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Building a map for DanCre story

I am... uh, slowly building a mind map/knowledge base for my DanCre stories right now. Long story short, dealing with plot holes are always trickier than expectations. So now I'm back to step one...
又到了交作業的時間,呃總之...我目前又退回上一則文章列出的步驟一,重新打造DanCre故事專用的知識庫。原因是原先的大綱有太多故事漏洞,最後決定把一些該釐清的想法都先整理起來。

The map on top is still WIP of course, and I expect myself to finish the outline and settings before 2021. So next month I can at least drawing some concepts and writing full scripts. (billing cycle will remain paused)
上面那個圖表還沒寫完整,預計在2021前至少要把背景設定還有大綱補完,希望下個月可以快快開始補完劇本還有畫些概念設計圖,所以啦,結帳週期還是一樣維持暫停。

It's actually a lot of fun to do all these studies and sketches, but I also have the anxiety of not able to start drawing anything, and doubts about my own abilities dare to tackle serious questions and trying to find an answer. After several weeks of preparation, been buried by all the notes I took, I guess my top priority right now is to find an ideal way of effectively sorting out all pieces of information and be consistent in finishing them x_x
做這些功課其實還蠻有樂趣(先不論我有沒有能力寫出有趣的內容),但一來一直沒法動筆畫圖、二來也一直質疑自己有沒有能力回答所有重要的問題...數週準備下來,我已經快被筆記內容淹沒啦,再不好好整理它可能又要寫出飽含一堆漏洞的劇情了。

P.S. I'm using Remnote for outlining, Scapple and draw.io for mind mapping,  Google Keep for taking quick notes, and Obsidian when the notes/writings became too long and chrome started to crash.
註:我目前使用Remnote條列式整理筆記,使用Scappledraw.io畫心智圖,使用Google Keep快速寫下一些臨時想到的筆記,等筆記越寫越長變成像文章,導致chrome一直當掉之後,就騰到Obsidian裡寫完它。(沒用google doc是因為它瀏覽上超級不方便and和ㄅ半的標點輸入模式好像很有仇)

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Hey thanks! I found if having a clear story in mind, I'll have more drive to push myself to finish the project. Just checked the sketchboard.me app. It seems a great tool to start getting concepts! I'm using Scapple for similar usage though the UI is much uglier lol. I probably will stick to programs that can be installed and save files locally and directly on my OneDrive. Yeah the plotting is so difficult x_x Everything will be affected and you kind of need to work on several notes/documents simultaneously. I'm currently seeking tools that can save/edit all needed documents in one place and sync on different devices. Have tried all popular note apps like Evernote, google keep, OneNote, Notion...etc., but they all have delay/crashing issues for heavier text editing. In the end, it seems a simple plain-text editor (like notepad++) is just easier and more robust for handling many documents at once.

This is so cool to see your outlining process! I am sure everything will turn out great once you get it all in place. I find plotting is so difficult because if you change one thing, you have to check to see how it affects everything else. I have been putting off outlining and writing due to work but you have definitely inspired me to get back into it! I use a platform called "sketchboard.me" for storymapping.

Thanks! Speaking of which, I feel in DMC5 there are some concepts that seem to be inherited from Fortuna and the Holy Knights. For some reason they also remind me a lot about Miyazaki's games. Probably just because he's a god of world-building based on dark fantasy XD

Aw thank you <3 I feel so bareboned to just talking without providing any visual support x_x Hopefully when all these are prepared I can proceed to draw some interesting concepts!

I really love that you are building up on the lore where Capcom left off on the Order of the Sword and Credo. They have a lot of story and continuity potential, so it's great to see you work on them!

Woahh all your notes and outlines are amazing!! I know you'll pull though, you've got it. :D


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