Anonymous asked:
is 'The Mark Side' episode 2 ever coming out ? You know, the 'Amazing Digital Circus' is already having episode 2 but 'The Mark Side' came out years ago and still no episode 2. :|
There is no set release date for episode 2 and I can’t currently give one unfortunately, as much as i’d like to. Just know it’s being worked on! 💖
But I can say though, Glitch (who is behind TADC’s production) is a studio with lots of employees, whilst I am a single person who is managing every single aspect of my production myself. So I don’t consider the two shows equivalent when it comes to their productions. TMS also has one animator, who is also myself. I’m not able to keep up with the pace of other productions because I am truly independent, the only additional crew are the (very talented) voice actors and a couple writers, most of whom also are also actors on the show.
I would absolutely love to get additional help but it’s not exactly easy to find people willing to assist in things like this merely for the hobby of it. So my stance (at least for the time being,) is that if I have the ability to do the job, I’m going to do it, whether I like doing it or not, and I plan to stick to this logic until hypothetically TMS generates an actual profit that doesn’t just go into funding the aspects I cant do. Which it is FARRR from. (episode 2 also technically has little/no budget, as the few aspects that are paid I fund myself) Essentially everyone currently working on it is doing it because they wanted to contribute, not just as another job.
I do plan to run a crowdfunding campaign after episode 2 is released and has been out for while to get 3 funded, and if it goes according to plan and then some, it shouldn’t take nearly as long as episode 2 took. And if it fails, i’ll still make it but it’d likely take just as long. (and be like, really really disappointing and demotivating) But that’s something that’d be quite a while away, I’m trying to focus on what’s going on in the present.
It is my absolute goal in life to be able to get TMS to a point where I can hire on additional crew members and be self sustainable like other successful indie productions but I’m nowhere near that point. Only time will tell if the whole show will be able to fully get to the finish line. I really hope it does. It’s what I’ve been aiming for for 8 years now.