure I'll figure something out.
Get an art submission frontpaged
Long have I longed for the Fronte Paege. I haven't really made significant art since I graduated from college, 5 years ago. For this I will stand NO MORE! Some stuff I want to do:
Paintings of my kids
Nene fan art for Pico Day
Art for my old OCs
Environment art (I've literally drawn like 10 environments in my entire life)
Fan art or art in the style of some of my favorite NGers
Newgrounds WWI-style recruitment poster
Submit audio
Maybe a voice reel, maybe a song, maybe some sound effects. I want to dabble in all three and have a decent mic. Let's see what happens.
Host a contest
Not sure what kind of contest, but I want to host something wherein I give away supporter status to the winner(s). Maybe even an invitational of some kind, related to my next goal...
Scout & support 50 users
Lots of new talent coming and going on here and I think if someone took the time to connect with them they would stick around. NG is a great place to learn and grow with similar minds. That's what I'm really here for. So let's do it :)
Cyberdevil
I have vague and with doubt conceived goals, after writing up lists of resolutions for at least ten years straight and never managing the resolve to run through more than (at most) half of them each year... but yes, goals: https://cyberd.org/happy-2018.html
TLDR: They start somewhere around 'I wish I had time for a recap post...' though it's still a bit TL after that. Read only if you really wish to read. My resolutions are vague and plentiful, but resolute and penned with fuel, this year.
You keep it short and efficient in comparison. :) Might be the secret to really getting things done, though as an aspiring writer I'll excuse my overflowing writing with that particular aspiration... these are great goals btw. If I'd made a list like this I think there'd be a lot of numbers involved and less innovative contribution/creation. Definitely interested in that contest when you get to it, and as for the rest: I'll check in later. ;)
Zhon
Possibly the freelancer in me coming out; I've learned to be concise with anything quantifiable. The more you think, the less you do. It seems like what you said about modern-day distractions comes from past experience. May your year be prolific!