M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP: 0.11.0 New Armor Set Preview ZENITH Z - Steam NewsBack to another WIP update for the week! We’re featuring the final variant of the new armor set Zenith, the Z variant. For this one, we wanted to emphasize the sharp, pointy, and oversized parts...
M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP 0.11.0 Tentative Balance Changes - Steam NewsWith weeks of new things being shown, we’d like to dial back to some balance changes we’re planning to make to improve the game in 0.11.0. With weeks of new things being shown, we'd like to dial back...
2023 ended weirdly abruptly for me, but I got the shot in the arm I needed in order to hit the ground running in 2024. This year's going to be absolutely crazy, but for me personally, I feel my worst years are finally behind me. I'm ready to stop drowning in a sea of...
This is a general update and not project specific. To start, I've been pretty sick the last couple of weeks. That nuked almost every end-of-the-year plan and goal I had for 2023, including the Yamato project. Even as I write this, I'm only just 'recovering.' There's...
M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP 0.11.0 New Bullet Shooter PILE BUNKER - Steam NewsWelcome back to another WIP post, this week introducing a new Bullet Shooter that is on another spectrum of shooters. Please welcome the Pile Bunker! PIle Bunker is a MELEE Bullet Shooter, having...
M.A.S.S. Builder - WIP: 0.11.0 New Energy Shooter Model Preview - Steam NewsWelcome back to another weekly WIP update. It’s a short one this week, featuring some weapon parts of the upcoming new shooter PRISM. We designed these things to look like they’re particle...
Finally I’m escaping from this awful month. Time to brace for March and beyond, right?
It was pretty much a bust after all, but let’s review February anyway.
There hasn’t been any progress on the drafts or the editing sessions to speak of. Normally I spend the last week and a half figuring out the chapters and then writing and touching them up. For February I spent nearly all of that time trying to fix the site and I’m still not finished. I’m not proud of it but it is what it is.
Next is FV2. That’s a similar story but easier to rectify. The chapters are a lot smaller than LGT so I only need a couple of days of serious focus to crank them out. Unfortunately it’s the end of February and I’m not going to be able to finish part one in just a few hours.
That just leaves The Virtues of War. That I did manage to finish, but it’s a novel so that was never in doubt. At least I don’t think it was. I’ll give it a 7.5 out of 10 for now.
As for how I’m going to handle things going forward. I think it’s time to start using a few mental hacks to keep myself on track.
Here’s something I cooked up just prior to writing this post:
For me, visual progress indicators serve as both positive and negative feedback. On the one hand, being further along than I expect is motivating. On the other hand, being behind schedule gives me a sense of urgency every time I’m reminded. It might not work forever, but in the short term, it should help me get adjusted.
This isn’t just for the listed projects either. Once I figure out how I want to ‘show progress’ on those, I’ll be doing these for elements of LGT, FV, and any other ZAP content.
Another thing I’m going to be doing is breaking these goals down into weeklies and possibly dailies. It’s not hard to post everyday so I’ll save the smaller things for that.
As for presentation, I haven’t a clue. These are all woes for March so I’ll post more about it tomorrow or the day after.
2023 ended weirdly abruptly for me, but I got the shot in the arm I needed in order to hit the ground running in 2024. This year's going to be absolutely crazy, but for me personally, I feel my worst years are finally behind me. I'm ready to stop drowning in a sea of...
This is a general update and not project specific. To start, I've been pretty sick the last couple of weeks. That nuked almost every end-of-the-year plan and goal I had for 2023, including the Yamato project. Even as I write this, I'm only just 'recovering.' There's...
Okay so the Cosmo Messers aren't 100% compatible with the Yamato, so I wanted to modify one to be close to spec. I somehow wound up making a full-blown Cosmo Falcon. There I go, makin' replicas again I also did some side by side comparisons on an old request and Good...
Oh my goodness ... well, things may have slowed down exponentially compared to the first 24 hours of working on this thing, but that doesn't mean there hasn't been major progress. Check this out. The exterior is nearly finished (minus coloring) The catapults work...
M.A.S.S. Builder - What’s Next 0.11.0 - Steam NewsFirst of all, before anything else, we must announce that we’re shifting our development engine to Unreal Engine 5 for the next version. Now now, we must ask that you don’t panic and assume the game is going into a...
Project Wingman - BETA BRANCH UPDATE #1: Platform Update 2.0 - Steam NewsProject Wingman Beta Branch Major Update This is big news, but it didn't show up in my feed until well over a week ago. Toss in how busy I am and I'm only now getting around to writing about it....
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