Tomorrow, I will be going into hospital for my operation. The op itself isn't until Wednesday, but I'm being admitted tomorrow afternoon so they can do preparations and stuff. I won't be on Newgrounds at all over the next two weeks or so. After I return, though, I may have some important news regarding projects from outside Newgrounds that I'm working on. As I've stated before, if I do decide to make an MSC6 (not likely at the moment) it won't be for a while yet.

...actually, I do have some ideas of what my next project could be here on NG. But we'll get to those when the time comes. For now, it's goodbye, and thanks to all of you for your support over the last 6 weeks or so.

~F1

Well, the date has been decided, so it's time you guys found out. A few months ago I was diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine. In my case it's very serious and I need two operations to straighten it up. I will go in for the operations on July 3rd and will be in hospital for about two weeks, during which time I will be inactive here. If all goes well I will return in mid-July. If not...guess I'll see you on the other side.

I hope you will all support me during this difficult period.

Your friend and colleague,
~F1Krazy

Sorry for the lack of activity for the last month. First I was playing Katawa Shoujo, then I was playing Madness: Project Nexus, then I was watching Gurren Lagann (watch it, it's an amazing series). And I've got exams coming up, and mountains of coursework and shit, and then in late July...well, I'll explain that at a later date. I've made enough excuses.

During this time, Madness Scene Creator 3 has surpassed 500,000 views. I promised that when this happened, I would update Madness Scene Creators 1, 2 and 3, removing the reset glitch and adding new items. I've delayed enough, so the updates are now finally live! Well, I'm having some problems updating MMSC3, but the first two are updated. Check 'em out.

Oh, and I'm writing my own anime series, Vanishing Point. Check it out on my deviantART profile sometime. I can promise it's going to be epic.

EDIT: Oh, hey, look, I've earned 1,000 medals in total. That's pretty sweet.

I just...wow. Just...play this game. Honestly, it's just amazing. It's the reason I haven't gotten around to those MSC5 updates yet, I've been unable to do anything else because it's all I can think about.

Which reminds me...when you're able to wrench yourselves away from Katawa Shoujo, go play MSC5 some more, and vote 5. It needs it :'(

Eeyup! Go play it and rate 5 and stuff.

EDIT: Daily 4th, eh? I was hoping for better, I guess I just submitted this at a bad time. Ah well. It's still my first Daily Award, so I'll roll with it.

As I said in the comments there, this'll be my last scene creator for a while now. I have a lot of other stuff to deal with (I'll elaborate in a later post), and this is just another thing on my mind. Besides, there's not much else I can add now that's within my abilities. So I'm taking a break from Flash for a while, at least a year, while I get this shit together. Keep giving me suggestions for improvements, I will be noting them all down and I'll address them when (and only when) I get to MSC6.

I'll still be on NG of course, responding to comments and reviews and stuff. I like you guys. You got me this far. I'm not turning back at this point.

Anyway, go play MMSC5, give it a good rating, leave a review (I like reading them), and send me your screenshots! And above all...ENJOY! ^^

ANOTHER EDIT: Okay...I'm already getting a lot of ideas for improvements. The main thing seems to be the lack of save function...yeah. How many other scene creators do you guys see that have a save function? I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure it's impossible, and certainly it'll be beyond my skill levels. Everything else I can probably do, if haphazardly, but saving is probably beyond my reach for now. Sorry.

Since it's Valentine's Day, and this is my 50th news post (yay!), I decided to do something special for you guys. So, here it is: an open beta of MMSC5!!!

EDIT: I should probably tell you guys the controls:
*Hold Left/Right and click an object to rotate it
*Hold Up/Down and click on an object to resize it
*Hold Shift and click on an object to flip it
*Hold Space and click on an object to layer it (this doesn't work yet)

This serves three purposes:
1) You guys get to try out the game and make suggestions for improvements and stuff, and it oughta satisfy you for the time being until the real game comes out.
2) If ToastedToastyToast wishes, I can upload the source file there as well and he can re-program all the stuff that's not working (the mute button, the layering system, etc.)
3) As you remember, for MSC4 I held a competition where the winning scene got to be included in the preloader. I can now hold that competition before MSC5 is released, allowing the completed game to be published with the polished preloader rather than tacking it on later.

This of course leads me on to the contest itself. Make the best scene you can using the MSC5 beta version, screenshot it and send it to me. The best scene will be used in the preloader as with MSC4 (and you will gain credit for this). The deadline for entries is either March 1st, or whenever MSC5 gets released, whichever comes first. Get your entries in!

Happy Valentine's Day Newgrounds!

EDIT(18/02/2012) The latest version of the beta is up and fixes most of the issues you've raised so far. Play it here. NOTE: I will not be updating the beta again. This is it until I release the finished game. Just wanted you to see I am incorporating your feedback.

WHY?

...yeah, this is why I haven't been working on MMSC5. Blame my sister.

EDIT: (08/02/2012) Holy shit. DAT REDESIGN. I better start working on MMSC5 pronto. I still stand by my belief that it'll be out by March.

I know you're all impatient for MMSC5. And I know I haven't exactly been working flat-out to get it finished. But I'm nearly there. Right now I'm in the middle of a major test session, working out the kinks and adding in some more items. Soon I'll fire off a PM to ToastedToastyToast asking about a few things I need help with, and then I can finally get this SOB finished and uploaded. Then we can all rejoice.

Just hang in there a little longer.

EDIT: (24/01/2012) Me and ToastedToastyToast are currently ironing out the problems with the coding and that, at least, should be finished in a few days. Then it's just a question of adding more stuff, playtesting the hell out of the thing, adding a few graphical touches and then BAM, it's done. Fingers crossed.

...are gonna fuck shit up.

See you in 2012.

Have a screenshot.

EDIT: Fuck, when was the last time I sorted out my Favourites section? Right, I'm gonna do that now as well.