Month: March 2012
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Class Notes: Progress Report, GlenMac and Jackson
Read More: Class Notes: Progress Report, GlenMac and JacksonAnother week, another update. First, let’s look at the numbers. Plot Points Completed: 4 of 12 Pages: 22 of 37[1. I told you the total page count would probably fluctuate. This week it dropped by a page.] This time last week I was really concerned that I wouldn’t have much to report today. In fact,…
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Class Notes: Dealing with Evidence
Read More: Class Notes: Dealing with EvidenceI’ll be honest. I kinda assumed I was whistling in the dark with these updates. After all, we hadn’t posted anything new in over a year. Other than those who hadn’t dropped it from their RSS feed, who would bother to keep coming back? Apparently Jeremy does, and I wanted to give him a shout-out…
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Class Notes: Plot Points
Read More: Class Notes: Plot PointsLast week I foolishly said I’d come back here and tell you about editing the plot points, so now I have to live up to that promise. See? The accountability is working already! In the original draft, I tried to weave 3 separate threads throughout the 12 plot points. The idea was that each plot…
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What Ever Happened to ETU?
Read More: What Ever Happened to ETU?Part of me can’t believe it’s been over year since the last post on this website, but another part of me believes it just fine. I hope to resume an occasional game design journal here, if for no other reason than so that you can keep me accountable. However, I can’t really resume posting without…
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Designer’s Notebook: Exams
For those who haven’t played ETU before, one of the core mechanics is that each Advance corresponds to an exam (either mid-terms or finals). You ARE a student after all, so that means making choices between investigating a haunting or attending a study session. Your academics can be improved or worsened based on extracurriculars and…
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Designer Notes: More Setting Rules
First, I want to say thank you with all my heart to those who have backed Fresh Blood on Kickstarter. It means so much to Preston and I and we hope you like and appreciate our efforts. Our fans are awesome, and I can’t wait to hear all of your tales and adventures in Pinebox. …
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One Crazy Idea
I (Preston) published a version of this article on my Substack back in early April. If you want the early scoop about my writing projects, that’s a good place to subscribe (for free). A couple months ago when we were building up momentum to talk about the Kickstarter for East Texas University: Fresh Blood, I…
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