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June 19, 2023

June Update

By Paul Wang

It’s been an eventful month this time around. I’ve been spending a lot of time settling into my new computer, and moving over all the tools which I need for my workflow. That’s part of the reason why this month’s Patreon articles are a bit late. Don’t worry. The process is just about finished and we’ll be back on schedule for next month.

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 all up.

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May 15, 2023

May Update

By Paul Wang

This past month, I’ve had some more time to work on my monthly columns, which means May’s articles are a bit longer and more in-depth than usual.

In addition to the normal Soldier’s Guide to the Infinite Sea and Adventurer’s Guide to the Fledgling Realms articles, I’ve also written a post-mortem of Lords of Infinity for this month’s Creator’s Guide to Writing and Worldbuilding. It discusses a lot of the feedback I’ve gotten from fans over the course of the past two months, as well as the lessons I’m taking going forward into my next interactive fiction project (which I’ve also started preliminary work on).

As usual, these are funded by those of you who contribute to my Patreon, which is honestly one of the major reasons I’ve been able to keep up writing full-time. This line of work doesn’t make anywhere near as much money as most people think, and even with the surge of income from Lords of Infinity‘s release, we’re still not in particularly good shape financially. It was not easy to go more than four years working on a single project without any new release revenue, and oftentimes it was my Patreon which filled the gap and made it so I didn’t have to get a second job or go to friends or family for help making rent.

So thank you, to all of you who’ve contributed during that time. I wouldn’t have been able to devote anywhere near the amount of time and effort I did to Lords of Infinity without you, which means the quality of the finished narrative owes a lot to your generosity.

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April 16, 2023

April Update

By Paul Wang

Not much news this month. I’m still plugging away at updates on Lords of Infinity, among other things – though with most of the major game-breaking bugs now fixed, I can turn out updates at a more relaxed pace. I’ve also been putting in work on other projects (including Burden of Command, which is getting pretty close to a complete game now). There are also some other new developments in the works, though I can’t talk about those quite yet.

I’m also trying to take some time for myself before those future projects get up to full speed now that I have some spare time and (hopefully soon) some spare money. For one thing, I’m planning on getting a new PC (this one is over a decade old and literally falling apart). No greater ambitions beyond that though, not yet.

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 all up, so give those a look if you’re so inclined. A big thanks to both new and long-term subscribers to my Patreon for supporting it all.

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March 16, 2023

March Update

By Paul Wang

Well, it has certainly been a very eventful month so far. Lords of Infinity may be released, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been fielding a constant stream of bug reports, feedback, and other suggestions for updates, which I’ve been trying to get out at a fairly steady pace (with three updates since release and a fourth on its way out soon). However, I think I’ve gotten most of the errors and bugs ironed out by now. Hopefully, that means I’ll soon have some time to rest a bit, after what has basically been an almost-five year non-stop development cycle.

That doesn’t mean I haven’t been working on anything else though. Some of you looking through the pages for my Patreon content may have noticed a few changes: namely, that there are now links to plaintext versions of this year’s articles. This was something I put together based on a kind fan’s suggestion to make my Patreon content more accessible for those who use screen-readers due to disability or other reasons.

Eventually, I plan on transcribing as many of the image-based articles into plaintext as possible. In the meantime, I’ll be adding plaintext transcripts for new articles, as well as on the Patreon page itself. If anyone has any further suggestions regarding this new system, I’d love to hear them, especially if it means making them more accessible or easier to read.

And of course, 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 all up.

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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 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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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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