Hi! Boy, this stinks, right? Well, whaddaya gonna do, I guess.

Since the announcement, I've been working on getting a number of different things set up. This post will be updated and reposted as necessary. Here are all the different places you will be able to find me and the things that I do after the site shuts down for good:

• The All-New BP Games Website (with accompanying blog): In addition to having regular development updates crossposted from the monthly newsletter, this will be the new home of all my longform writing. I will also be slowly re-publishing both the previously-published Adult Analysis Anthology essays and some of my Greatest Hits there over the next few months. If you would like to follow me via bookmarking or an RSS feed, this is the option for you.
• The BP Games Monthly Newsletter: Yes, I'm linking it twice. The newsletter is currently standing at about 40 subscribers, and I'd love to bump those numbers up. If you'd like e-mails about my projects and other things I'm getting up to, this is the option for you.
• The Zippizone Discord Server: Please note that this is NOT a @BPGames server. This server is focused on preserving Cohost's culture of curiosity, discussion, and discovery around weird and especially NSFW projects. It's also going to be the new home for my @zippity posting. I made a longer post explaining the mission of the server a few days ago. If you want a place to chat about NSFW media with other grown-ups, or if you want to riff on some goofy boners @zippity style, this is the option for you.
• My public-facing dev Twitter: Yeah, I'm still on here, in a limited capacity. This account will probably be used for occasional riffing and crossposting major updates and sales. If you were a fan of the high-volume porn reposting I was prone to engage in over at @BiggHoggDogg, I have another Twitter where I do that. If you're on Twitter and want to view tweets, this is the option for you.
• The BP Games Developer Page On Itch: This one's pretty self-explanatory! I primarily use this page only for major announcements, but if you're on there, I'm on there.
• My brand-new Bluesky account: I made one of these! Eventually this will be used for shortform shitposting and mostly-porn following, as well as crossposts for things like blogs, major updates, and sales. If you're on Bluesky, hit me up on Bluesky.
• Another Blog Because Fuck It: I got jealous of my friends who had spun up Bear blogs because I liked the vibe. This is a more personal blog where I'll be posting thoughts too miscellaneous to appear on the official BP Games blog (and where I'll be reposting some of my goofier Cohost longposts). Honestly I'm kind of at a loss as to why you'd want to follow this one. I guess if you like rambly self-important bullshit? Idk fill your boots

hello, friends new and old... the time has come for one last round of COMPOST, cohost's casual music-making compo! (get it? cohost... compo... compost...) this one is going to run for two days instead of one! if you've got some time this weekend, join in - let's make this the biggest sendoff possible 🥲 share this far and wide!

COMPOST is loosely based on the one-hour compo, a quick event where participants make a tune in one hour based on a prompt, or with a provided sample pack. although they're alive and well today (particularly in the form of "one-hour battles"), they go way way back to IRC channels of yore!

here's how our variant works:

• follow the provided prompt; you can interpret it however you like, use it as a liftoff point
• ideally you should spend one to two hours on your track maximum. but i'm not a cop, so do what feels right. the spirit of the event is generally to make something quick and not feel pressured to polish : )
• upload it here on cohost as an audio post once you're done
• tag your submission with the tag COMPOST #6 so we can all check it out!
• there's no scoring or judging or anything like that, but i highly encourage leaving nice comments and listening through the other submissions, as that's the most fun part! of course feel free to mention in your post if you do or don't want feedback
• submission period is open for the next 48 hours, to keep this event timezone-friendly. it's beginning and ending at midnight EST. here's a countdown to help you out
• if you want, you can make some other form of art also/instead. this was conceived as a music compo but there is really nothing stopping it from expanding further. people have made cover art for their submission, for example

if you're interested in checking out the previous installments of this series, here are some links - people have made all sorts of wonderful music in many styles & methods! it's incredible!

• prompt #1 / all 43 entries! (thank you @adibabidan for compiling)
• prompt #2 / all 43 entries! (thank you @glotch for compiling)
• prompt #3 / all 35 entries! (thank you @glotch for compiling)
• prompt #4 / all 45 entries! (thank you @glotch for compiling)
• prompt #5 / all 30 entries! (thank you @glotch for compiling)

lastly, i cannot thank you all enough for making this event so special. it's hard to even find the words to convey how much it's meant to me, seeing dozens and dozens of people make something unique every time, listening and commenting, building a community. it's been really special and i'm constantly amazed at the diversity of peoples' musical ideas here. an extra shout-out to those who have taken the COMPOST series as an opportunity to try something new, or even experiment with making music at all - i think that's so beautiful. thanks, again. i wish i'd been able to do these more often, now that there's an end-date in sight. if you're interested in the one-hour battle as a composing/experimentation tool, i wholeheartedly recommend Battle of the Bits. it's more structured but you will settle into the process! the site is one of the only standing relics of older internet eras.

much love. there are links to my other places on my profile, if you've interest in keeping up; don't be shy <3
--HVB

I would love to keep up with everybody on their own blogs and sites but honestly that probably won’t be the reality. It’ll be like graduation where some people will just drift away as you go in a different direction in life.