GenCON Bound

Game Update

What a difference this new difficulty setting is making in the gameplay. I find myself to be more engaged than I have been in the past with this simple change. A lot of the things that I really wanted seem to be facilitated by the change of allowing some troops to permanently die during stages.

Here are the benefits that I discovered:

  1. I find that I want to move troops around between stages, create new troops, and engage more with the army screen.

  2. I think about the game more when I’m away from it. It’s similar to what happens when I’m away from other strategy games. My mind is finding new solutions to problems.

  3. I’m more aware when troops die during battle and sometimes I will avoid combats to spare some troops. I retreat them to less combat heavy areas.

We will have to clean it up a bit as there are times when it’s difficult to know who was lost. There is a lot of polishing that will need to happen in the game. I’m also becoming more aware that some troops will need to have notifications on what actions may be taken. Often I spend time clicking on classes the troops can’t change into, or I am looking through troops to find upgrades.

I need to re-install my windows to move away from an older version to something more up to date. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to do a push with the all new difficulty settings. I want to get it out soon, because it’s a real game changer.

Personal Update

GenCON is next week and then I will pick up my boys and start the new school year and it will be off to the races again. Strangely, I feel like I will be more productive when them around than when they aren’t here. There are a couple of new challenges at the house we will have to overcome as well.

It’s been difficult having the boys away for so long. I’m hoping that we will settle into our normal routine quickly and easily. I wonder how they have changed over the summer. I’m really hoping that my youngest has mellowed out a bit.

The last time I was at GenCON was in 2018 which is so long ago now. I’m happy to have picked up a job with a reputable company. They even had us fill out forms to provide food for the convention. I hope that I will get to see a lot of old friends there that I haven’t seen in a long time. I’ve also reached a place in my life where I don’t buy so many games when I go to GenCON. I primarily want to earn money to keep building my personal investments.

If you see me at the convention I’m giving away steam keys for the Six Aspects. Just ask for one when you see me… maybe get me a drink.

I’m pretty excited to check out the new RPGs made by Darrington Press. Candella Obscura and Daggerhart. I hope they have something I can bring home with me. It sounds like they aren’t in full production yet. It’s the only game that’s really on my radar at the convention. I watched a top 10 anticipated games at GenCON and didn’t really see anything to exciting.