I ended up following my inspiration and worked on the second goal exclusively… which is okay, because when inspired, I need to ride it for everything that it is worth. More on that shortly.
For this goal, I opened a new “working file”, archiving my old file, both as back up and for emergency use (if I need to revert to the old copy for any reason)
I also set up the needed prompts for my first big change for improvement based on received feedback.
This is the goal I worked on most this month. I wrote about 35,000 words (in total, not just this month) for this chapter so far, and the average play through for it is 20,000 spread out over three paths,
While I did not finish mapping the entire chapter, I did reach a spot where I feel comfortable putting it down to focus on my feedback changes for the common route.
The main reason why this goal ended up being my focus this month is because I felt inspired with the progress of the story and followed it.
If I try to ignore such, I found that I will lose the inspiration, often not able to get it back later.
This delays my plans to release a public beta, but on the other hand it means more of the dock route is completed earlier than expected.
I’ll be opening September’s support thread later tomorrow.
So, I did manage to complete all my August goals, but in a way, it also feels like I didn’t.
It’s strange, I physically did complete them, yet I feel empty inside. I don’t have that same dopamine release I used to upon finishing a monthly goal. I suspect it’s due to the fact that I’ve felt rather dead in general during August and spent most days laying on my bed staring at the ceiling.
It feels weird, I dislike it…
I’m hoping that September will be a breath of fresh air, and that I’ve just been caught in summer blues, because at this point all I can do is hope that the reason is that mild.
