Memories of 2015/Wishes for 2016

[Micro]

2015 is drawing to a close! (for some of you, it's already 2016 *throws confetti*)

but before I say goodbye to 2015, I wanted to take a look back on the year and reflect a bit on the memories. I'd love to hear your memories of 2015 as well! please share here with us all ^_^

Also, feel free to add your wishes for the new year!
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I guess this year was pretty meh overall for me. it was a lot better than the previous 3 years though, so I am grateful for that. nothing really stands out for me in terms of memories, but I did get to play a lot of fun games like SC2: LotV, Fallout 4 and others.

my wishes for 2016 are to get a better job and make more money!

What about you guys? :)

 

[Zebestian]

2015, huh? Well, the year was... interesting for me to say the least. It had more downs than ups overall. I had my friends in uni turn away from me since I'm apparently too introverted for their tastes, I had the podcast team I'm part of lose two members in a very unfortunate and not very nice kind of way, I had some minor depression moments which would result in me skipping classes for weeks, I wasn't able to find an intern placement (I'm still searching) and love wasn't very kind to me.
Wow... it really sounds like 2015 was crap for me. XD

As for the positives: I made huge progress composing-wise and managed to release some awesome tunes for you guys to use in your games. I had a great summer vacation in Poland with two friends (easily my highlight of 2015), I managed to improve my grades and I tightened my bonds to two already kinda close friends (one of them being involved in the unfortunate love thing XD).

I guess in retrospect, the negatives are more plentiful but they don't weigh as heavy as the positives. As dramatic as some of the negative things sound, they weren't all that bad. ^_^

And in 2016... well, it'd be nice to find some IRL friends that are actually close to where I live. I could also go with a relationship, I guess. I'm too shy for that though, so... luck is needed. XD
I'd also love to improve more music-wise. Maybe learn how to play the piano. :3

 

[Amysaurus]

2015 has been... something!

I had my first full-time job over the summer at my family's print shop, which led to more 50-hour work weeks than I'd like, but some nice paychecks. I learned a lot about the printing and graphic design business, and it was certainly more interesting than I'd expected. It definitely beat my part-time grocery store job, lol. At least I could listen to music the whole time!

Back at school, I found out some of my close friends weren't as close as I'd thought, but I also reconnected with some old friends and met plenty of new ones. Campus feels a lot less lonely now, and it's a nice change. My animation classes aren't going as great as I was hoping, so I'll be looking into moving schools next fall.

Health-wise, I'm so-so. I had a bad fall in 2014, and I still have troubles in one my left knee every now and then. My wrists still bother me, but not quite as much as they used to. I didn't have any major illnesses, thankfully, but I did have to miss out on Easter to get my wisdom teeth out though, lol. Currently I'm still having a lot of trouble with insomnia, so that's, uh, fun.


For 2016, I'm mostly hoping to work on my issues with insomnia, and spend more time trying to get an animation project going outside of my classes. Of course, I'm also looking forward to hanging around with you guys.

 

[Companion Wulf]

2015 was a tough year for me work and game dev wise. A lot of things happened that, when I look back on them, the only thing I regret is still not being able to do the things I've been trying to do for the past 5 years but haven't been able to. Last year was going to be the year that I migrated to the USA to be with my other half; the only thing holding us back was, as it always is, money (or lack thereof).

2016 is definitely going to be a better year. I had my tax rebate (end of last year), which was way more than I expected it would be so I was able to save a sizeable portion towards that goal. And things have already been set in motion for that migration. I complain a lot about my shifts, but it definitely pays well and pays off in the longer term. It also meant I was able to buy the preorder of MV straight out without going out of pocket.

I've started building a small game dev team to help offset the fact that I'm not able to work as much as I'd like on my RPG Maker projects. I've a renewed motivation to complete Otherworld for VXA before focusing completely on games for MV.

@Amysaurus Don't know if this will work for you; it does for me a bit. I put a bit of lavender oil on my pillow. Lavender is a well-known healer for anxiety and insomnia.

 

[Cunechan]

2015 was great, more or less. I had the greatest vacation ever with two of my best friends in Spain. A good friend had to suffer in Paris for a half year but it's finally over and she's fine and back. I made so many new friends and learned a lot about people and about myself. There were many depressing moments I had though but they're all over by now. I improved my skills but sucked at school anyways. I'm really grateful for that year but wanna take a moment for all the shit people went through, all the people who had to die (and the shit which government caused this year). I hope it'll be fine and my heart is with these people.

I hope you all have a beatiful 2016! I try to do better in school, with my friends and to be a nicer person in general. It'll be a lot harder with school now though. Hope you all will be fine and get your projects and other things done. Stay happy and healthy

 

[Macro]

Overall I suppose it was good for my simple style life, but around the world a lot of bad things happened. I have a feeling 2016 is going to be a extremely important year for me. 2015 felt more like a recovery year from my side, and now it's time to move on and start growing and getting some goals achieved.

 

[Akod]

Hmm...what happened in 2015? Unfortunately, I have some pretty serious memory issues, so I don't remember much of the year.

I don't recall anything excessively bad happening, so I'm sure it was a pretty good year. Made a few close friends last year, that's for sure. Lost a couple months worth of a raise, due to my boss' boss being an idiot. That is the worst thing I can remember happening to me. My brother-in-law joined the Navy, so he and my sister ended up moving ~2,000mi/3,200km away. That was a happy, yet sad turn of events.

As for 2016, a couple friends and I were planning on taking a trip in May, so I really hope nothing happens to change those plans, since it will be the furthest distance from home I will have ever been and probably the most fun I will have this year. I guess I just hope 2016 will be as good as I remember 2015 being.