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There's more fanart waiting, but instead this week is a comic from me. For those concerned about canon, this takes place after the game: magic capable of doing this is not available during the time of the game. Originally I planned to do this comic later, but I commissioned it early to cheer myself up. Hopefully it will amuse people.

Anyway, I had a scattered week. What does that mean in practical terms? Let me actually go into more detail.

1) Business junk. Not the fun spreadsheets, but invoicing and personal matters and random stuff I've put off.

2) Forced some promotion. If I feel blah anyway, might as well do some of it. Unsure how much effect it had, but at least the recent release wasn't half-assed.

3) Got really invested in certain scifi concepts for some reason and spend half a day doing research. I have some much clearer ideas about what tech would be best for my hypothetical upcoming science fiction game, though I still have no idea about the gameplay genre.

4) I thought that writing a novel would be a good palette cleanser, but it's not flowing. Writing TLS sex scenes ahead of time is one of my indulgences, and that isn't working either. I might not write any prose at all during this period.

5) I have a partial build of something that doesn't make any sense, career-wise, but I've always sort of wanted to try to design. This was probably the worst use of my time, yet I still sometimes get inspiration for it.

6) Functional build of a satirical idle game. I've never really played these before, but I've been trying low energy activities lately. This one probably wouldn't ever be sold, but it could actually become a finished thing to... maybe amuse people, I guess.

7) Chunk of a hypothetical management game I've often felt like doing but always restrained myself previously. This one could actually become a finished product, and one that I think a lot of patrons here would really enjoy, but instead of building up momentum I get tapped out.

8) Played some of the games I own and neglect. I value games, so I don't exactly feel guilty about this and I'm glad to finally try some games that have been on my backlog. But some of this also just feels blah: just getting by instead of spending time on something I enjoy.

9) Prepping for book releases. Even though the writing is done, with two ebooks and an audiobook scheduled, I still need to manage a wide variety of details.

10) Writing this whole post instead of something shorter.

Anyway, that is the current state of things. Hopefully I will get back on track and some of this stuff will eventually be content for all of you to look at. Believe me, I wish it was different more than anyone.

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Edward Culham

Reading through those, would be interested to see your take on a management game. Actually have enoyed those quite a bit

Joker

Comic's cute as ever. I can imagine an idle or management game from you being pretty fun. Otherwise the post reads a bit like you are forcing yourself to be productive. Maybe it could be a good idea to just take some time off.

Andrew Beaubien

All of us are ever grateful for your work. No need to feel down on yourself for falling short of your expectations.

Nathan Phoenix

I vote for SciFi management game. A escort/brothel sim with character writing on the level of DoW or LS would be great.

logan80

'' Perfect. No one will ever suspect'' Goddamn it, I spit coffee all over myself :)

Jeffrey Lebowski

Hahaha love the comic, these are always awesome. And always glad for detailed updates. I think idle games have a lot of potential for satire so that already intrigues me! I'm looking forward to what kinds of things you would explore with a scifi game!

sierralee

Ah, a couple clarifications: 1) The scifi game will be a major project after TLS, and probably much larger in scale. 2) The project I labeled as a management game is nothing like either type of sim.

Reddy Bread

That comic is awesome! hahaha And it had 2 of my favorites in it Orilise and Nalili. Also I dont know why I randomly thought of this but I've been wondering how Aka's name is pronounced. Is it just like Ah-Kah or more like Ak Ah? Idk sometimes small things like that bug me until i know for sure lol. And to me it seems like your still being pretty productive despite going thru a hard time recently. Your just spreading your creativity into many different outlets rather then focusing on something specific. Thats a good way to get inspiration in my opinion. And I agree with the comment above I'd definitely love to see what you would do with something sci-fi themed.

Nathan Phoenix

No clarifications needed. Just add it to you never-ending list of fan suggestion/request.

ushiroace

hilarious comic! also, indirect confirmation that the shown characters will survive and live happily ever after? These other game ideas all sound interesting, especially the sci-fi one. I can imagine your writing style working really well with a large-scale sci-fi epic! Any games in particular you've been enjoying?

Runcible Technician

I can't help but wonder what sci fi concepts would inspire you. I'm thinking transhumanism, strange bioforms, hot androids that awaken to consciousness in the heat of battle? Can't wait to see what it is really, I hope it comes together. In the meantime, you have devoted patrons that hopefully give you the breathing room you need to explore your interests. Honestly, if was just about lots of money wolf porn would sell better.

sierralee

Glad you liked it. ^-^ Aka's name is pronounced the first way, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

sierralee

I've always been clear that TLS was going to end essentially happily, but yes. ^-^ My gaming has been a bit scattered too, but I plowed through all of Guacamelee. Just a very satisfying core gameplay loop.

sierralee

Strange biology 100%. And non-biology, as I have some ideas for artificial life forms I don't think I've seen before. It's certainly an interesting canvas to work on. Meanwhile, yes, I do appreciate everyone's support.

Reddy Bread

Oh by the way are you still releasing Art packs? I feel like its been a long time since I got 1. Maybe you released 1 and Im just forgetful lol.

sierralee

There's just one art pack that's updated periodically. It wasn't updated for a while, but earlier this year I made a huge update. If you go back to the old post, the download should be much bigger.

Bex

The comic is so incredibly cute! I especially love the way that Nalili's design looks in this style <3

DukeLeto7

Got another incredibly minor bug report, this time from Discord. Someone noted that Orcent's conversation with Wendis in Daring Denlak Drinks produces +5 Entity Cohesion but doesn't increment the Orcent Convos variable.

sierralee

IIRC, that location can only be accessed late in the game, after the last time the Orcent Convos variable will be checked. Not that you could have known that.

DukeLeto7

That was actually my first assumption, but the conversation in the Frumpled Feather in Village SE-11 does increment Orcent Convos and is similarly inaccessible prior to the 2nd Gathering. EDIT: Hence my asking.