Message:I will probably make a video of my last AlphaTest. That may happen in two weeks. Otherwise, I am on schedule to have a Beta for those interested in twenty days. I am rationing the prose to two sections a day (forty paragraphs). Can be a grind at this point, simply because I am too close to this. Rushing it can read disjointed.
The danger of not just finishing this within a solid work week is that there could be accidental duplicates. For instance, if an event from
Being Captured sends you to a section
Monastery or an event from exiting the
Underworld does the same, goto
Monastery, you want those two to have different feeling and implied sectional meaning. Yet when I'm writing goto
Monastery, I will imagine the same general situation as if I was describing it to a group. e.g., "You are helped along the road by a itinerant monk, someone who sees your fatigue and takes a chance you're not a robber." That's a nice start. It should not appear twice in the overall 1800+ narratives.
As for mechanics, I am always too easy to bore. I worry about complexity. Another problem for others in Beta to judge as I grow too close. Will be interested and see what anyone thinks.
Could be a remarkable necklace...seen by few.
Yours,
IronRed
04-May-2021