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THE INN CH2 1.01.02 - DEVLOG 3!
🕑 Added 2024-05-15 15:39:05 +0000 UTCWhat's up everyone?
Development for The Inn in May has been... Well... It has been...
I was able to finish all the scenes for the content I had written so far and was able to do some screen work too.
Worked on some animations with tentacle-like items and, let me tell you, I 100% hope I NEVER have to work with those again, lmao. What a headache that was.
There's a fair bit of lore added to this update as MC and Linda keep exploring the place they found during last update, most of it not through dialogue.
And that brings me to the "not so cool" part of this devlog... I have been fighting against a severe creative block lately.
I know what I have to write, know how I have to write it, have all the brainstorming done and all that jazz, but I just keep drawing blanks whenever I sit down to write it, it's been so bad I can't even organize the ideas in a cohesive way.
I took this chance to work on other parts of the update I needed done, like the screen work, some improvement to general code and stuff like that, hoping that I would be able to write something by the time I was done with it, but nope, no dice.
I mean, It sounds like I didn't get anything done, but it's not really that.
I DID get some amount of writting done, it's just... Not enough, y'know.
I'm starting to get afraid I won't be able to finish it by the end of the month and will need to delay the update. And I really, really don't want to do that.
I could release it with what I have done so far though, but it just ends there, abruptly. There's no cliffhanger, no tension. I hate it.
I still have the translation and sounds/bgm to work on though, so maybe I'll get the spark back by the time I'm done with those.
I've had other instances of creative block during development by this is, by far, the worst case.
Geez, this is sounding like just a lot of copium, isn't it?
Anyway, I'll manage something, I always do.
Don't forget to check the official sneak-peeks post to see some of the stuff I've worked on since the last devlog!
Have fun!
Comments
Anthony Docimo
I didn't think that thats what would happen there...but I've also learned never to underestimate the Narrator, who has gone a suspiciously long while without appearing in the film. :D
Lykanz
Nah, cliffhangers are like... The "dun dun duuuunnnn" moment in a story and then it's followed by "to be continued" stuff. It's not what would happen here lmao.
JD2.0
Hey, understand the blocks, it happens. You may have already tried this, but maybe try to write smaller versions of the scenes, with a high level over-view of how they fit together but not trying to connect the dots exactly for that small scene. If you can do the small scenes then stitch them together into the larger story. I've never written stories, but I did programming, and sometimes it's easier to break things down into much smaller segments when you know what you need to do, the general approach, but get stuck on where to even start.
Anthony Docimo
ditto; I see no downside to _The Inn_ filler - the entire story has been enjoyable thus far....and also see no downside to waiting longer for more chapters: its always been worthwhile waits.
Anthony Docimo
take all the time you like and all the time you need (and add them together, don't do them simaltaneously) >, but it just ends there, abruptly The way I learned it, thats the definition of a cliffhanger. sorry.
Silver Angler
Dude, I've enjoyed everything you have worked out so far and I wouldn't be surprised if some of it was random filler to add quantity to content as well as quality. I get it when I think that a creator is trying to add filler untill they find the next gem of creativity. Im patient and looking forward to more. Im sure you will find your spark again soon.
Splaster
You will work thru the block and continue to provide amazing content.
