Hello everyone! Brand new to forums, just sharing my little sappy story :)

[ShannonByrneArt]

My name is Shannon and I've been playing The Long Dark since 2018. In 2019 I started getting into painting and the second painting I ever done was inspired by playing this game. Through painting that and posting it onto Steam, I met my now boyfriend, Pierre. We met in person a year and a half later and it has been the most amazing experience of my life, all thanks to this game, so if any member of the Hinterland team reads this, I just want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for making this amazing game. You connected two people who were a world apart and it has literally changed both our lives and given me a happiness I did not know existed. ❤️

This game is incredibly dear to me and I plan to create many more Long Dark inspired paintings in the future and share them with you fine folk. I have recently just finished another one, so I'll post that in the art section soon  ☺️

I also thought about maybe putting up a contest at some point, for people to share their best TLD screenshot and I'll paint a few of the best ones mebbe, would anyone be interested in that?

Thanks for reading!

[DIA]

Welcome to the forum!

[Leeanda]

Welcome to the forum😊

[J.W.P]

welcome to the forum 

[ManicManiac]

@ShannonByrneArt

Welcome to the wilderness.

[conanjaguar]

@ShannonByrneArt

Greetings from the land of Dixie!

It always warms my heart to read about how TLD literally changes peoples lives for the better . Just goes to show that it’s not “just a game”, on occasions it can transcend that definition.

[ShannonByrneArt]

Thank you so much for the warm welcome all, appreciate it very much!

[javijungle]

Welcome @ShannonByrneArt and greetings from southern Europe, really a nice story and if your avatar is the painting you are talking about you seem to be quite good at it.

[ShannonByrneArt]

@javijungleThanks so much, really does mean a lot. I've uploaded all my Long Dark paintings in the art section if you want to have a looksy at the entire painting 😊

[javijungle]

15 minutes ago, ShannonByrneArt said:

@javijungleThanks so much, really does mean a lot. I've uploaded all my Long Dark paintings in the art section if you want to have a looksy at the entire painting 😊

Thanks, I've already seen them, really impressive.

[xanna]

Such a lovely story and your art is beautiful and really captures TLD's magic 🤩

Welcome to the Wilderness, survivor Shannon!

[ShannonByrneArt]

@xannaI really do appreciate that immensely, thanks so much 😊

[TiffTastic]

Welcome to our little community🩵🦋