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Bringing Back Monster Catching to Dreamons (Also Braid)
3 months ago109 words
I've written ∞ a post about Dreamons over on the Substack I recently set up ∞, which - unlike with this site - you can sign up to and get emails about posts if you so desire!
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An Experiment in Relocation
5 months ago347 words
I've written this week's blog post on Substack instead! Have you ever even heard of that??
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WIP Dreamons Models, Journalling Creators?
5 months ago647 words
I've been working on the models for the main characters of Dreamons! Also, do you know of any places where other creators post about their lives alongside what they've made??
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Should I Become A Meditation Teacher??
7 months ago3,518 words
I went to a Mindfulness class thing, and afterwards was reminded of how even minor positive real-world experiences can turn my inner world from night to day. I got wondering what I could pursue to get this more often...
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Dreamons Scenes - Proof of Concept
8 months ago1,840 words
A project I've hinted at for a while has finally manifested in some form! Though this is far from the first time I've made something like this...
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On Media Claimed By The Young; Another Eden
11 months ago2,278 words
I’ve actually done a lot of work on Dreamons this week, gasp! Though instead of going into detail about that, here's some rambling about popular creations being most obsessively consumed by the young and impressionable. Also, did you know there's a mobile JRPG made by some of the creators of Chrono Trigger? Plus a brief bit about the loneliness epidemic.
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SLS, Considering a Counselling Course, Tin Whistle 3
11 months ago1,632 words
I'm still struggling with motivation, focus, general life stuff. I'm wondering whether to take an opportunity to start training as a counsellor...
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The Amazing Digital Circus; Inspiration from Depression
1 year ago1,327 words
While lying in bed depressed, I had some ideas for creative stuff, and also saw this thing called The Amazing Digital Circus that you may also have seen!
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A Plan For The Future?
1 year ago841 words
I finally feel like I have some vague idea of what kind of life might allow me to continue making stuff while paying the bills and not going (even more) insane??
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Back To Work - Dreamons Revisions
1 year ago2,097 words
I got back to this side project last week! Now I'm planning to focus it around an 'evil' council not unlike MARDEK's Governance de Magi. Also, Unity bug and counselling-related awkwardness.
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Dreamons - Brainstorming a Formula
1 year ago2,735 words
Some thoughts regarding designing this project, Dreamons, around six areas that follow the same formula, with some ideas for each one that still need a lot more refining!
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Beliefrayth As Dreamons??
1 year ago2,284 words
Am I onto something with this idea that combines several different ones from the past few months?? Dreamons: A game in which you explore dreamscapes as a customisable avatar to tame humanoid - but with psychedelic aesthetics - dreamons to save people from their mental distress.
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Dialogue Scenes & Dioramas
1 year ago1,294 words
Some thoughts about how battles should probably begin with silly narrative scenes, and how maybe area rooms could look like isolated dioramas...
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Collecting Archetypes or Bonding With Characters?
1 year ago1,426 words
This... still unnamed side project thing is a game about converting and collecting people, but to what degree should they be unique people rather than collectible types? Should it be about collecting a silly gang of archetypes, or about finding your ~soulmate~??
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Beliefrayth - Structure Musings
1 year ago1,064 words
In an attempt to quell the overwhelming torrent of suggestions coming from the previous post - or at the very least to cement some Monday morning brainstorming - here are some thoughts/decisions about what to do with this still-yet-unnamed game...
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Hub and Spokes? Linear Progression?? Dreamons???
1 year ago1,439 words
What should I do with this game??
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This may be what actual UFOs look like?!
1 year ago617 words
I made a 3D model of a bizarre UFO described both by a recent whistleblower (to be?) AND an account from two or three decades ago!
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UFO/UAP Stuff: Respected US Military Whistleblower Reveals Crash Retrieval Programs; Crop Circles
1 year ago - Edited 1 year ago739 words
Is disclosure just around the corner, just like it is every time some ostensibly big imminent reveal gets r/UFOs a buzzin'??
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Weekly Update - Interiors and Archetypes
2 years ago1,595 words
I did some stuff on this Belief Battles/Frayth thing this week: buildings and the interior areas they link to, and some concept designs for types of people you'd encounter.
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What am I even doing with my time?
2 years ago2,099 words
Maybe I should do this instead??
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Weekly Update - Wondering About Dreamons Again, As A Pokemon Clone?
2 years ago1,775 words
While waiting on mental health treatment to prepare myself for putting myself out into online communities to promote Atonal Dreams, I've been wondering whether to work on Dreamons as a single-player Pokemon clone you can start a game of and just play within minutes without investing into some grand story...
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Porting Old Flash Games... For Real This Time!?! AFC, CBC, etc
2 years ago1,898 words
I've written about porting my old Flash games several times in the past, but nothing ever comes of it. Will the intention actually bear fruit this time?? I've just got a port of AFC working, so...!
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Weekly Update - AFC Retrospective, Dreamons?
2 years ago3,366 words
I've spent this week doing work on this side project which I'm tentatively calling Dreamons. I also revisited its predecessor, Alora Fane: Creation, for inspiration; it's such a tragedy I never widely released that! Maybe I finally should??
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Weekly Update: Dreamons (or whatever) - An Overview
2 years ago826 words
I've been wondering whether to turn my recent side project into my main project for a while, to use it as practise for facing the promotion-related things I've been avoiding...
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Weekly Update - Steam Page, Dreamons, AI
2 years ago1,858 words
How's your first week of 2023 been?? My mental state's improved a bit, but I've only touched Atonal Dreams briefly. I should post on Reddit about it soon; I altered ∞ its Steam page ∞ a bit for that. Also, some thoughts about a side project I've been working on, the game Child of Light, and are you worried about AI too?
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Goals for 2023
2 years ago1,478 words
New Year's Resolutions! A chance for a life revision, as I see it. How well did I achieve last year's? And what do I hope for from this year?
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Weekly Update - CBC Port, Sequel? Still Depressed
2 years ago2,392 words
Another days-late post! Depression slump continues. Some thoughts about a CBC port or remake and rambling about computer crashes and cutscene 'games' I enjoy making for myself but doubt would appeal to others.
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Weekly Update (Sort Of) - Mish-Mash of Miscellaneous Musings
2 years ago2,227 words
My mind's been all over the place this week! Old games! Pokemon! Me-made new Pokemon clone?? CBC platformer sequel?? Random computer issues??? Nothing on Atonal Dreams though.
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Scene Revisions, Money Woes
2 years ago2,179 words
Another busy week! But a talk with a friend - a rare thing for me - got me worrying about money and changing my life around again...
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Weekly Update - Another Slump, Composing Convenience Concerns
2 years ago909 words
Do you know anything about portable USB monitors??
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Weekly Update - Experimenting With The New Elements Via Belief V3
2 years ago3,038 words
Last week, I wrote about an idea I'd had for combining the elements and runes in Atonal Dreams, and how I'd been experimenting with a side project - essentially a remake of my old 'Belief' project from late 2019 - to get a feel for whether or not the change would work. I've spent this week working away at that project, so I want to talk about it a bit!
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Weekly Update - Should I Combine Elements And Runes Or Not?!?
2 years ago1,824 words
Inspiration is a double-edged sword! Should a seemingly good, new idea be pursued if it'd require some steps back to do so? Or should the current path be doggedly stuck to because that's the only way to reach the end??
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Weekly Update - Alpha 2's Doorstep, Revised Aster, Kickstarter Hope?
2 years ago1,951 words
Gasp! I'm ready to start the next Atonal Dreams alpha test next week! Also I've maybe revised Alora Fane's logo and cosmology a bit? And a brief look at another 'solo' dev's Kickstarter, which evoked very mixed feelings in me...
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Weekly Update - Mentales Week, Ports of Old Games?
2 years ago1,174 words
I've been working on Mentales this week! I'll likely also spend the next week on that, and I've been wondering again whether to make official ports of my old Flash games...
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Weekly Update - Creative Constipation
2 years ago1,699 words
It's so frustrating when there's a will and an intention, but nothing is produced!
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Weekly Update - On Testing's Doorstep + Mentales
3 years ago1,776 words
I'm at the point with Atonal Dreams now where I can almost start the next round of alpha testing. I know I've been saying that for probably months, but while then it was on the horizon, now I'm standing on the doorstep. I've got badly burned out getting here, though, so I've also been recovering a bit by working on a side project, Mentales!
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Weekly Update - Buffs, Affinities
3 years ago2,374 words
I revised some stuff related to stat buffs and equipment this week!
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A Frantic, Rambling About Rethinking My Life
3 years ago1,754 words
Should I get a job??
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Thoughts About DAWs?
3 years ago1,453 words
I wonder whether I should change which music composition software I use in the same way that I switched over from Flash to Unity!
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Weekly Update - Fiddling Around With Dynamic Battle Music
3 years ago2,454 words
Here are some musical experiments I did to try and figure out how to integrate the musical resonars with the battle background music!
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AFC Remake - Draft 2
3 years ago2,565 words
A revision of some ideas from the other day!
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Depression Spike; AFC Remake, kind of?
3 years ago2,197 words
I've been very bad mentally these past few days! I want to distract myself by writing out another possible side project idea: a remake of sorts of Alora Fane: Creation, in which you can build your own little quests for others to play...
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New PC - Should I Get This One??
3 years ago883 words
I've maybe decided on a new PC to buy... but I'm still quite clueless about this, so I'd like to hear your thoughts about whether I've made a good or terrible decision before confirming it!
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Weekly Update - Mysteed, World Map, & Game Idea - Figmon Mobile Game?
3 years ago3,836 words
A long one this week! For Atonal Dreams, I made Savitr's flying figmon steed, and the beginnings of a world map you'd use for fast travel. I also want to talk about an idea I have for a potential smaller side project: a simple roguelike virtual pet thing...
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Hospital & Anxiety, Figmon VPet?, Time Management
3 years ago2,352 words
I've got a few things I want talk about in this post: the hospital appointment wasn't as anxiety-inducing as usual; I'm wondering (not for the first time) whether to make a virtual pet mobile app; I'm wondering how to restructure my days to get more done; and a note about computer stuff!
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Weekly Update - Satisfying Length??
3 years ago1,198 words
Does this Mementome introducing the imaginary version of Savitr seem too long to you? And how long do you prefer RPGs to be??
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WeeklyUpdate - It's a long process, Psychepelagos
3 years ago2,243 words
I mostly finished the intro I was working on, but it's not what I want it to be! I've come up with some revisions though which should make for a better world and story...
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WHAT'S YOUR ASSIGNED ALIEN BUDDY'S FAVOURITE FLAVOUR OF RAT?
3 years ago490 words
So, how are you all enjoying your alien tech and understanding of the secrets of the universe??
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Will aliens change the world this weekend?
3 years ago1,278 words
According to a post on Reddit 7 years ago, aliens will make some kind of contact (or something) on the 18th of July 2021, which is a couple of days from now. But will they??
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Weekly Update - Nightmare Intro, Belief V2 (Side Project)
3 years ago2,303 words
I spent this week working on the dark dream intro, though it's not finished yet! I also spent about a day fiddling around with a side project based on Belief - a game I worked on briefly a while back - for the fun of it.
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Weekly Update - Narrative Themes, Intro Script Sketch, BGM Interactions
3 years ago1,854 words
I refreshed my memory about the story, wrote out some themes I'm intending for the narrative to explore, and wrote a potential script for the intro that I'm still not sure about! I also experimented with a suggested way of integrating music into battles, though I'm not sure about that either since it doesn't work with the existing battle track (included here)!
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Weekly Update - Music Musings and a Potentially Problematic Nightmare
3 years ago1,990 words
Lots of indecisiveness this week about whether characters should wield musical instruments, and how Collie is portrayed in the new dream intro!
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Some Reputable Names Supporting The Reality of UFOs
3 years ago1,254 words
Here are some brief clips of some famous, respected minds speaking of the UFO/UAP phenomenon with sombre concern rather than ridicule!
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The Imminent Event?!?
3 years ago853 words
Will the existence of an alien civilisation be revealed in July of this year?!?
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Weekly Update - Losing Resonars? Replies re last post
3 years ago4,592 words
A long one this week! I've been thinking I should trim out some vestigial features to focus more on the monster-skills mechanic, plus some replies to things people said in comments on last week's post (since I can't reply to them all individually!).
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End of Year Plans: Old Games, Music Albums, AFC+Belief?
4 years ago - Edited 4 years ago3,737 words
I'm going to spend the end of the year focusing on things other than Atonal Dreams, to refresh my energy for it and my mind in general. There are three things I could work on: putting old games up somewhere (probably itch.io), releasing soundtracks of all the music I've ever composed, and maybe even starting work on a secondary game which combines Alora Fane: Creation and Belief, sort of!
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Re-thinking Re-releasing Old Games? AFC Remake?
4 years ago - Edited 4 years ago1,715 words
Almost exactly a year ago (wow, feels like way longer), I wrote ∞ a post ∞ about re-releasing a bunch of my old games. I managed to get ∞ MARDEK on Steam ∞ a few months ago, though I've been so focused on making my newest game that I forgot all about re-releasing the old ones. It's on my mind again, though...
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Waning Motivation
4 years ago - Edited 4 years ago1,912 words
I took half of last week off development, and intended to get back to it mentally refreshed at the start of this week. I'm definitely not mentally refreshed though!
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Prelude to Divine Dreams?
4 years ago2,058 words
I've been thinking about it all week, and I've got an idea for a shorter, more concise version of Divine Dreams that I could conceivably finish by the end of the year...
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Some Possible Plans: Divine Dreams Prequel, Pokemon Clone, Marooned
4 years ago - Edited 4 years ago3,929 words
Yesterday's panic and despair transformed to creative excitement overnight, though I'm still not sure what to do next, if Divine Dreams as planned might not be financially viable. Here are some thoughts about some potential 'short' projects I could maybe release by the end of the year.
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Rethinking Divine Dreams?
4 years ago - Edited 4 years ago1,843 words
I love my ideas for Divine Dreams, but making enough money from them is such a daunting prospect that maybe I should rethink what I'm trying to do.
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Dayvha, Divine Dreams' Devilishly Different Drama Driver?
4 years ago - Edited 4 years ago1,647 words
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of changing Divine Dreams' protagonist from the old Mardek to a new character, a golden-hearted 'devil' called Dayvha...
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MARDEK Re-release - Secure saving solution? (UPDATE)
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago1,440 words
I'm feeling better, and I have some ideas for how to maybe handle the MARDEK Re-release technical issues regarding saving!
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MARDEK Steam Re-release - More Hurdles
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago911 words
Porting MARDEK to Steam has been frustrating and so far fruitless; here's a bit of venting about it, to let you know how it's going and to relieve my own stress!
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WU 2020-11P - Corona, Brain, Maybe PS4
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago688 words
Coronavirus is changing the world! My brain's not as bad as I thought! Maybe I should get a PS4 (again)!
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WU 2020-7D - Followers, Defence, Monsters (and my favourite Pokemon designs!)
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago2,869 words
This week, I've made the cave tileset more organic, added following allies and some changes to the combat mechanics, and I've been designing miasmon (which is what the monsters are called in this)! Also, a bit about my favourite Pokemon designs from all eight generations.
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WU 2020-7P - Depression, The Grapevine
5 years ago662 words
Depression's reared its heavy, leaden head these past few days. I've got stuff done despite it, but it's still annoying! Also, the attention my posts get is reducing over time rather than increasing. How do people - including YOU, dear, beloved reader - actually hear about games and keep up about their releases?
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Weekly Update 2020-5 (Development)
5 years ago3,720 words
Here's a brief review of what I achieved in January, a bit more about field mechanics, a model for Deugan, the conversation system, and some stuff about character progression (and menus).
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Weekly Update 2020-4 (Development)
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago2,593 words
I started building the field section of Divine Dreams this week, and I've achieved a lot!
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Weekly Update 2020-1 (Development)
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago2,637 words
I've done quite a bit on the MARDEK Reimagining this past week! This time, I'll be talking about the title I've decided on, and a basic battle system I've planned and got working!
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More Silhouettes and Title Possibilities!
5 years ago1,071 words
I've done more work on the MARDEK Remake, so here's an updated version of the character silhouettes with almost all the major characters, not just the 'main protagonists'! Also some possible titles!
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MARDEK + Belief - Two Trilogies
5 years ago2,769 words
I played MARDEK recently, and it was much better than I expected! I'm now a fan of the series again! Here's how my new feelings about it have influenced what I want to do with a remake.
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MARDEK - A Re-release AND a Remake??
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago2,802 words
A couple of months ago, ∞ I talked about remaking MARDEK, but wanted to make changes and was met with resistance ∞. More recently, ∞ I talked about rereleasing my old Flash games exactly as they are ∞, including MARDEK. I've also recently ∞ talked about money struggles ∞, and I'm aware that trying to make money from novel indie games is like trying to scale a mountain. MARDEK remains my one taste of minor fame, though it wasn't profitable, and remasters and remakes certainly have their appeal. So I've been returning to this again, wondering this time: what if I were to do a faithful re-release AND a remake?
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I should play more games
5 years ago - Edited 5 years ago1,340 words
I'm not sure what, though. Should I buy a PS4 on a whim??
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Belief - Lileah, Salvia, and Dharma
5 years ago3,751 words
Here's some revised concept stuff for my planned next game, Belief, in which a protagonist vaguely based on Mardek's mother is inseminated by an alien based on Rohoph. Fun for the whole family!
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"ROHOPH" Battle Concepts, Indecisiveness
5 years ago4,114 words
I spent a couple of days building a battle system mockup for a potential MARDEK reimagining... though there are many issues and uncertainties with it from a mechanical and conceptual perspective. Should I be returning to MARDEK at all? To what degree? There's a lot to work through.
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MARDEK - Reimagining vs Remastering + Clarifications
5 years ago4,862 words
This talk of MARDEK is definitely sparking an active discussion! I want to address a few of the comments on the previous post, clarifying what I had in mind with some of the changes I described. Also some rambling about whether seeing this as a reimagining rather than a remaster might be the wisest way to go about it.
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MARDEK - How Can I Approach This?
5 years ago3,866 words
Well! I'm surprised by the amount of interest the previous post got, and so quickly too. There seem to be a lot of good reasons to remaster MARDEK, and now really does seem to be the best time to do that. I'm very reluctant to change nothing though. Here are some thoughts about how I intend to try to tackle this.
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SHOULD I RETURN TO MARDEK??
5 years ago1,531 words
Everyone else is doing it!!
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