Project Update – August 2024

Summer is almost over. We’re finally in the back half of the year. I’d say put on your cozy sweaters, but honestly, it’s still been pretty warm here. Plus, from what I hear, there may yet be some crazy tropical development until the end of hurricane season.

Guess we’ll just have to see what happens! In the meantime, updates!

Far North

• This month added 11.3k words and 16 pages. It’s now sitting at 103 pages and just over 72.8k words. That’s roughly 565 words a day. This month I wrote for a total of 20 days.
• Honestly, there’s plenty more to go. This last section is decently long and I’m only at the beginning of it. It’s also the section that will likely be full of surprises as I write it. While there’s an outline, it’s far less strict in some aspects and I can be a bit more creative with it.
• Otherwise, things seem to be on track as far as I’m concerned! I did get some planning for book three done as well this month. It’s really interesting to see how many moving parts this story has, and just how much I have to build out to make those parts feel believable. While I have my own personal doubts about how things might come across, I hope you’ll enjoy it once everything is out!

Greenhouse Museum/Nosia Archives

• This is the last time you’ll hear me talk about Greenhouse Museum in the project updates. Why? Because it’s finally been released! You can check out the collected version on itch.io!
• As for Nosia, I’m working on drafting out the season one “episodes”. Not much to report there but I will share my plan:
  • I’m thinking, at least for the moment, there will be four “seasons” that feature an arc that follows one of the four women
  • Each season will be made up of ten to twelve “episodes” that will alternate between which character they’re following, ultimately ending in a season finale that focuses on whoever the focus of the season is
  • These episodes will be released one a month, much like Greenhouse Museum was. Then, at the end, I’ll offer a collected edition in much the same way
• That said, until I have a clear plan for this first season there wont be any episodes posted. I hope you’ll still look forward to it though!

Exploring Spirit

• I am still knee deep in the research for Vivekananda’s Part 3. Or maybe Part 4. At this point, the story is so full of things to talk about, I need some time to finish the readying and then make sense of all my notes. Apologies for the delay this is going to cause.

Streaming/Vibe Checks

• We just started our play-through of Disco Elysium a couple weeks ago. So far the Twitch integration has been…spotty, at best. It’s still been a lot of fun and I try my best to allow chat to decide when/what dialogue options to choose. If you’re into RPGs with a dark twist, come check us out on Sundays!
• Next month we’ll be doing a co-op stream with our friend DarkSableye! We’ll be playing the last in the Rusty Lake games series: The Past Within. That will be coming up on Sept 12th and 13th at 17:30EST. If you’re a fan of the series, or just like puzzle games in general, come check us out!
• As for Vibe Checks, we’re still waiting on a few titles to release either later this year or next. I may consider expanding the Vibe Checks from cozy games to other genres, since at this point I’m waiting for some puzzle game and point-and-click adventures to release as well.
• Lastly, October is around the corner, which means it’s almost time for the Halloween Stream Spooktacular! I’ll announce more next month, but I will say that I’m really excited for this years Spooktacular. Got some thought provoking games, some spooky games, and some cute spooky games for us to try. Hope to see ya there!

That’s it for this month! Kind of a light month overall, though it was really consumed by writing and researching. Hopefully by the end of next month I’ll have all the research done for Vivekananda and can start the process of writing the articles.

Until next month, stay safe and sane out there!