Game Update
More play testing this week as I look deeply into the data that needs to be balanced better on the spreadsheets. The good news is that my musician Moriah that created all the tracks in the game said he spent 8 hours playing the game! He gave me a long list of things he liked and issues he found with the game. My 11 year old son has also taken more of an interest in the game. He runs to me wherever I am in the house when he finds bugs in the game.
We still need to get the key art made, and I might do a play through to take some more screenshots soon. I also spent some time hooking up my streaming desktop computer. I can now stream my game dev and play throughs of the game. That won’t be happening until I am caught up at work however. I’m taking on new tasks and so my nights need to be focused on those tasks.
Alignment is climbing far to quickly in the game which is problematic as it completely closes off some character classes. That said there is a way to tank alignment for troops. It’s likely that it’s getting tweaked to often. I need to take a hard look at it and make some changes.
Personal Update
September 11 was this past week. I feel it’s important to remember what happened but not to dwell in it. The events that unfolded defined most of my military career focus over the years. We live in a fallen world and it’s not going to change any time soon.
My youngest son turned 5 this past week. We had a nice birthday party for him and our family in the area was able to attend. I feel really blessed to have the ability to give him a nice party at the house. This is the first kids birthday in my new house.
Looking forward to next weekend when I will have my girlfriend in town. We match up in a lot of ways, which is very exciting! We’re looking at a collaboration for a couple of different ideas. She’s given me some great support and feedback as well.
The world of Six Aspects
These stories set in the world of Six Aspects are not cannon but might become cannon in the future.
The Glorious Empire
Zeteris (Zet-air-iss) is a glorious empire. It takes care of everything for its citizens. My family has successfully run this empire for the past four generations. Before our time there were many bloody battles to unify this great nation! Now there is word that a small band of rabble in the eastern islands has risen up to defy us. I suppose that there will always be those that would rather fight with their leaders to prove something. Sometimes people feel the need to be individuals, but we believe that ignores the needs of the masses. This happens from time to time, and the solution will simply be to quell this uprising. It’s so laughable that they believe they can stand up to the armies of Zelteris. They will be but a footnote in history.