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The Thumbs Project [Devlog?]

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Hello everyone! After having to drop out of last Wizard Jam due to unforeseen circumstances, I've been running without a goal for the last month or so. That's why I'm excited to detail a new project, which I'm tentatively calling "The Thumbs Project."

 

Essentially, I'm going to be writing one short interactive story a week, each one based off of a title from Idle Thumbs. There are a couple of reasons I'm doing this:

  1. I need practice writing on a deadline, and what better deadline to practice than weekly installments?
  2. I need more practice with alternative forms of interactive fiction besides the traditional choose-your-own adventure format, and while there's definitely going to be plenty of those, I'm looking to try and broaden my horizons.
  3. Like I hinted at earlier, I felt bad about not being able to complete anything for Wizard Jam, even though I really like the idea of basing games off of Thumbs titles (There's so many good ones!)

 

Right now, the most I can commit to is the first fifty episodes. Even then, that's a whole year of making fun-sized IF, assuming I manage to get it together to put one out every week. If I can do it, and I'm enjoying doing it, we might see about doing more, but right now that's too far in the future to get excited about.

 

What do you guys think? Any questions or advice? Criticism is always appreciated.

 

If you're interested, the first game Let the Games Begin will be going up on my itch.io page tomorrow afternoon (EST) here https://technomagie.itch.io

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This is a cool idea. I am always a supporter of setting goals that commit you to a certain cadence.

 

will all your stories have their own universe or will it all be tied together somehow?

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With a few exceptions, the stories will not be set in the same universe; however, there is an underlying metaplot of sorts.

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Let the Games Begin is now live! You can find it here: https://technomagie.itch.io/let-the-games-begin

If anyone has some advice on any better ways to upload Twine to itch, I will definitely take it. I'm not sure what I did to make the background grey, it was white when I tested it.

As always, comments and criticism are always appreciated.

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Ha, I bet you thought I forgot about this!

... well, I did. But in my defense I was sick and out of commission all day Wednesday, and spent most of yesterday trying to get all my schoolwork in order and the like, and in the rush I totally forgot to publish this. But it's here now!

Unfortunately, due to being sick and then trying to rush, I can safely say that this is by no means my best work. It's messy and frankly doesn't make much sense. But then, I guess it wouldn't be something I made if it did. Feel free to check it out here: https://technomagie.itch.io/the-fanboys-lament

 

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Peoples! I have an announcement! Yep, you guessed it, I'm moving the upload date to Friday. Originally I had wanted to do Thursdays, because that's when Idle Thumbs episodes go up, but in making that decision I forgot that I had a lot of stuff to do on Thursday. So, instead, we're doing Fridays. Also my new game is up or something, check it out here https://technomagie.itch.io/field-of-dreams

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