Maps Between Maps, and DSFs (Patreon)

The DSF article is here! (password "authchiporized")

If you want to explore them on your own then probably avoid this one for now since it doesn't tiptoe around spoiling details (except the things no one knows yet :P), but otherwise have an overview of Cogmind's smaller optional maps linking regular maps, with most of the emphasis on the new Distributed Storage Facilities added to Beta 11.

I didn't get into specifics for the article, but one of the other intermap-type environments I'm hoping to be able to play with the most are derelict-related cave stuff out in those areas. They don't have a high enough priority yet, not compared to all the other stuff on my list, but they would bring a lot more life to those areas which is something I always wanted to do with the caves from the start.

"Year 8 of the Cogmind," my annual review thing, is up on the blog as well, where you can learn that after a 2021 spent building Beta 11, the foundation for our next three beta releases is growing more solid and we'll be seeing all of them in 2022!

There's still a fair amount of stuff I want to do with Beta 11, but at this point it's taken long enough that I will be putting it out in March regardless of where it's at, which might mean cutting a few things I hoped to include, but all the big stuff will have been taken care of already anyway and the rest could be added to subsequent versions as time allows. Rebalancing the remaining items (mostly utilities) is coming up next, followed by the Spacebar menu, to ensure that both of these get done.

Thanks everyone for all your support this year!

Here's an image of what awaits on the blog with respect to "intermaps"...