So... this is gonna be a weird one. Because I've been here before, but it's been a
LONG time.
My name's Jonaya, and I was last active here in (shuffles notes) 2009. Back then I was still going by the screen name "JonnyFive" (ugh) and wasn't out as a trans woman yet... so... uh... a lot has changed.
Actually left this fandom because of some issues with an abusive spouse (this is an understatement), spent a few years literally in hell (this is not), ended up in the Homestuck fandom. Ended up directing a fan-made sequel to one of the Homestuck games (
Friendsim 2, it's still in development), and a friend in that fandom wants to eventually do a project with GZdoom and asked if I'd be interested in helping... so I figured I'd poke my head back in here.
Y'know... 13 years later. When you're a completely different gender and sexuality and have an ex who's now in prison. As you do.
[EDIT: Thanks to the admins, I'm back, babeyyyy!

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But yeah - I'm the lady what made Cold as Hell and the WeatherFX mods and such. Also the horrible "Commander Bearcorp TC" mod from when I was like 14. Sadly the sequel to Cold as Hell ("Dead Rain") is probably lost forever - the latest build of it was on a laptop that ended up in evidence in the criminal case against my ex, and I never had the heart to ask for it back. Which is too bad, because it had some cool shit going on including at least one functional friendly NPC and a working monster, along with some weapons and effects. It actually makes me feel extremely happy to see the amount of folks who're enjoying Cold as Hell and modifying it and stuff. The end of that mod's development is kind of a painful process, but I genuinely had a good time working on it - it was probably one of the few things keeping me sane at that point in my life. Imagine my surprise when I search my mod and find thousands of people watching playthroughs of it, lol!
I don't expect to be super active here, at least not for a while, but I wanted to drop back in and say hello - I think I still see a couple folks I remember from the Old Days, but I'm sure basically no one remembers me at this point, lol.
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