Progress on Mac-side development

Now that Dozerfleet Labs has a successful virtual machine to run macOS Mojave, the Mac-side development of Dozerfleet can commense. However, early releases will be fan folder icon packs primarily. Hardware limitations prevent upgrades to a newer version, such as Big Sur or Monterey. This means that Dozerfleet Studios will still have to develop videos on the Windows side, using Premiere Elements. Final Cut is not available at this time for Dozerfleet Studios.

Dozerfleet Literature and Dozerfleet Comics will get new ICNS files for those wishing to have icon art on the Mac side for their favorite Dozerfleet projects. These, along with finally decoding the Albums Master to resurrect its icon libraries, has led to some chances for improved wiki artas well. Otherwise, all significant development of actual content will remain being done on the Windows side.

Dozerfleet Records may consider using GarageBand or similar Mac software in the future. But for the time being, little activity is occurring in this division.

Once icon packages have been completed, further Mac development will be halted, to get back to completing the remake of "Corando's Don't Lose Hope," along with the anthologies, etc. These will be followed by Volkonir 2008, and then with Blood Over Water, which will likely finish out the year.

Changes to productions, based on recent events

While they will still be free releases, and under the Dozerfleet Comics banner, the following works are undergoing some format changes:

• Ciem / Anarteq: Kahoopiliana
• Sniperbadger: Fall of the Critter Resistance
• Path of the Ming-Cho
• Sorbet

Instead of being full-blown machinomics, these works are being downgraded to illustrated short stories. The Sims 4 will still be used on them; but they will have fewer screenshots in them. Also, instead of the narration/dialog duality, they will use quotes and other adverbs to describe dialog in a more traditional novel narrative formatting.

These changes are being made for two reasons: 1) to hurry up their production process and 2) to hasten an end to the era of reliance on The Sims 4. Character Creator 3, MakeHuman, and other venues for character wiki art are being pursued. This move itself is happening for two different reasons: 1) objection to EA's continued sociopathic entertaining of and pandering to the demonic delusions of the mentally ill and 2) the fact that their aforementioned pandering is only hastening making the game unplayable on the station that, at the time of this writing, operates as Dozerfleet Main.

Because production is already so far along, the following machinomics will continue in their current format:

• Pursuit of a reformat of Lo-Mun's Cooking Adventure (for re-release of the original, though not a proper remake)
• Ciem 2007 (a reformatted, slightly revised re-release, not a remake)
• Blood Over Water
• Volkonir 2008
• Corando's Don't Lose Hope (remake)

The above-mentioned are too far along in development to back out. However, Kahoopiliana was initially intended to be a short story with no illustrations. Going from that to a full-blown machinomic to a short story with limited illustrations would be no major feat. Changing the nature of Sniperbadger, Path of the Ming-Cho, and Sorbet as stories means they can be written faster. The goal is to finish the Corando remake this year, as well as finish Volkonir 2008 and Blood Over Water. Everything else, production-wise, can then be made next year. Re-releases can be the focus of the remainder of 2022.

In addition to these changes for Dozerfleet Comics / Literature, Dozerfleet Labs is pursuing the means to either get a Big Sur-running Mac laptop for Mac-end product development and environment exploration, or to get a virtual machine to accomplish this feat without having to spend money. A successful Linux virtual machine has already been tested, though app development for Linux to make Dozerfleet apps in that environment structure remains an elusive pursuit.

Meanwhile, The Sims 4 (and EA in general) is falling out of favor at Dozerfleet. Changes that will make the game even slower are being implemented, all because of the spiritually depraved and their obsession with subjective pronouns. The game is now more obsessed with appeasing the feelz of those with feculent genitals, than they are with efficiency and with good storytelling. Pandering to this new base has left many in the old base not only out in the cold; but afraid to even speak up about it, as the gay mafia will tolerate no criticism or backlash whatsoever against anything they make corporations do!

With machinomics done, Sims 4 will be used on an as-needed basis for character wiki art, until it is no longer needed for that purpose, successfully superceded by another program that is capable of doing better. MakeHuman...has a ways to go yet.

After this, the novel releases upcoming will seek to do away with the era of The Sims as much as possible. The goal will no longer be to try to impress the world of Sims storytellers with the wonderful world of storytelling possibilities. The community's mediocrity with storytelling is now self-sustaining, and resists correction at all times. If Blood Over Water and Volkonir 2008 cannot win over anyone, then it is doubtful any other Dozerfleet works released in machinomic format will do so either.

Instead, the goal will shift to getting Dozerfleet's message, and works, released as quickly as possible into the world, to empty out the queue and work on publicity.

Corando production has begun

Corando's "Don't Lose Hope" redux is now underway. So far, only Darshan and Mahima's story is getting any focus. Daruka has been introduced, but his bringing in the mob to attack the hidden church, as well as any footage of any of the temples near Porbandar, remains to be generated. Also in need of generation are the woods that Darshan and Ketan escape to, the brothel where Daruka holds Mahima prisoner, the Porbandar Airport, and any other locations that Darshan and Mahima run / drive through in their efforts to reunite. To say nothing of their improvised hut after Filforth is done with sending meteors to destroy southern India with!

All the clips happening in India will be shot first, however. The band won't show up in shots until after a semi-coherent story is possible from the India clips. Then, Corando in its studio can be shot. Their two bits of footage can then be intersplied to create the AMV illusion.

Can 2005 be redeemed entirely?

With Star Flops having been successfully remade, there are many lingering questions regarding how much else of the 2005 and 2006 era are even capable of being brought back. Moreso: if they're even worthwhile to bring back! Corando's "Don't Lose Hope" is currently under investigation for a drastic remake, one that will rewrite the lyrics to be less clunky, and involve new background story characters. The setting might be moved to India, to further demonstrate that the song wishes to invoke a message that is universal - a far cry from the rather small-minded love song it was originally decked up to be.

After that, there's Lo-Mun's Cooking Adventure. This tale will also require a dramatic rewrite. Instead of its bland setup, it could go for a parody of Hell's Kitchen, Master Chef, or some other modern cooking contest show. With more recipes available in Sims 4, a decent rewrite could be possible.

With a Cataclysmic Gerosha rewrite pending for The Battle for Gerosha, there's little interest in a straight re-release of the original. Instead, clips from it will feature in an anthology book, compiling its old artwork and themes with those of Ciem 1, 2, and 3 from that era. Otherwise, Gerosha Prime isn't coming back. With a few tweaks, 90 Has No Secant can be re-released, giving Uber-Proto-Gerosha a last stand.

A final anthology book is pending as well for all that has survived from Despair Gerosha. Another one is for all Classic Gerosha works that were never finished. A book re-release of Ciem from 2007 is also pending. Also, a compilation anthology book of all that has survived from Comprehensive Gerosha is under consideration. After that, nothing else Gerosha-related is coming back that pre-dates Cataclysmic Gerosha. It will be Earth-G7 and beyond from there on out.

As for literature: only a handful of publications remain to be released that pre-date 2010. After that, Dozerfleet's focus will be on emptying out the queue from the 2010s of ideas and projects that were never completed / published.

Corando will be attempted. Beyond that, there's no guarantee that much else from before 2010 can hope to get re-released, that hasn't already been given one. Anything else from 2005 or before, is also facing an uncertain future.

Star Flops: Curse of the Medium Side now available for free download!

After spending over a decade and a half in Ivan's Vault, Star Flops: Curse of the Medium Side has finally been remade, and is ready for you to download, read, and enjoy!

This short work may not break any significant new ground in the world of Star Wars spoofs / fanfics; but rest assured that it may just tickle your fancy enough to wonder when we'll be seeing lightsaw videos on YouTube! Be the coin's edge, and download this story today, only from Dozerfleet Comics!

New Star Flops underway

Star Flops: Curse of the Medium Side from the 2005 era has been brushed off. And suffice to say...it had a lot of potential! However...the crudely-made Sims 2 DSHW machinomic has, to say the least, not aged well in every area.

It's getting remade, with a better script. Also, the old Sims 2 screen panels are getting swapped out with Sims 4 panels, utilizing the Journey to Batuu game pack to bring Tiemess back to his former glory - and then some!

After Star Flops gets its remake, a remake is being considered for Lo-Mun's Cooking Adventure and Corando's "Don't Lose Hope". These revivals will reinvigorate the renaisance spirit of Dozerfleet, right before Volkonir 2008 production resumes. With that resumed, Blood Over Water getting its remake is next on the list, followed by Sorbet finally getting made / released. This just leaves Kahoopiliana, Sniperbadger, and Path of the Ming-Cho, and the comics in Dozerfleet Comics will be all but complete.

A re-release for Ciem 2007 and 90 Has No Secant will be the end of the revivals. After that, what remains of actual Dozerfleet Comics will be the compilation anthologies of concept art. Creative direction after this will focus on Dozerfleet Literature, with Dozerfleet Labs being active in making game tie-ins to Literature publications.

The Grand Ledge house's article now online

For those curious where Dozerfleet operated from 1998 until 2021, the official article about the house is now available for public reading here, at the Dozerfleet Database. It was a home that served its purpose well during those nearly-24 years of being an on-again, off-again home base for the brand.