When I was finishing up work on A Time of Monsters, I promised myself that I’d spend maybe a month or two winding down, just focusing on the fixing the post-release bugs which every game will have, and doing my best to rest my mind as much as possible.

So yeah, I lied.

The truth is, I find it hard to focus on something even at the best of times (I’m beginning to suspect that’s because of undiagnosed ADHD or something). When I’m nervously waiting on a commercial and critical consensus to form on a game I’ve spent two and a half years working on, it becomes bad enough that I can’t even focus on relaxing. That means I’ve mostly spent the past two days fixing bugs and searching out feedback and reviews ad infinitum, which probably isn’t healthy for my emotional state.

Which is why I’ve also started doing some prototyping work on my next project – the one I’ve been talking about in A Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding this past year. I’ll probably have an official announcement up on that sometime either at the end of this year, or the beginning of the next, depending on how things go.

Speaking of which, this month’s Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, and Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding, are also now up, if you want to take a look.

So, it should surprise nobody that I’m having an extremely busy month. That’s why my Patreon articles (and thus update) have come in a bit later than usual, although I think I’ll be able to get next month’s in on time.

With A Time of Monsters now announced, full-scale beta-testing has begun, which means I’m getting a lot more in the way of feedback. I’m committed to trying to make this game as good as I can, so most of my time is currently being spent addressing that feedback, either by adding new options and new text, or by tweaking existing text to improve clarity and impact.

The rest of my time is mostly devoted to “post-production”: things like approving character portraits, adding images, working in marketing material, implementing achievements and so on. This is all stuff I need to get done before I release in less than a month. I should also probably create a page for A Time of Monsters at some point too.

In the meantime, this month’s Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea, Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms, and Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding, are finally all up for you to tide you over, so take a look at those when you have the chance.