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29th Feb 2024
progress update
welcome back to the monthly rambling.
We finally have an discord, join us, I made custom emojis.
Obsolete Stars Server
what did I accomplish in feb?
i finally finished the god forsaken bitch ass chapter 7. yall have no idea it was haunting me so much. i was going insane and Iām so happy its over. not only did I finish chapter 7 tho, I also finished my 10k goal, yay. it was a tiny goal, but it actually felt so much more possible, so ill def keep 10-15k as my monthly goals. even tho I am still job hunting on the side, BCS ya boy is officially a sexy university dropout now?? wow, ik. i have most stuff for chapter 8 figured out, I just need to write it down.
goals for march:
get a job. i just need to survive on the side while writing. ill keep my march goal at 10k, maybe ill get more or less, depending on the entire job situation. i also need to do a lil bit of research BCS ill be writing outside my comfort zone, and getting me to read scenes like the one i planned will be hell BCS i cannot keep attention and i usually just skip it not sorry. Iām not gonna tell myself that ill finish chapter 8 this month, BCS i am so traumatized by chapter 7 and the idea of chapter 9. but i get to write so many scenes that I am so excited for. like genuinely so excited for the upcoming chapters.
stats from feb:
total of words written: 10152
hours spend in despair: 30 hours
job applications send: about 100 /gen
Anyway, I will return either with an update, or next month. you may experience me.
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Progress Update
1st April 2024
once again we gather here to figure out what I have been up to, what the future will be and recent past of the demo has been.
What Iāve been up to:
- I have successfully written a bit over half of the update, or at least half the plot.
- the major branching for this chapter has been almost completed, only a few scenes are missing before we return to meet back up all paths and finish the chapter.
- additionally I have reached the 10k goal for march
What I will be up to:
- I genuinely think chapter 8 will come out this month, I decided to not cut it into parts, BCS I believe it will be best enjoyed in one go.
- I do want to rewrite a scene in chapter 8 already, but I will return to it after I finish the chapter, so it will be the last thing ill write before officially updating the demo.
- obv I made another 10k goal, it has been a great motivator without feeling overwhelming.
Fun stats from march:
- written 10151 words for chapter 8
- thereās about 184 errors in the update, meaning I misspelled, or grammatically fucked up about every 55 words.
- I spend about 15 hours writing in march
Thank you for being here and listening to me. As always, have a good day. or elseā¦
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Content Update
20th April 2024
You havenāt forgotten about me, have you? Wellā¦ Iāve done did it. Are you excited? I actually really am for this update. It took so long and I really wanted the chapter to drop as a whole and not break it up, becauseā¦ well I feel like it wouldāve been rude to leave yall on like any cliffhanger this chapter.
So what can you do?
- meet a woman. absolutely crazy.
- learn about unforeseen possibilities
- choose a weapon
- use a weapon
- if u try really hard, u can die
- talk about feelings
- and wtf are we gonna do now???
Stats for nerds
Total added words: 19637
Total added read time: 1 hour 15min
Average words per play: ~ 10k
Average read time per play: ~ 40 min
Battleplan for the next chapter:
- I will probably do the set up this month, that can be itās own update, since there will be stuff happening
- I think it could be done within a month, no problem
- and the second half of the chapter will take time
- the main paths of the next chapter could be their own chapters, so depending on how expansive I make them, could be another month or two.
- Iām honestly extremely excited for the next chapter
- and terrified.
Feel free to check out my tumblr for more personal ramblings and spoilerish snippets I occasionally drop.
Or join our discord, weāre not many people, but I would love to be more people and talk about the game a whole bunch more.
As always, thank you for being here, and have a good time.
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I am very sure that I did forgot the continuity when I wrote that part, so itās actually completely on me. Iāll have to fix that. Thank you for letting me know.
Until I get it fixed, letās just pretend that she didnāt say that, haha
Progress Update
30th April 2024
Welcome back, everyone. Iām doing this today BCS I dunno if Iām feeling like it tmr morning. So lets review April.
What got done in April:
Besides finally releasing chapter 8 and being very happy about how it turned out. I also got a job, can u imagine? someone is paying me to do silly little tasks on my computer. ill be financially stable in no time.
What didnāt get done in April:
Imma be honest, I havenāt written since the day of the update, so my 10k goal is out of the window. there are a lot of different reasons why, after completing multiple art commissions by my friends (to support me in paying for my rent and groceries), I got into a bad mental health week, where I was so exhausted from doing those commissions (I enjoyed creating art for my friends but being forced to take compensation for it is what made me depressed), combined with regular artists financial struggles- I hadnāt the energy to write or think much about the game. Then I started training for my new job, and itās also mentally exhausting (the job is fine, the training itself is exhausting).
These arent meant as excuses or to defend myself for why I havenāt kept up with what I wanted to, but Iām trying to be very honest about my progression and general situation, so people can look into these logs and understand why I slowed down, not BCS I have to keep yall informed, but BCS I want to.
Plans for March:
Get insanely rich with my first paycheck. Iāll be in direct training for most of the month, so actually writing might take a backseat for a moment, or only be reserved for my days off, or very productive days (as Iām working at nights). Iāll set my goal much lower this month, maybe around 5 - 7,5k line, to give myself some more slack and feel like Iām actually accomplishing my goal.
fun April stats
No, I will never find one coherent way of doing these progress updates.
Words written: 7986
avg hours slept per day: 12
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Wait do people actually write fanfics about being sold to other people?
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Yes, all the time! I spent my formative years on reading āhelp my mother sold me off to one direction/5 seconds of summer/a vampire CEO/a wolf pack/hot villain from gameā, maybe thatās where my life went downhill, but goddammit Wattpad had my back
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I think its safe to say that if it has been thought about then it has been written about at least once no matter what the thought may be.
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Progress Update
1st June 2024
Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in. Its me. Iāve been dragged into june. time to rewind march.
my may adventures:
- (un)surprisingly I have not finished the update
- besides work, more commissions have kept me from writing much.
- but since iāve been paid now, and dont have financial struggles anymore (for now), i can focus more of my free time on writing.
- as well as sneakingly write while on work during slow days.
- i also keep mixing up may/march and june/july. so dont take my word for any of these months.
- iāve written about 3,5k words this month, which isnt much, but at least something.
thoughts on the future of OS
while i absolutely will not give up on this, its a massive passion project that im seeing to the end, the fact that i will have to slow down on my writing bcs of work, is ratherā¦ demotivating? i still want to write, but find myself exhausted after work, so much so that i end up sleeping most of the days. and knowing the progress will slow down even further for me is veryā¦ ://
dw, im still gonna finish this, but itll take time. it also makes me reconsider how to break my chapters up for updates and how many chapters i want to be in the public alpha in the end. but ill keep those rogue thoughts until i have a better answer than āi dunno yetā.
stats from may(?)
Words added: 3419
hours lost at work: 150
financial stability: 9/10
if you want to see more frequent updates, teasers and other stuff I do, check my tumblr
and if u want to personally annoy me, join the discord, its free I promise
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Progress Update
June 30th
How the fuck is it already july. I could swear its still the middle of june. The fucking heat here for sure reminds me it is july tho. Enough yapping.
What did get done?
- wrote a bit more than 3k words, which isnāt much, but better than nothing
- I have most of the update planned out on some nice piece of paper (my sketchbook now turned notebook for everything)
- the update is parted into 3 routes (A, B and C), and the longest route A has a total of 10 subroutes for you to do, and 5 of these got finished.
- the 6th subroute is slowly being tackled, and subroute 7 I can reuse an earlier subroute. (theyāre the same situation, just a different setting so I have to go back and rewrite/add new descriptions and interactions that match the setting)
Cool, and plans for July?
- I would love to get Route A finished.
- if I do, I would also love to start on route B or C, theyāre both shorter, B being a stat check route, and C being able to be acquired through specific choices throughout route A. So itās kind of most important I get route A done first.
- afterwards I have to bring the routes back together for the actual plot of the chapter. bcs this is just the introduction to the chapters plot. but thatās a problem for future me.
How are we doing emotionally?
While last month I felt very demotivated at the end, this month I have dealt much better with the amount I wrote in total. Yes, its far from the 10k I wanted to write each month, but please, Iām just a dude.
I do find it harder to write as it goes on, but that is just general exhaustion from work, so like, nothing new. I have an upcoming psychiatrist appointment and I am not ashamed to beg that man for a higher dosis. AAHAHAHAHAH. no fr, Ive been falling back into unhealthier mindsets that I find very hard to get out by myself and I could use the extra boost mentally.
June Statsies <3
Total words written: 3285 words
Time spent writing: a bit more than 4 hours
average emotional energy levels: 5/10
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Content Update
30th/ July 2024
its been so long, I donāt even remember everything i wrote this update. its a boat. with sea shenanigans. youāll figure the rest out.
this update does not include 100% of the planned routes for the entire section, so you should stumble upon 2 [route coming soon] notions. i also cut a bit of stuff out, BCS it was making me procrastinate writing.
we lose all structure rn. i donāt know what to tell you. ill work on the rest of the routes for the section for the next update, ill die in the meantime.
stats:
total words added: 11,5k
total read time: 45min
avrg route words: 4k
avrg route read: 15min
see you tmr evening for the monthly progress update
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The cliffhanger end! Enjoyed the update!
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Thanks! The cliffhanger is important, how else will I get u to keep reading HAHAHA
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Soā¦ Iāve read the story.
Just for curiosity aside from nasty hallucination, seemingly possessed, bad episode and dark thoughts MC have, is MC have talent in something? is MC have hidden power or something? MC here is mostlyā¦ passive and only intervene with persuasion so far.
The story do suggest MC is slowly learning and getting skill from reading, practicing and from character interaction.
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Oh! This is actually so exciting, because yes! There is a reason for mcs abilities/talent. But I cannot tell you the exact reason. But you are on the right path and I love you for that
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Awesome previously I am intrigued now I am invested to the story, looking forward to see MC growth.
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Unfortunately, not for me. Due to the way I play, I ended up going through it as a very depressed Mc(to the point that if I could Iād say suicidal), plus I hate playing MCs who are incapable of doing anything and I didnāt really care for the cast either. Overall I did like the writing however, thereās some stuff that happen or is said that went against my choices, but itās mostly with how the our relationships play out in the story so far. Like when dealing with Sasha, Samira said weāre all friendsā¦ I wouldnāt call any of them friends, Tk is our guardian but they keep too many secrets, Sasha is entirely unwanted(really wished I couldāve at least kicked them out), Kate Iām indifferent(didnāt really go out of my way for them), Sammy is fine(theyāre just a bit naive), Aila feel too detached(?) but I guess thatās part of the slow burn. Then thereās Mikael, who throughout every interaction, I couldnāt help think that he was written with a FeMc in mind, especially with that talk about getting pregnant.
Anyways, I know this caters to some people and theyāll probably like it as is, but Iām not in that group.
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Youāre right, if you donāt like any of the characters, you shouldnāt play this, as the entire plot revolves around your relationship with them and your own growth from isolation.
I can also reassure you Mikhail is not written with a F MC in mind, heās just like, fuck boy + puppy eyes at every MC regardless. And the pregnancy joke is that he is the one getting pregnant. Mpreg officially confirmed.
Quick personal update:
Iāll be on vacation this week, I donāt know how much time Iāll have to write, since my vacation is packed, Iām getting new glasses, itās my birthday, and Iām visiting family, so while I do always have the game in mind (hyper fixation be like), thereās no promise I write anything. Iāll stay primarily offline too, and the July rewind might get put in with the August rewind.
Have a great week!
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