Game Update
Productive week in which now that I’m focused on the goals to get us to full release I have a way forward. Fixed an issue in which troops were targeting the front row even when the opposing squad is flanked or in a back attack situation. The good news is that fix will be in for the steam release in April.
Looking forward to working on the stages in the game. It’s been quite a while since I’ve sat in the level design chair. I remember spending a day or two on each stage to organically tell some sort of story. I’ve also been spending some time on my commutes listening to narrative story tellers on YouTube. I think I’m picking up a couple of things, but I’m not sure if any of it will work with the way I’ve designed my text system. We still have no way to include specific characters.
The only other thing that’s occupied me all week has been learning how to do taxes for my business. It should be pretty simple as this will be the first year that I might actually make some money. I don’t expect to make enough to overcome the cost of the game however.
Personal Update
Things got a little rough for my relationship over the spring break, but luckily we managed to work things out. My mom always said that six months was when she knew that a relationship was going to go the distance or not. I’m really happy that we worked things out.
I’m Christian which means that I believe in a spiritual realm that impacts our physical one. It sounds crazy but there were so many negative things happening to people I knew over spring break that I think there was some spiritual warfare going on. It feels like something dark has been going on across the country for some time now, but I digress.
It makes me wonder if any of what I was feeling could be translated to something in Six Aspects. I feel like there is a lot that can be added after the full release. Who knows what a spiritual war under a country at war would even look like though.
Maybe two or three weeks ago I realized something. You see I started moving into financials during the pandemic. I really started to enjoy stock trading. The thing is I spent my life buying things that don’t really pay me (liabilities).
The book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” made me realize that I needed to buy assets (things that make me money). The more money I can have compounding the better which means things like my old card collection, old video games, etc… would be better off in stocks or other places that make money. Often I say to people, “I can’t exactly go to my old card collection and ask it-hey can I get some money for dinner?” The thing is stocks do that so I think I’ll just start collecting those like I collect anything else.
I’ve always been the type of person that collects things. I collected Lego, cards, video games, board games, miniatures, anime, etc… Honestly at this point in my life I have more than I could have asked for as a kid. It’s one of the things that has made me the game developer I am today. All that experience when I was younger.
So I started looking. Looking at what I might be able to sell to transfer into assets. Some pieces more expensive than others. Then it dawned on me. The most expensive game I own isn’t one of my out of print board games, or one of my treasured SNES RPGs, it isn’t even one of my tournament decks. The most expensive game I own, is the game I’ve been working on for the past eight years-”Six Aspects.” No matter how it does in the market I think I’m OK with that.