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Weekly pomodoro report

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A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

My target was 10 pomodoros this week, but I was only able to do 7.  Apologies: the reason is that one of my dogs has been really unwell today.  She's had serious back problems...

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Saturday pomodoro report

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A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

Pomodoro I

  • Coded The Scribbler's second random encounter into the game.

I'm not exactly sure when the next release will be, but we're a...

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Thursday pomodoro report

crushstation post Thursday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

Pomodoros I-IV

  • Improved the change log to make it more attractive and readable.  We're adding lots of new content, so we wanted to make it easy for you...

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Weekly pomodoro report

crushstation post Weekly pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

This week I worked hard on the game, but didn't do much writing, coding or artwork myself.  In a way that's a good thing, but it's also good that I produce something tangible every...

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State of the game update

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As well as building up the team by bringing aboard Victoria and The Scribbler, I’ve been thinking of changes we can make to our working processes that would enable us to get content out faster.

In the early days of the game, I did everything myself with my own two claws – writing, coding, ...

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Late weekly Pomodoro report

crushstation post Late weekly Pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

I normally post these on Sunday, but I forgot – sorry!

WEEKLY TARGET: 10 pomodoros
ACHIEVED: 16 pomodoros

This week I finis...

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My plans for your money

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I promised a few weeks ago to have a serious think about how to speed up delivery of content.


What I wanted to do with your money

Keep it all for myself.  Live on it so I can work full time on Female Agent, instead of having to do a real...

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Dev diary: Bangkok gameplay model

crushstation post Dev diary: Bangkok gameplay model from patreon

So far, Female Agent has been heavily scripted.  You pass from one scene to the next in a predetermined order (e.g. you can’t visit Oceana before you visit Corinthian).

In Bangkok we want the player experience to move from control to freedom.  You’ll have the freedom to decide your agen...

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Dev diary: planned mechanics

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We’re planning to introduce a set of new gameplay mechanics in Bangkok.  Here's a quick update.


Money

The agent needs money to live, to do certain activities, and to buy stuff.  She will earn money from working, mainly as a prostitute at the Hard Cock Cafe.


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May artwork vote

crushstation post May artwork vote from patreon

I was sure that you guys would vote for selectable facial features, so I was surprised by the outcome of this vote.  

In fact, you could say I was ass-tonished!  Ho ho.

After weighting, the avatar back view won by a handy margin, so that's the next artwork project for Victoria.  M...

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Monday pomodoro report

crushstation post Monday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

Pomodoros I-II

  • Added lipsticks to the new avatar.  The avatar is now fully implemented up to and including Corinthian – just a few more lipstick...

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Weekly pomodoro report

crushstation post Weekly pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

(Dev soundtrack: Baroness, "Blue Record")

WEEKLY TARGET: 10 pomodoros
ACHIEVED: 16 pomodoros

Apologies for not posting pomodoros d...

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Female Agent character discussion

crushstation post Female Agent character discussion from patreon

We're trying to introduce more dialogue and decision choices, so your agents have more ways to interact with people and situations.

Writing these involves anticipating the kind of Agent you'll enjoy playing, so you can help us by telling us about the sorts of characters you'd like to create.

Is your ideal agent a cynical...

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Art vote: asses or faces?

Snap poll warning!  This poll will end Monday at 1800 BST.

Our illustrator Victoria is ready to do some more work for the game.  What would you like her to draw next?

How this works: everybody gets 1 vote.  If you're a $5 Patreon in good standing, your vote counts 5 times...

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Current task: coding in the new avatars

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Coding Victoria's new avatar artwork into the game has required a bit of faffing around in Illustrator and with the game code so far, but good progress is being made now.

As part of testing, I just generated the same agent in both the public version (that you guys have) and the dev version (which we're working on).  I wan...

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Weekly pomodoro report

crushstation post Weekly pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

(Dev soundtrack: Smashing Pumpkins, "Monuments to an Elegy")

WEEKLY TARGET: 10 pomodoros
ACHIEVED: 12 pomodoros

Victoria finished ...

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Thursday pomodoro report

crushstation post Thursday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

Pomodoros I-IV

  • Set up selectable skin tone artwork for the avatar.

Drawing different skin tones used to take ages; now, thanks to an Illustrator...

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Wednesday pomodoro report

crushstation post Wednesday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

Pomodoros I-IV

  • Wrote backstage casting scene (complete).

Pomodoros V-VIII

  • Worked on...

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Weekly pomodoro report

crushstation post Weekly pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached.

(Dev soundtrack: Soundgarden, "Down On the Upside")

WEEKLY TARGET: 10 pomodoros
ACHIEVED: 12 pomodoros

Hope you guys had a lovely w...

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Friday pomodoro report

crushstation post Friday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

TGIF!  Mine's a Bloody Mary.

Pomodoros I-IV

  • Worked on backstage casting scene (nearly done!)

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Your money gets shit done around here

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With the big uplift in Patreonage last month I was able to hire an actual illustrator, the lovely Victoria.

Her illustration skills are way better than mine, but her style isn't radically different, so I was delighted when she agreed to work on Female Agent.

Her current project is a face and hai...

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Thursday pomodoro report

crushstation post Thursday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

My real work has been annoying this last couple of days, but I managed to get in a solid block of work this afternoon.

Pomodoros I-VIII

  • Worked o...

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Weekly pomodoro report

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Weekly pomodoro report

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

TODAY (Dev soundtrack: The Mars Volta)

Pomodoros I-IV

  • Fixed bugs in Into...

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Wednesday pomodoro report

crushstation post Wednesday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

Random encounters are planned to be a major part of the game in Bangkok, so I spent some time creating quite a complex one set in Corinthian club (Hyneman, esc and Diss are workin...

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Monday pomodoro report

crushstation post Monday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

I managed to squeeze in some game dev pomodoros instead of preparing for a long client call, and I aced the client call anyway.

Pomodoros I-IV

  • C...

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Weekly pomodoro report

crushstation post Weekly pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

TODAY (Dev soundtrack: Stevie Nicks)

Pomodoros I-IV

  • Wrote and coded random encounters for Corinthian.

–&...

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What do you want Female Agent to be?

crushstation post What do you want Female Agent to be? from patreon

Goblin steve asked a simple, but powerful, question: “Roughly, how often do you intend to put out an update?”  The frustrating answer is, quicker than I can put them out.

The follow up question to that is “Why?” – or, more practically, “What changes can ...

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Tuesday pomodoro report

crushstation post Tuesday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

Pomodoro I

  • Coded in random encounter framework.  (Complete)

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Random encounter framework added

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Today we built some code that can trigger unique encounters when you're hanging out in the nightclubs.  The test encounter that we built is really simple (the club photographer at Corinthian can ask to take a photo of you for their website), but we'll add more over the next few days.

The aim is to make all three clubs les...

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Monday pomodoro report

crushstation post Monday pomodoro report from patreon

A pomodoro is a 25-minute block of focused work.  I promised to do at least 10 per week when the first funding goal was reached. 

Pomodoros I-V

  • Writing new content for the non-hypno path.  (Complete)

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