Everything seems bright, coming out the other side of a time of pressure and grief.
The last month has been all deadlines with the game, getting things ready for the printer. Fix it now, or it comes out wrong, all 2,000 copies. It's been all details all day, every day, and then waking in the middle of the night to do a bit more. And for the last week, meanwhile, my last pet was dying.
There's no guinea pig in the house anymore. Albert is buried next to his sister.
The deadlines are all wrapped up. At last? Well, 99.99% at last. I could move a few text bubbles 2mm to the side here and there, to make sure they don't get cut off when the rulebook isn't lined up exactly perfectly, as the printer binds it. And I need to move a few shades around on the map for the same reason. And I will. But... pretty much... it's out of my hands now.
From here, the key to get the game out without having to make any compromises is to turn back to making money. It's liberating. The pursuit of cash never feels entirely pure. But now that I can look 6 months away, and see how running out could threaten this thing I've poured so much love into, now it has a purpose. I can see the goal from here. It's not money for money's own sake.
The last month was hard. From here, February looks like a swarm of possibilities.
The last month has been all deadlines with the game, getting things ready for the printer. Fix it now, or it comes out wrong, all 2,000 copies. It's been all details all day, every day, and then waking in the middle of the night to do a bit more. And for the last week, meanwhile, my last pet was dying.
There's no guinea pig in the house anymore. Albert is buried next to his sister.
The deadlines are all wrapped up. At last? Well, 99.99% at last. I could move a few text bubbles 2mm to the side here and there, to make sure they don't get cut off when the rulebook isn't lined up exactly perfectly, as the printer binds it. And I need to move a few shades around on the map for the same reason. And I will. But... pretty much... it's out of my hands now.
From here, the key to get the game out without having to make any compromises is to turn back to making money. It's liberating. The pursuit of cash never feels entirely pure. But now that I can look 6 months away, and see how running out could threaten this thing I've poured so much love into, now it has a purpose. I can see the goal from here. It's not money for money's own sake.
The last month was hard. From here, February looks like a swarm of possibilities.
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Single malt and meditation and tech shop soon I presume?