March 2, 2023

Lords of Infinity is out today!

By Paul Wang

Finally, after more than four years of work, and 1.6 million written words, Lords of Infinity comes out today on all platforms.

Needless to say, this has been a massive undertaking, one which has stretched my skills as a writer and a game designer (and my patience as a person) to the absolute limits at times. However, I am more than merely proud of what I’ve put together, and I hope that the time and effort I’ve put into crafting this story will pay off as it passes from my hands to yours.

You can buy Lords of Infinity on Steam, through the Choice of Games website, Google Play, or via the Hosted Games app on iOS Store or Amazon.

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February 19, 2023

Lords of Infinity has a Demo!

By Paul Wang

Just one more announcement before the end of the month: I’m happy to announce that Lords of Infinity now has a free demo, covering character generation, the prologue, and the first two chapters, which comes to somewhere around 200k words worth of content.

If that sounds like too much, remember that this is about one-eighth of the entire game.

You can play the demo here.

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February 16, 2023

February Update

By Paul Wang

As of today, I’ve finished all pending pre-release work on Lords of Infinity: which means all achievements, images, and additional pieces of content which I was waiting for the post-copyedit process to implement are all now in. After a few more rounds of testing, I’ll be sending it all in for publishing – which means that barring any bugs I find last minute, the build of Lords of Infinity currently on my computer is the version which will release in two weeks.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I’ll be done. After release, I’ll still be on standby to deal with new bug reports and feedback, but until then, I think I’ll have some time to myself.

In the meantime, this month’s installments of A Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, and An Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, are both up.

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January 18, 2023

An Interview

By Paul Wang

Last month, I did an interview with Aaron Spelker of Mobile Accessible Games in advance of the upcoming release of Lords of Infinity. We talked about how I got into writing Interactive Fiction, some of the “big picture” themes I outline in the Dragoon Saga, and about parts of my creative process, as well as how easy it is for accessibility concerns (like playability for the visually-impaired) to slip under the radar of abled or mostly-abled game developers (read: me).

The interview’s up on Youtube, where you can listen to it in its entirety (so long as you don’t mind my terrible webcam picture quality and cheap microphone).

You can find Aaron on Twitter, and his Mobile Accessible Games group in Facebook. He also has a whole load of interviews with other game developers on his Youtube Channel.

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January 15, 2023

January Update

By Paul Wang

It’s been another month of side projects as I wait for Lords of Infinity to finish copyediting here. Hopefully, next month, one of them will be far enough along to talk about.

I should probably note that these projects are more for my own enjoyment than anything else. All through my life, I’ve had ideas for new projects pop up in my head at an almost constant rate. It took a lot of practise and a lot of will to discipline myself in a way which would let me finish what was already working on before starting something new. Honestly, the fact that I’ve actually finished so many projects is something of a minor miracle in itself.

Generally, what I do now when those project ideas pop up in my head is file them away with an implicit promise to work on them when I have some free time. Well, I’ve got the time to work on them now, so I suppose I’ll be able to see if any of them are worth pursuing to completion.

This month’s installments of A Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding, A Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, and An Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, are all up. In addition, I’ve got another post coming up in a few days with a mystery update, so definitely look forward to that.

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December 15, 2022

December Update

By Paul Wang

It’s been sort of an unusual month so far. With Lords of Infinity in copyedit, I’ve had something close off-time for the first time since 2018. That means I’ve had time to visit some folks, handle some personal business, and catch up on some other work, including some experiments which might prove interesting in the future.

If the prototypes I’m working on pan out, then I’ll certainly be talking more about them in a few months’ time.

On a more immediate note, however, this month’s installments of A Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding, A Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, and An Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, are all up, definitely check them out if you haven’t already.

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December 2, 2022

Lords of Infinity has a Release Date!

By Paul Wang

At long last, after several weeks of work, I’m proud to say that Lords of Infinity now has a store page on Steam, as well as an official release date: March 2nd, 2023.

I’ve also put together a page on the website, which will also eventually link to the Steam page, as well as the other platforms it will be available on (which is to say, the iOS App Store and Google Play) when it comes out.

In the meantime, you can wishlist Lords of Infinity on Steam here.

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November 16, 2022

November Update

By Paul Wang

It’s been a bit of a long month over here. I’ve done quite a bit of housecleaning, as well as more work on art and the like. I did have to take a few days out of my schedule to recover from my second COVID booster and my flu shot, but I am still making progress on the stuff needed for Lords of Infinity‘s Steam page, so definitely look forward to that going up soon.

In the meantime, this month’s installments of A Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding, A Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, and An Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, are all up as well.

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October 15, 2022

October Update

By Paul Wang

Big news this month. Lords of Infinity has now been pushed to copyedit, which means a professional is going to look over the text for any inconsistencies and grammatical errors so we can get the whole thing in a state fit for publication. In the meantime, I’ve also been starting on some of the marketing materials, so we’ll have a Steam page up and accepting wishlist entries within the month.

That’s not all I’ve been working on this month though.

If you’ve ever played Guns of Infinity, you’d know that there’s a handful of illustrations sprinkled through the text at important moments. Lords of Infinity will have those too, only instead of eight in total, there’ll be more than twenty this time around. Over the past few weeks, I’ve already completed ten of them (not counting the four I’m carrying over from Guns). Take a look:

Of course, in addition, this month’s installments of A Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding, A Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, and An Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, are all up as well, so definitely take a look at those if you want.

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September 15, 2022

September Update

By Paul Wang

It’s been a rough month. I’ve had Covid and dealt with some other emergencies, but in the meantime, I’ve been able to finish Lords of Infinity‘s cover art.

Here’s a preview version of it (with some cropping, reduced size and some compression):

Needless to say, this took a lot of work. I think the finished and full-sized version looks great, and I’ll be spending the next week or so cutting it up into artwork for Steam capsules and other marketing materials.

As usual, this month’s installments of A Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding, A Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, and An Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, are all up.

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