Life of a Shipping Executive v0.2 (WIP)

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Hi. Just wanted to drop in and say that I really enjoyed the demo and can’t wait to see what you’re going to do with this. Cheers!

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Ahahaha, another Singaporean in the chat, eh? We’re a rare breed around here.

Also, christ, 3k in 2004? What’s it now, 8?

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Eh, I checked Google and it’s showing around 5.2k. I don’t quite buy this figure.

I think there are two ways to look at it:

  1. Just tracking wage increases over time –> probably close to 5.2k

  2. Accounting for purchasing power –> likely closer to the 8k you mentioned.

Wage increases have definitely lagged behind inflation. Between 2004 to 2025, I’d say the cost of living has easily doubled. :sweat_smile:.

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Update for Week 46:

  • I finally completed Chapter 2 proper, and can start detailing our protagonist’s life in the company

    • Writing Chapter 2 took me much longer than I expected. It makes me question the timeline I’d set for the game in the initial planning.
    • I really hope ya’ll find it a captivating read. Speaking as an author, it’s easy to lose the sense for how a fresh read feels like, since I’m so familiar with the content.

  • Big news for romance lovers: you can now initiate romance with your childhood friend :wink:

  • New words are around 10k. I’ll stop counting precisely until Chapter 3 is done.

Cheers & have a great week ahead,

Writing Exec

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Gone are the days of 2.5 dollars Chicken Rice. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hi everyone, not too much progress over the past week but posting anyways to keep up the consistency and discipline.

Week 47

  • 4,418 words of content incorporated (no new uploads on CoGDemos till I get the first rotation of the trainee program done)
  • The trickiest part now is strategizing the game flow while your protagonist is in the company
    • Some paths that tap upon my direct experiences, I can already write non-stop
      • Need to strike a balance. Too much interactivity and branching, I think it loses the authentic feel. Too much linearity, and we might as well be reading a biography.
      • Another problem is that it may make the writing imbalanced compared to other perfectly viable career development paths which I want to feature in the game
      • To tackle this, I’ve actually been consulting present and ex-colleagues with different areas of expertise to see how best to incorporate their insights too (I frame it as a general catch-up or business conversation, haven’t said nothing about this WIP yet! haha)
        • Of course, these will be 2nd hand narrations of their experiences, so I might not get the details 95% correct. I’ll take a swing with 70%.

What could’ve gone better

  • I got more than a little distracted by the financial markets, some of my speculative investments really took a hit. This is bad discipline, since I made it a point to check only once every few months to inject fresh capital. I opened it at mid-Nov, wondered what the heck happened to some of tickers, then kept panic checking in the following days
    • Only one solution to this: Deleted the app.
      • If the speculative stocks go to zero…. whatever.
      • Not worth a further minute of my peace. Not like my stressing would help much anyways.

Wish you good health and a productive week ahead

I sure as heck need that.

Cheers,

Writing Exec

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Hello everyone,

Hope you’re having a great end to 2025 and starting the new year afresh.

A small bump that I’m still working on this and ask for your patience with the next update!

Cheers,

Writing Exec

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