Week of July 8, 2018

My wife and I took a vacation last week! MUCH needed time in the beautiful forests and mountains of Arkansas. I made it my mission to rest from creative stuff while we were there, but I did take a few hours one afternoon to write some of the game’s lore and backstory in my sketchbook, which you can see above!

Also here’s Oreo, the wandering cat of the property, who became my friend:

Alright, so on to this week! Didn’t get too much done, but the momentum is definitely building back up. :)

Tuesday
Worked on the first draft of the overworld map. Got the town more or less settled in its place on the island, and have begun to extend it to include the castle and the surrounding countryside.

Wednesday
Was feeling pretty unmotivated today, even for my day job, so when I wrapped up work I just played some games (Hollow Knight!!! I’m taking notes……) and did some organization (digitizing our media library).

Thursday
Worked on Draft 3 of the novelization for writers group this Saturday. The game and the novelization have been really feeding off each other. My hope is that, even though I’m going to hardcore trim the story for the game, that the novelization will lend extra depth and worldbuilding to it anyway.

Friday
More work on that novelization thing!