Fun fact: that’s exactly what I was doing with those place names. (And the dance of the elder ones.) I simply translated them.
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I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with readers getting a little lost, as long as the unexplained things aren’t so important that the story itself gets confusing. But it doesn’t sound like that’s the plan.
I will admit though, it seems weird to me to want readers to be confused. Different languages and different cultures will have some disconnect, and that’s normal. But I personally wouldn’t want to lean in. For example, “Jack and Jill bathroom” in the context I was using it is such a specific term. I could have used it, but that would have confused people. So I chose to limit that confusion, even if other aspects will be confusing simply by the nature of my being an American.
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In other news, I went to the zoo in 90 degree weather, and now I have a fever and a migraine. Authors never write about these aspects of life 
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So, I interviewed Barb a while back; you may know her as the author of Blood Moon and the upcoming game Thicker Than. I just made that interview free to listen to, and I like to think we talked about some pretty interesting stuff. So, have at it! https://www.patreon.com/posts/99005112
(It’s on my Patreon, but I assure everyone it is in fact free. That’s just where it’s posted.)
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Reading through some of my ‘old’ beta notes, and snorting at some of the ways I’ve worded my thoughts.
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I think I got the same result from going to buy groceries. Also hurt my hand. Not a good day in that regard, but I did get more food, so there’s that.
It’s not like I’m concealing important facts, but if I’m describing, say, a location as “the market square where festivities take place every year”, do you really need to know the exact location in the city? (I mean, when the location is not actually important.)
I guess I just like how certain books make me feel and want to mimic that. 
Also reading feedback (even on other people’s stuff) that invalidates my own experiences always makes me want to do the exact opposite. Also I just hate spelling everything out, readers should be able to pick context clues.
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mara 100% honesty here. I don’t care maps, I don’t care where things are in games and even less in books. I care actions and lore of places but where they are is totally indifferent to me. I skip all the geographic stuff in games. I care emotions and actions, politics. The rocks and rivers I give zero fucks.
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Now I want to see a game where the rocks and rivers are the ones doing politics…
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That would be awesome! Imagine they battle and moving around mortal frontiers when they go war
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Or that people are fighting over territory, and then the border river just goes “nope, not happening”.
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congrats @HarrisPS & @leiatalon . Guess it is smth fantastic to watch writers share in support thread for a long while and then finally launch their complete games ^^
wish lots’ of success and readers ^^
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Can anyone tell me other ways to say “you grab your head in frustration” ? I’ve used the latter way too much.
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What’s the source of the frustration?
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Mc is very tired after a busy day around people with unclear intentions towards them.
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“sink your head into your hands”, or some other expression of frustration eg grit teeth, rub their temples, roll eyes, sink into a chair with a groan?
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Pressing your palms to your closed eyes, groaning, (softly) banging your head against a desk, wall, or other flat surface, wanting to hit things, etc can also be indicators of frustration.
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Someone in internet insulted my english calling me reta*d. And I snapped into a range mode. Now I feel like shit. I have been able to control my rage years.
I am shit and probably the comment was right about my English and myself.
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If the person is insulting people on the internet for fun, and using such words, they are clearly just a shit person, putting others down to feel better about themself, and you shouldn’t listen to their opinions about anything.
And there will always be setbacks on the path of healing and self-improvement.
That’s completely normal, and doesn’t make you a failure, or bad person, or whatever other negative self-thoughts might appear.
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Thanks for saying that. I try hard to improve myself and help others. But I never achieve anything. It seems like they are right about me. I never ever do anything right. Nothing changes I am the same clown that arrived in this forum so many years ago.
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Anyone using that kind of language probably isn’t the best person to give honest criticism.
As someone who’s hopefully more credible, you’re actually pretty good at English. I can’t remember a time when I’ve been confused by what you’ve said or anything. Your English is a bit formal sounding, but I suppose that must be true of anyone learning a new language. Like, I don’t know if Spanish has contractions like English does, but I certainly haven’t learned them
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