Saturday Devlog (July 17)

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday, hope you're all doing well :)

It's been a strange week for me, writing the next arc (which is centered around an Arcadian disease outbreak) while my country is recording nearly a quarter of the world's new COVID deaths. Oddly enough, writing has become a pretty effective form of coping during these times. I lost two close friends over the course of the week, and nothing has been more fruitful in helping me grieve quite like writing about it. And AMR in all its escapist glory has been nothing short of cathartic in the midst of it all.

Which is to say - writing has been going surprisingly well, all things considered. I'm up 8k words from last week, which means I'm on track to meet the wordcount goal for this month. It's largely exposition work so far, but at this point in time I'm really close to getting to the actiony bits, which I'm really excited about.

There'll be a sneak peek going up shortly after this post, featuring the pre-mission briefing with Ilya. I'll also be uploading a couple of Arcanist polls soon - one to determine the topic of the August side story, and another to determine the next art project after the character artworks have been completed.

As for progress on art - I commission most of the art shown on this page from fellow Indonesians, and so there have been quite a few hiccups on that front due to COVID-related reasons. Thus far, both the Snapchat Stories and the Zombie Migration AU features are on track for an August release, though progress on character artwork is a little stunted right now. If it is the case that any of the remaining portraits have not yet been completed by the end of this month, I'll be sending it/them via email to Arcanists as they are sent to me. Apologies for the potential delay!

That about wraps it up for this week's update. :) Stay safe everyone, and as always, thank you for following the development of A Mage Reborn!