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June 4 Update
🕑 Added 2023-06-04 17:00:05 +0000 UTC(It turns out there's a lot more fan content! I'm going to show everything I've been sent week to week, so those who aren't in the various communities can see it. Please feel free to send me things, as it's likely I won't see them otherwise.)
Never sure how to talk about time. Patreon, this industry, and creators in general can go in several directions. There are some who are accused of being lazy while there are also others who give wildly unrealistic impressions of working sixteen hours a day eight days a week.
I work reasonably hard because I enjoy it. That does mean there's less flex available when it comes to crunch, though. Previously this year I've been shifting some strategies for extracting more productivity on TLS:
1) More overlapping dev cycles. I'm always working on some content for future updates, especially during the period where I'm mostly doing bugfixing but have some extra time. Recently I have been doing this more aggressively. This has been a bit obnoxious and led to one fatal bug for a while, but it does reduce turnaround time between builds.
2) Pursing random inspiration (for TLS content). This leads to more total production, but it also leads to incomplete content sitting around. There's a quest that's half complete in the game and I didn't feel like finishing it, so it will stay in that state until I go back to it. Probably fine, just uneven.
3) As I described in the previous post, dropping time spent on skill development. That was already outside of "normal hours", but the normal release pace is predicated on more than that, you'll see an increase.
4) Delay writing more Weirkey Chronicles. Readers are still stuck with the book I wrote last year and there will be an unavoidable gap. This one isn't all bad... maybe the audiobooks will catch up a little and people will stop asking me about them.
5) Put off all side and alternate projects. You're all overdue for a DStP update, for example, and I have a novel written that is going to take forever to finish editing at this rate.
I don't want to overdo this or provoke any worry. Please rest assured that I have locked in hours for reading, exercise, and self-care (and sleep... to some degree). This is a shift in priorities, not some massive self-sacrifice.
That said, it's all a bit tiring. I hope everyone will enjoy the fact that the next TLS update is coming sooner than you probably expected.
Comments
Sierra Lee
He's theoretically still doing them, but I have no idea when.
Runcible Technician
I love the Weirkey Chronicles but I totally understand the time limitation given that this project requires a lot of it. Is Travis Baldree still up for voicing the audiobooks? I imagine his time is pretty short these days too.
Sierra Lee
Ah... I actually didn't intend that to be Alonon's theme, but the other error ensured I didn't notice. I think I need to play BGM instead of changing BGM, which will fix both...
WaxerRed
Minor bug I've found on a replay. During Simon's last solo fight during Yarra's Quest in chapter 5, there is an event that is meant to change the battle BGM. https://imgur.com/a/XIBu6kS This doesn't actually change the BGM during the fight. However in all other fights after that point, the BGM is stuck on Alonon's theme.
BleBle
Neat
Mycroft
Thank you, now I understand the joke
Sierra Lee
Sadly, it seems like a sprint to the finish is not viable. In any case, I appreciate the support of so many understanding patrons!
Lamsey
For those who didn't see the comment or Discord convo, here's the source credit for the original cartoon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pure-light-being-20970794
Mycroft
Are you focusing on TLS because you think that the sooner it's over, the sooner you'll be free to think about what next (and in that case, it's completely understandable) or because you think that we will be disapointed if you do not ? Because, even if the more update you make, the better, I (and I think I'm not alone in that case) do not want you to crunch. I think that we would feel better knowing that TLS development was made without you burning yourself out. But I may understand the feeling of the "final sprint", trying to focus completely on the task now that the end is near, and if what you talk about is only that, then there is no need to worry.
