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Lore This, Lore That

Just wanted to give a super short update. I haven't been posting photos on Instagram mainly because the work I've been doing hasn't been dramatic in the photographic sense. No-one wants to see screenshots of notes, project metrics, or really of paperwork in general. But that's what I have to do.

I simply can't have all of the game's lore sitting in my head - it needs to be written down and organized. With lore defined in this way, it becomes infinitely easier to create concept art. This will also ultimately help create the branching quest storylines as well. How? Well, I'll show you soon enough. Most importantly, the game's story bible needs to be 100% consistent, and the only way to achieve that is to write it all down.

So yeah, I have my Evernote notebook all fired up, with my HacknPlan project sitting in another window ready to log the work. I still have a ways to go before I'm ready to proceed into the art stage, but I hope to have basic sketches of the airship next week.

Anyway, I'd better get back to it.

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