Month: August 2016

  • The Final Stretch

    The Final Stretch

    I’m close to my ideal schedule for August — approaching a playable build of the first half of the first plot as the month ends. I’ve spent nearly one and a half months of work on that part of the game, and I’ll probably need another week before a player can go from start to…

  • A Local Flavour

    A Local Flavour

    I’ve mentioned that Bali’s a tropical island. You’d be forgiven for not picturing Ubud. Where other towns ring the coast, Ubud is firmly in the centre. Replace tropical beaches with monkeys, white sand with temples, bamboo bars with bamboo forests. Keep the tourists, though. Well, keep them in the city centre. Drive five minutes out…

  • A Short Update

    A Short Update

    This week only needs a short update — a simple “and then” post so mom doesn’t get scared that I haven’t written anything. I haven’t done much except work hard on the first half of the first plot in The Ben Wander Murder Collection. That might be strange phrasing, but it’s my next milestone. Okay,…

  • Shifting Expectations

    Shifting Expectations

    Were you to research Indonesia, you might get the wrong impression of my current living conditions. The country has a massive population — perpetual news reports about terrible congestion in the urban centres. Combined with conservative ideals — and even Sharia Law on certain islands? You could assume that a tourist with hippy morals wouldn’t feel too cozy. Oh how wrong you’d be. Yes, Java is congested,…