Hey welcome to 2021,
2020 was a pretty crummy year for me. Personally, on YouTube, and in almost every way really. I haven't got around to going through the YouTube data yet because I've been working on some Supercars stuff. It's not a video, at least not yet! But it might not go on YouTube. I'm just recording footage from the website and also from the Supercars YouTube channel.Anyway, I'm back to work tomorrow, so who knows how things are going to pan out. I'm planning better. I'm going to be more focused on making comics, games, and YouTube videos than I was last year. Here's how:
1. Comics
I'm going to focus on each character in Hale Kane #18 and beyond, drawing scenes that are relevant to each character and make it so that the world of Hale Kane feels dynamic and fleshed out. This means that I will be able to put #18 together better and will actually enjoy making the thing. It will probably end up piecing #19 and #20 together in process, too. My goal for 2021 is to make all three comics, then I will commission artists to draw pictures of KJ. That was my idea for a reward a while back, and I'm still kinda interested to going with it.
2. Games
I had to rush to finish my goal at the end of 2020. I made three games in one day, and they were pretty disappointing, especially as I tried to go outside the confines of the guide book that I was using. The goal this year, like with Hale Kane, is to go bigger and better. I will try to make 15 games, they will have more purpose, be designed better, and will hopefully make it easier for me to learn how to program just by doing it.
3. YouTube videos
So I have 5 different channels and all of them posted something in 2020. Let's start with Supercars Mabeanie.
I did not post or even make the SuperLite video. So that will be my first goal for YouTube as far as my personal channels are concerned. I also want to do some sort of series that will allow me to make more Supercars videos for a bit. I'm thinking spotlight videos on certain drivers. I've also done some thinking about how to make my Supercars videos better so that people watch them longer. I have already come up with some ideas on what to do differently.
Mabeanie Games is a bit different. I posted Friday Night Fun, and bits of my separate V8 Supercars championships. For 2021 Friday Night Fun, I am going to have every video have different games. I will not make multiple videos with the same game. I have lots of games that I enjoy, but a small handful that I think make good content and that I specifically prefer to play on a regular basis. I'm not super keen on the Holdens Only and 2001 championships, but I think that they will make good content anyway. I do like to go back to my V8 videos occasionally and watch a whole race. The goal will be do commit and successfully execute the Friday Night Fun plan. It should be pretty easy. Just don't do the same game again.
Mabeanie Talks has a bunch of stuff recorded for more Mab and Tom, but I haven't worked on it in a while. The Christmas video got me a bit pumped for it, so more could come in the first half of this year. Apart from that I'm not fussed. There is also the 10 years anniversary series, but I've done very little since May or something. I have five or six individual years to go through, and there's heaps of content to think about when it comes to reflecting deeply on my YouTube career. Who knows if I'll get it done this year, but really I should get it done to keep it relevant. The goal for Talks will be to finish making and post all of the current Mab and Tom content.
Okay now to my collab channels. SAIM Industries did pretty well. We did manage to make content, and we chose not to get back to IM stuff because I felt that doing AM was of good value for the channel as a whole rather than in terms of views or the amount of videos made. We will probably get back to the IM stuff on Australia Day, as we have done from time to time. Still, there is another session of AM to be edited and another to be recorded, so we have our work cut out for us. As a specific goal, I would like to focus on drawing attention to our 10 years celebrations. I want to do a podcast, order celebratory shirts, hoodies, and hats, do at least one skit, and at least one series with all of us in it.
Pickle-Shaped Peanuts has a tendency to get neglected, but we are looking to be in a position to be performing better than ever in 2021. There is a little bit of V8 Supercars stuff to come out, and after that we may return to Crash Bandicoot, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4, or start something new. They guys are probably not excited about doing more V8s, but it has been something like two years since we did it so maybe they don't mind. As a specific goal, I want to do two recording sessions, so we should get talking about that soon.
Okay that's everything for now. Shame I didn't get Hale Kane #18 done, but I am taking it very seriously and so I'm being careful with it.
See Ya!
