Sneak Peek: Chapter 12 (SFW) and Road Map
Added 2022-02-09 15:55:10 +0000 UTC
I hesitated to call this a "sneak peek" but it's the category I've been using that fits the most, but here is the one of the renders I ran last night. And that means... renders for the next release have begun!
There is a lot I want to cover in this chapter. Enough so that, as I began to outline and write it out, I realized it could be broken into several chapters. But I've been a little inconsistent in how long the chapters for BBN are (they were very short at the beginning, then got progressively longer)... so why stop now?
Anyway, I wanted to let you know the first draft for the next release (and first part of Chapter 12) is finished so I'm working on renders and finishing up the sets.
Now, what's in store?
No promises but my hope is to get you an update by the end of this month. Whether that's this month or March, once that's done, future updates should start coming quicker as my focus is now 100% back on BBN (with the side project having been mostly wrapped up).
At a high-level, Chapter 12 is going to consist of (a) Alex meeting with Mayhew, (b) Alex getting a tour of parts of the tower, and then (c) meeting with Mayhew once more to make his decision.
The first draft of what will be part "a" is almost 700 lines of dialogue (essentially a full-sized chapter on its own and will probably be pushing 1500 lines by the time all the code for images, transitions, pauses, audio, etc. is added). As such, I'm seeing each of these parts (a, b and c) as a separate release/update, but they're not going to be short.
Anyway... there we go! Questions? Comments? Let me know below. In the meantime, back to the renders for me!
Comments
My goal is to have the way in which you have Alex approach the decision -- how he talks to Mayhew, whether he lies or is truthful -- will matter. I'm trying to setup a way to track how many "mistakes" Alex makes in his interactions with Mayhew and after a certain threshold... something happens. The goal is to build a sense of tension there where the consequences may not be immediately obvious but eventually Mayhew runs out of patience.
Bound By Night
2022-02-12 17:05:08 +0000 UTCas it's pretty much set that Alex is going to work with Mayhew, does the 'decision' at stage (c) mean that we have to decide what's the real plan? (e.g. happy to work with the vampire, acting as a mole from the inside, etc.)
LukaM
2022-02-11 19:36:30 +0000 UTCI didn't say that. ๐ We'll see how much progress I make. I can promise you the update with Alex's "tour" is going to more than make up for it.
Bound By Night
2022-02-09 23:39:04 +0000 UTCOh my, so next update only business and no romantic scenes? ๐ค
Pilgrim
2022-02-09 23:36:44 +0000 UTCThere may be a discussion of it. Beyond that... ๐ค
Bound By Night
2022-02-09 17:42:49 +0000 UTCWill Mayhew offer anything else to entice our Alex?:)
C.K.
2022-02-09 17:37:18 +0000 UTC
