Aorii

December Hiatus

Hello everyone,

I'm pausing this Patreon for the December monthly billing cycle. 

The reason for this is because I'm about to leave on an international trip that will take close to 4 weeks, during which I don't expect to have much time to work on Daybreak. This means the next chapter is almost certainly to get delayed. In fact, the pre-release of Chapter 16 was originally meant to include a map of the battlefield to help the readers follow what the discussion on tact...

Volume 4 Chapter 15.5 Interlude Pre-release

The first interlude chapter I've written since Volume 2.

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Disclaimer: this is a pre-release, after I've had at least one beta-reader go through it and two major edit passes, so major changes are unlikely. There may still be minor fixes that needs addressing before publication.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c1rRc09eLzjkk8w4jNuekYBBGozxa-iRoJe...

Hyperion Military Organization

Hello everyone,

This is a document I originally created with the original Daybreak so I can write and discuss military affairs with consistency. It is the history and breakdown of the Hyperion Legionary organization structure which is used as the foundation for Western Hyperion militaries. Since last year I've been brushing in additional details to create both a sense of continuity within the setting, as well as to be a more useful reference when I write future volumes.

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Frozen Floweret Pre-Release 3/4

Hello everyone,

This is chapter 3 of 4 that's written for Frozen Floweret. I'm waiting for all 3 to be done before they all get posted in a row on the blog. After that we'll resume the usual Daybreak schedule (which has been falling behind due to my work trip and illness after >_<)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n45nGplf4ajshCOQdprYQ...

Frozen Floweret Pre-Release 2/4

Hello everyone,

This is chapter 2 of 4 that's written for Frozen Floweret. The other two are still in beta, for those wondering when they saw the links in ch1.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GYhqFObpLxmbmsUavFkMPKR2zCio5E0pdgwCghjRBgw/edit?usp=sharing

In the meantime the general edit for v4 Daybreak has finished and I...

Daybreak Update and Frozen Floweret Pre-release

Hello everyone,

As Daybreak is currently in the middle of v4, I'm taking a slight break to do editing on some older chapters, as well as reviewing the consistency of what's I've written for v4 content. Most changes are quite minor so I'm not going to bother posting much on it. I also need to do some planning for the second half of v4 going forward, as Kaede is about to set off on a journey without Pascal for the first time.

In the meantime, I'd like to share something else I've be...

Yet Another Patreon Pause (December)

Hello everyone,

This is the third time I'm pausing Patreon this year (sigh).

I'm having one heck of a year.

Between being busy at the job and family coming to take an extended visit at my place, I really haven't had much time to work on writing in November. Sorry. 

The good news is that I'm not stuck, like I was when writing v4ch8. Though Pascal being a bummer is still a pain to write and it also really make me (and other characters) realize how much of a...

Another Patreon Pause (August)

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the lack of activity in here as of late. 

As those of you active in the Discord might know -- I've been rather busy of late due to career changes. I've just recently concluded a job hunt and accepted an offer to a new position in another company, one that marks an important step in my career. So currently I'm in the middle of a transitory period. 

The final decision on which offer to accept gave me a lot of stress (and much time invested i...

Patreon Paused for June

Hello everyone,

I've been a bit busy of late at work, and so have some of the beta-readers. Furthermore, I have a business trip coming up at end of month which is likely to suck more time out of my schedule next week.

I'm still hopeful that I'll be able to release one chapter this month. But alas, that's not much activity -- so I'll be putting Patreon on pause for the June 1st cycle.

Best regards,

~ Aorii

Artwork Centralization + More Character Sheets

Quick update!

First of all -- and this is not just for patreons -- I've moved to using a Lensdump account for Daybreak artwork. It's much easier to manage a folder here and upload files, than trying to organize and neatly format a wordpress page.

If you'd like to see more art in progress, or get involved in some of the artwork discussions, please join the Discord channel which now has a daybreak-art threa...

Omake - If Daybreak countries were in EU4 (Part 1)

Years ago, when I first wrote Daybreak, I was still an avid player of Europa Universalis IV. I've stopped playing that game since, partly due to time constraints and partly because I like Stellaris more as a nation-roleplayer and cultural simulator. However, I still like the game quite a bit, and I often try to envision national characteristics from a EU4 lense.

I first started drafting 'National Ideas' for the countries of this story many years ago, partly fo...

Status Update

Hello everyone, 

I thought I'd do a status update here since I haven't been posting as much. 

I've been working a lot over the past month on planning out a detailed outline of volume 4 and thinking through the major plot threads and character development. Volume 4 is meant to complete the first major arc of the story (which in the rewrite, stretches from volume 2-4). It's been a bit of a time consuming process, which is why I haven't managed to finish anything apart from...

Plans Ahead and Worldwalkers Dev Diary Early Release

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone has had some nice holidays to relax and/or spend time with family. As the new year begins and I've returned to my work, updates will likely slow down again. This will especially be the case as volume 3 ends and I need to start doing some planning for volume 4. In addition, I have several other things planned that I want to spent time working on, though not necessarily in the given order.

1. A general edit of 3rd volume -- I always made a full volume...

Q&A December 2021 - Psychology Research

Happy New Year everyone,

I hope holidays are going well =)

I've been particularly productive this holiday season, as I've managed to finish (re)writing Daybreak volume 3. I'll make a post on the blog later on some of my thoughts and reflections on this volume, which is largely about how the differing perspectives of individuals create biases and conflict -- many of which can be resolved if we simply applied more empathy and looked at circumstances from another's point of ...

Character Sheets

Daybreak's character statistics are something I compile for tracking character capabilities, identifying skill growth, keeping power scaling under control, catalog equipment and descriptions, etc., and to simply have fun as an analytical gamer.

This is something I've found extremely useful over the years. Not only is it supplementary material that I rather enjoy creating, it helps me brainstorm things like...

• What might a character do to overcome a challenging situa...
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Q&A September 2021 - Worldbuilding Research

Hello everyone. So as some of you saw the chapter posted on the Sept 18th, I'm now past the worst of my busy season at work and have started writing again. That being said I'm still under enough stress at work that it's making it difficult be creative on most days. Furthermore, the next chapter (v3ch12) is not just extra long, but also has a ton of events so it's taking a while. I'm going to see about getting a pre-release made available this weekend if possible, but we'll have to see. I'm al...

Patreon Paused for September

Hello everyone,

As I've mentioned on Discord as well as in recent posts, I've been extremely busy (and stressed) at work. So much so that I haven't really had time to focus thoughts on writing. I'm uncertain if the next chapter will even be finished this month.

Hence it seems only fair for me to put this Patreon on pause for the September 1st cycle. Hopefully by next month things will get better enough that I can resume progress as usual.

Best regards,

~ Aorii

Q&A July 2021 - Why & How I Write

Hello everyone. One of the Patreons finally asked a question that I can write about. So here's a post for the end of July.

First of all, apologies for yet another delay in chapter posting, I suspect there may be more to come in August. As some of you may know from Discord, I work in the education industry making software content that teachers use in classrooms (and I'm quite proud of it). Late July to September is the busiest part of the year for me. This is when we release all of our m...

National Profile - Weichsel

This is technically an early release of the Volume 2 Extra Chapter 2, however as it meets the basic Patreon bonuses I'm making it available for all Patreons. Older readers have already seen the previous version of this. It's a national profile done similar to an encyclopedia entry. This rewritten version has been refined and updated with more details.

I plan to release this on the blog the next time there's a break in weekly chapter releases.

2021-07-02 21:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Daybreak Roadmap

Hello everyone,

I've had a recent complaint that there's not much going on in Daybreak's Patreon, so I at least wanted to make a post. So far none of the higher tier Patreons have asked me to write a detailed post about anything, and only Q&A been done has been short discussions on the Discord.

So instead, I'm opting to talk briefly about the Daybreak plans moving ahead for this year.

As some of you may have read in the 2021-06-30 21:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Daybreak Links

This is a pinned post for resources associated with Daybreak on Hyperion, at least until I figure out a better way to organize this on Patreon. Since starting work on it in 2013, it has been posted on quite a few sites. My intent is to centralize items on my blog.

All published chapters, include art assets, can be found under my blog: https://samaran-daybreak.com/index.php/daybrea...

Hello Patreon

Finally launching a patreon account. I've considered this for some time but kept putting it off. A few fans have finally convinced me to create this.

The main issue I've always had is that -- I mostly write as a hobby, as a way to relax from my day job as an engineer. However, when one starts monetizing hobbies, it often creates an adverse effect. Instead of doing what I love, I'm afraid I'd start doing what's popular instead, because popular gives people that dopamine...