Zaggy Norse

June 2022 progress update

Added 2022-06-07 06:49:42 +0000 UTC

Hello all! Hope you're well. I sure am; the writing has been flowing freely, which feels wonderful. I even found time to push out a little story recently, which you can read https://www.sofurry.com/view/1857902 here if you've not seen it.

On the LOTM side, I continue to make solid progress on 0.4. Two of the four outstanding paths are close to complete. I am expecting to wrap it all up this month and then release it in July, which will make July a billed month. The build for the subsequent in-game day will not have nearly as many characters to introduce (and if you're disbelieving that there can somehow still be more, yeah :P), so that should wrap up much faster. I have on more than one occasion considered an alternative introduction mechanism to speed things along a bit, but it never feels like the right thing. It's not as clear now because we've not hit the meat of the game, but I think the framing I've chosen will make sense once we do get there.

Speaking of the meat, I'm very eager to spill the beans, but I also don't want to spoil things. I think it's nice to experience some stuff in-game for the first time if you choose, instead of knowing what to expect when you load up a new build. So, as a compromise, I'll make another post here on Patreon, marked as spoilers, for those who want to learn how the main game loop will operate. It still won't mention the aforementioned events, merely what will happen after them, but it will unavoidably include some minor spoilers.

As always, thank you for your support, especially through the Long Dark. Very excited to be back to a regular cadence, and I can already feel how my new model for releases has eased some mental pressures on me w.r.t. releases. Which definitely improves my ability to write.