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January 24 Update
🕑 Added 2021-01-24 22:20:00 +0000 UTCThroughout the course of TLS, I've done a lot of thinking on how I take notes. I keep a huge number of them, but I have a habit of keeping even more things in my head. In the heat of creative work, there are a lot of things that feel tedious to stop working and record.
I tend to rely on my memory, which works pretty well in the short term, but it's not adequate for a multi-year detail-heavy project. It's become clear that there's a gap between what I expect to remember and what I note down. This is something I'll have to think about more precisely in future long projects.
Anyway, the lack of Feroholm and the Stineford farm is an example of something falling into that gap. In my head, that process didn't complete until the postgame, when in fact I'd set that up in the main iterate event. This is one of the things I'd like to amend in 0.55.3.
It does bug me that I didn't catch it in testing, but unfortunately I didn't use a save that had made those investments. When the game was simpler, I used to keep a bunch of saves up to date, which always helped with thorough testing. Unfortunately, as the game has continued (and especially as so many updates get balance tweaks in the .1 or .2 stage) it's been harder to keep properly updated saves. I could do it, but it would come at a cost to development time.
These are essentially just my current thoughts. I hope I'll be able to make good progress on the "half update" and keep everything moving forward. I think $10 patrons are also due an art post or two, plus I have some finished art on other stuff that I just haven't shown because I've been so focused on TLS.
Comments
DukeLeto7
FWIW, you're probably better off worrying about too much ambition than you would be if you had too little.
Sierra Lee
I'm fairly sure it has, at minimum on occasion, but I also think the current model is fairly well established in the game. That is, I might try to choose differently in the future, but it's part of TLS's character. Someday when the game is done, I'll reflect on this overall, including some feedback loops that I didn't anticipate in my planning.
Decanter
>Unfortunately, as the game has continued (and especially as so many updates get balance tweaks in the .1 or .2 stage) it's been harder to keep properly updated saves. .1 and .2 and sometimes subsequent major updates, as with Gawnfall. As much as I enjoy the choice and consequence, sometimes I worry the mechanics/balance side of TLS can get too complex for its own good.
Noble Ward
I'm amazed at your creative ability and work ethic. keep it up
