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Sprint 006, day 7

Added 2020-01-29 18:49:03 +0000 UTC

Hey guys! I had a good writing day today. Those of you following the Trello may have noticed that the writing of section 4 hasn't moved in a few days: the reason is that I've adjusted my writing style a little.

Part of my new process involves frequently playing through what I've just written in the game engine (which gives me a better sense of pace and feel than just looking at it in the code creator). Doing this made me realise the scene was starting to feel disjointed, getting into the weeds.

So I'm trying a new approach: instead of trying to fully complete all the options in a passage before moving on, I'm just sticking to a single "throughline" and trying to make it feel fun and interesting. Once that's done, I have a template for pacing and mechanics that I can model the rest of the scene on.

I was struggling to make this work on Monday and part of today, but this afternoon everything clicked into place and I'm feeling good about the last few days of the sprint. I'll go into some more detail in the next sprint report, due tomorrow. Have a great evening, see you then!