Dear Patrons, 

Here’s the latest vlog from Thailand. In this video I travel with Yan from Krabi to Phi Phi to Lanta Old Town. We sail along with Liz and Jamie from @followtheboat and enjoy some fun adventures together. 

As is announced in the video, I will be out sailing until mid-January, 2017. During that time I hope to bring you lots more vlog content on a regular basis. 

Someone asked if I was planning to develop any games along the way… problem is, I left my PC (development) laptop back in Shanghai, since I was only planning for this to be a 2-week sailing trip. My MacBook Air (which I’m using now, and on which I edit videos) is 5 years old and doesn’t have the capacity to do meaningful development work plus video editing. So… a bit crippled at the moment, but hoping to order a new MacBook Pro at end of October, which would put me back in a position to both edit videos and work on some small game projects. 

Someone else asked about further promoting my Patreon channel. Until I am releasing more regular content I’m going to keep the existence of this channel pretty quiet. I figure it’ll make more sense when/if I decide to move to the boat full-time, and can commit to more regular content updates. I only plan to charge for video posts when I think the video is fun/interesting enough to warrant such.

In the meantime, I appreciate the support from those of you who are supporting me. I like to think of you as my little inner circle, so feel free to send comments and feedback – knowing that I’ll read and reply to everything. 

In this vlog I ride a bullet train to China’s largest wholesale market in YiWu. There I spend hours walking around the doomsday machine that is China’s factory storefront. Want to know how the world will end? In a mountain of plastic crap!

After a successful SacAnime I travel back to Shanghai. Back in China I talk about some big changes at home and what’s in store for winter. 

I’m heading to YiWu China this week to check out the massive wholesale market there. The next vlog will cover that journey! 

Vlog covering my appearance at SacAnime in Sacramento, CA. Myself, RJ Berg, Roger Jackson, and Norm Felchle attended the con to meet with Alice fans. 

This event opened my eyes to the possibility of doing more conventions around the world – and using those appearances to build momentum for new projects, including the Alice feature film project. 

Many thanks to the event organizers and fans for making it a great event. 

Just a quick video covering travel from China to the US. Now that I’m in Sacramento for SacAnime I’ll be putting together a longer format video talking about the event and detailing my interaction with Alice fans. 

After several weeks of epic sailing I finally make my way back to the marina in Krabi. 

Now that I’m back at the marina I’ll get the boat ready to be left on its own for a little while. My plan is to be back on the boat in October. From that point forward… it’s a blank page, but I’ll be pushing to launch the first Pirate Jam in December. 

And now… back to Shanghai!