September 2023 Writer Support Thread

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The mechanic I reference above is called: “deathsight” and is the central power of the protagonist (the MC).

It isn’t a new mechanic to the game, but it still is one that excites me when I work with it.

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I want to congratulate @Sailingshells for finishing an entry. You should be proud.

And people, please check the betas and help the authors if have time.

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Thank you @poison_mara and happy early Halloween! :bat: It was a lot of work - I’m proud of having finished! This is technically my first completed game, since I’m still working on my main project :smile:

Love that attitude! Thank you for your encouragement!

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my advice is you polish to a solid small game able to be published and you do maybe for free or a reasonable price.

That could give you an understanding and invaluable experience when you are ready to finish your main project.

I have never published anything but an advice I always have from published authors is practice finishing games as practice is the master.

Anyway, publishing or not publishing. You have ended a project with time to spare in a deadline. If you end one you can end anything

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I mean, you’re not wrong… I just… feel like I would be alienating a large portion of my audience (allosexuals) if I didn’t include it, and worse alienating an important section of my audience (LGBTQ+ individuals, specifically trans and intersex) if I didn’t do it PROPERLY.

I do not. But I do have discord servers I could go to if I need inspiration.

A FELLOW NANO-ER! HI! I’m debating whether I can afford to do Nano this year, because of the whole “gotta get a job” thing.

THIS IS BRILLIANT. I never thought of that. …Maybe I should do that too.

God, but I wish this were me. XD I haven’t finished anything creative since I wrote the rough draft of a novel. Ever since then, Its all fallen apart halfway through for me. XD

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I did a Prologue and I liked it.

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Just gotta keep on keepin’ on, as my mother would say! Just remember, write what makes you happy, and eventually it’ll all come to you and you’ll be finished in no time says the person who has been working on their WiP for over 2 years

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If you really really want to plan something in a deathline, tested and released to people played. I can help with it.

And this is not shameless advertising for my jam. This Sunday I will start with everyday add content and planning to help people that really want to finish something just have a small game to end of month.

People don’t even have to go and do a game for the jam or anything. And there are many jams and amateur contests everywhere.

The skills of learning to adapt to a deadline and plan ahead and ajust to complete that goal even if it is something that starts little is a great skill to have.

So, if you want my help or something tell me same to anyone else.

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Everyone I know in physical space has proven unreliable to get feedback with. I have one person that I bounce ideas off and share my writing with and they are a great help. I do not have a writing club or anything. I am not sure I can set aside the time for anything like that anymore, but I have thought about taking some writing classes to learn and network with other writers.

I have a full time job and managed to complete NaNoWriMo within the first three weeks. If you have the spair time and dedication, it can be done. This includes prep time. I went as far as to make a week’s worth of meals on Sundays so that I didn’t have to take time cooking, I would write instead.

I plan to do much the same, but will talk more about that throughout October.

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today is my birthday!!! :birthday: ngl it doesn’t really feel like it tho lol :laughing:
Going to the cheesecake factory!!! :face_holding_back_tears:

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Happy birthday to you! May your cheesecakes be yummy!

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Happy birthday! Did you know that they have birthday cake cheesecake?

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My issue currently isn’t writing my characters, but it moreso regards writers doubt. Seriously been going through it lately. I’ve been peer reviewed on my Chapter 4 draft that I eventually plan to release, and they said that it’s just fine how it is, but my brain says there’s something missing.

I’m 24/7 split on whether my Chapter is in a state of readiness, allowing of the moment I can release what I wrote to my novel. (At this point I’m writing the plot more than I am writing choices.) Have been postponing it for almost 3 weeks because I’m unsure if it’s ready

anyway, here’s the end of September Goals (So like, within the next day):

  • Work on the final Finetune of Chapter 4.

  • Create a rough outline for Chapter 5

  • Finish up the design for an upcoming character in the story

Here’s hoping I can knock out the doubt to ready for October

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I’m not sure if this is better-suited to another thread, so I can always make a new one, but I thought I’d put up a digest showing September’s releases and WIP updates. When I started, I didn’t realise the extraordinary number of updates that have gone up this month! If I can, I’ll do this at the end of next month too. If I’ve missed anything or anyone would like their link removed, let me know.

Releases:

Current Closed Beta Testing:

Halloween Jam Beta Testing:

CoG WIP updates:

HG and Hobby WIP updates:

New Steam pages:

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Thank you for this Hannah.

And now I want to rant a little here.

Please GIVE DAMN FEEDBACK TO BETAS AUTHORS

My jam authors are no receiving ANY feedback on the jam entries.

People entry play and no even say if there is a bug.

Please please please… Give them feedback. I am burned forever about put betas myself but don’t make my jam authors feel so ugly.

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Now for the end-of-September progress whatnots:

Most of September was very positive, especially the start but some things fell by the wayside. I did not do the outline for illness and life reasons :weary: I did not do the non-CoG-related thing for boring reasons :weary: I did do Honor Bound Chapter 5 and the Royal Affairs expanded epilogue coding, so I’m hoping to build on that next month.

Edit: oh! I did playtest Bali B&B for IF Comp as well, which was really nice to do while I was waiting to feel better.

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September was super busy for me. Did some DIY repair work cuz I found some rotted wood in a doorway and lining the bathroom. And of course, some ants decided they wanted to join the party, too, which was fun. It wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been, though, so I’m counting my blessings.

Writing-wise, I made some progress, but I didn’t manage to reach my goal. I feel like I’m going to have to do quite a bit of trimming, as these branching paths are getting pretty out of control.

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Oh thank you for this! This give my WIP a chance to be seen by others. How considerate of you :heart:

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Don’t Wake Me Up on the steam submission after 8 YEARS.
Never give up, everyone :heart::heart::heart::heart:

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Thank you for the shoutout, Hannah! Truly appreciate it! :confetti_ball:
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