Writer's Blog: October Roadmap (Patreon)

I finally figured out how to quash the loops that were happening in Chapter 13! The fix involved a lot of word bloat, which I usually try to avoid, but now things will be better remembered like whether or not Kenzie is holding AL, and you won't get trapped in the Matrix. (That being said, Chapter 13 is now 15,000 words longer.)

There were too many variables to code for each path, so dialogue options previously looped back to paths you hadn’t seen. Now, these options redirect to similar but differently labeled scenes (whereas before, the code just tried to remember whether or not Kenzie had already taken the Pollard Test, in order to keep the file size manageable). For some reason, the Kenzie's memory kept getting reset, so I had to do some roundabout fixes (including dividing Chapter 13 into three separate documents). 

But everything now seems to work! I just need to bugtest the Nover!Button pathways tomorrow, and then the new version of the demo should be up sometime on Sunday (as well as the alternate start of Chapter 14 for those who maintained their cover).

Patreon roadmap for October:

October 2: Cast Interview Poll (I’m tempted to make a poll where there are five choices, and they’re all Reese, because I really want to rub it in their face that they lost the last two months. But I’ll let you guys choose from a selection after I take stock of who’s left.)

October 3: Mind Blind Mini-Update (Looping error fixes + alternate scenes)

October 4: Mind Blind Short Story (featuring Nick and Glitch being partners-in-crime)

October 5: Delivery for the Damned Development Poll

October 6: Lady Death’s Diary, Chapter 22

October 8: Writer’s Blog

October 9: Aeon Student Guide Entry

October 11: Nick Wiseman Has Opinions (On camping, because I’m sticking to the theme.)

October 13: Lady Death’s Diary, Chapter 22.5

October 14: Blooper Reel

October 15: Writer’s Blog

October 16: Mind Blind Update, Chapter 14 (Will include all of the, uh, “book conversation. I’ll keep it vague for those who haven’t gotten that part yet. You’ll need to choose wisely for this part, because your decisions here will completely change the rest of the book.)

October 18: Mind Blind Saucy Side (featuring Rosy)

October 19: Delivery for the Damned Teaser

October 20: Lady Death’s Diary, Chapter 23

October 21: Mind Blind Short Story #2 (topic as of yet undecided, but likely involving Nick’s questionable taste in Halloween costumes)

October 22: Writer’s Blog

October 24: Mind Blind Fairy Tale (I’m thinking something Sleepy Hollow inspired)

October 27: Mind Blind Update, Chapter 14 (All)

October 28: MB Cast Interview

October 29: Writer’s Blog

October 30: Live Q&As

October 31 (Halloween): ????????

I took this upcoming week off teaching in order to get caught up on my backlog of Patreon rewards from the last few months (September was hectic due to classes starting), and thus have some extra time to do something special as well. Let’s just say that I have plans for a Halloween bonus reward this month that’s appropriately thematic . . . I’m going to keep the full details a surprise, but let's just say that it would earn Hope’s seal of approval.