Second Edition *almost* the last edition of DF – but not quite
“Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in.” I was entirely prepared to leave well enough alone with Dream Factory Second Edition. And then I saw a typo. Then I saw a grammar error. And then another typo. Grrr… I want this to be the final edition of the game. I think the DF2 mechanics work so well that it’s hard for me to imagine any changes to them. And yet, how can I call DF2 finished and complete when it still has so many typographical errors in it, despite our previous...
commentCarnageCon, here we come!
News alert! Dream Factory debut at CarnageCon! Mark your Calendars, because November 3rd is the day that the new Second Edition of Dream Factory is debuting in Fairlee, VT at Carnagecon! After a year of revision and polish, play-testing and editing, the day has come – and this version is the best yet, possibly the ultimate version of this game. The author will be there running DF as well as handing out copies for a debut sale of ten bucks each, so be there!
commentDaylight
Well, my choices are paying off. The first pass rewrite is complete, and the second pass editing is almost complete. As far as the writing and editing of Dream Factory, Second Edition, I would say I am at least ninety percent there. Of course, even after that’s done, there’s all the art and publishing to handle, that that is a lot less… tiring to do. With a little luck and a lot of Hard Work(tm), DF2 seems to be on its way. And for the record, it is my current intent at that time to resume regular blog...
commentDid the author wander into the Bermuda Triangle?
No, he did not. I have been absent for a couple of weeks for one reason – and one reason alone. As you know, I have been struggling to get myself to buckle done and do the actual rewrite of Dream Factory for the Second Edition. And time is growing ever shorter, with it’s debut at CarnageCon merely two months away. All my other strategies to get myself to focus were failing, so I am employing one more: I am temporarily cutting out of my life all distractions from the goal – apart from a certain amount of...
commentGetting It Done: two steps forward, one step back
If you have been following this blog, you are aware of the various life problems that have been assailing me over the last several weeks, the latest being the utter crash of my entire hard drive. Well, I am pleased to report in this Getting It Done post, I have almost completely recovered from that crash. I have purchased and installed Mozy.com’s backup service. I have reinstalled the majority of my core software programs. I have transferred my saved data back into the new installation of my machine, and I have replaced...
commentNot Getting It Done: The dog ate my hard drive
When it rains, it pours. I often quote this saying: Before people take backing up their data seriously, they need to get bit by data loss first. Oh, everyone knows you should have a backup plan. It’s obvious, amirite? I mean, there’s no debate. And yet, despite the fact that we all know this, we all generally do one of the following things: 1) Have a manual backup system that we swear we will faithfully run every week… and then realize we have been putting it off for nine months when we have the inevitable...
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