New Years Blog Post
Added 2018-01-03 17:05:06 +0000 UTC2017 was the year I stopped wanting to make a fun game and started actually making one. Around this time last year was when I discovered TFgamesite and decided to try my hand at making an interactive story for myself.
Inspired by Student Transfer and Press Switch I set about creating my own game in the same vein as those two. Thus the Reborn App project was started.
Looking back it was mixture of success and failure. The initial reaction was good and inspired me to continue, but very quickly interest seemed to fade away. I was hoping for a lot more feedback and suggestions than what I ultimately received. I think the problem there was just a lack of things to comment on.
The biggest flaw Reborn App has is that the player is too powerful. They can escape almost any situation that prevents me from creating drama or suspense. It also granted too much freedom. Moving forward I plan to start my next project in early 2018. My next project will be more liner that will have main path with brief branches based on choices that will result in different endings. I'm hoping that a longer, more interesting single story will be more engaging for the audience.
I don't know when I'll have something to show. I won't estimate either since I have a bad habit of missing deadlines.
Thank you everyone for the support over the past year. I hope you'll continue following my work into 2018 and beyond.
Comments
Sorry about that! I suppose it's easy to forget how important feedback can be. I will share my thoughts in a message (since it is easier to read) but let me say I look forward to whatever you decide to do. You've put out an impressive amount of content in a short amount of time, and if it gets to a place you feel happy to call "done", you are in an even more rarified company! Congratulations on a year of following your inspiration!
Erin Blanche
2018-01-06 20:29:52 +0000 UTC
