Arceus: Awakening (WIP) [85K words] [Update 26/5/2024]

Yes, it is.

Thanks for the offer but thats not needed! I am glad you enjoy it though!

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Hello again. I unfortunately bring bad news once again. Ramadan has not helped my motivation, and thus I’ve made very little progress. I am still not quite sure what I’ll do in regards to this sudden bit of writer’s block that is tanking my interest. But I will update you further when I solve it. Or if I keep hitting a dead end on that front.

Until then. I wish you all a wonderful rest of your March and a Happy Eid.

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Take care.

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Hi, again. Might’ve realized recently that maybe the prospect of 30k words of action in a row in order to complete the sections necessary may have been subconsciously far more daunting than I had realized. So I got some work in finishing out just the section I am in right now and then going back to rewrite* some stuff and input some of the wonderful suggestions Chance highlighted last september (Man I am slow.)

It was a little worrying seeing how many times I typed the word sulk, especially in situations where ā€œsneakā€ or ā€œpassā€ would’ve worked just fine if not better. Certainly a dose of that no good neuron that you feel when looking back at past work. But it also gave me a hit of some of the better neurons as some sections I was looking over in the process of some polishing was still pretty good.

I am not entirely certain if the CoGDemos saves will hold up when I eventually release this next portion. So I will look into a method of skipping for those who have already read and are not keen on replaying all the way back to the new stuff.

*The rewrites are nothing major. Just making certain things more clear and adding some bits to make certain scenes more easily understood.

That’s about all I wished to update you all with!

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Did something happen to the game?? Because I am not able to access it

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cogdemos updated and broke a bunch of links

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Bah. Ill have to fix that in a bit. Should be back in business in about… 2 to 4 hours give or take afte I finish some chores.

Took a little longer than I’d like to complete those chores. But The link has been fixed. Sorry for the delay. And thanks for informing me!!!

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No problem

Ello ello, Been a little longer than I wanted but certain events, including me missing my exam and its make-up has more than soured my general mood. Finals should be at the end of the month and after which there should be nothing more related to that for a few months. A few other projects are also wrapping up so hopefully that would leave me more time to actually set aside and try and work on this more. Given we are nearing the a year after the last time I had updated it, with very little to show.

In terms of what is currently planned. There are four main routes during the training exercise.

Front
Side
Rear
Wall

Most of the work has been focused on front thus far, Which has ballooned into 4 subpaths of its own with one of those subpaths having 3 sub-subpaths. Having tunnelled to deep into that one line may have been a big part for my general drought since the lack of change isn’t ideal for my motivation, but it is finished now and I’ll try to spread out a tad more in the future to get more work overall in even if it is not as efficient on a per by per basis.

Thankfully. The other paths should be more simple by virtue of being a lot more narrow in comparison.

On the more positive end. I have certainly consumed a great deal more media that is related to this subject which has provided quite a big bowl of ideas. Which comfortably means that I mostly lack the time and will to put them into big words rather than a simple burnout of ideas. Because I have no idea what I will do if I ever reach that stage.

May you all have a good May!

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Glad to hear about the progress!

Hello ello. Not much progress as it is exam week, but it should be over soon as its wrapping up by the end of the week alongside a project. Managed to still get in about 1500 words in during that timespan during a burst which I’m happy for. Hopefully after exams I can find a nice schedule to work with it on.

With that. I hope you have a wonderful rest of may.

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