by iksanabot » Mon, 15Jan19 22:37
Hi guys,
@Josh, I'm glad you like the game, thanks for playing. The next LwT game is still a long way from being completed. I worked on the script through my holidays, and then again this past weekend and it's now 5/6 done, but it will probably be another 2-4 weeks before I can finish it competely and then there will be months of artwork and coding to be done by other people. My priority is to write it well, but I am also motivated to get it out there because I know a lot of people are looking forward to it, and I appreciate that. I can't give you any details about the plot or anything right now, because Leo hasn't even read the current draft yet, and he's the one that makes the decision about whether he wants to produce it for the site the way it is, or whether he will want me to make major changes, that kind of thing. I'm sure he's going to love it how it is, but it's disrespectful to assume that, and disrespectful to give details without his approval. So, all I can say is that you still have a long wait ahead of you (several months, I'm guessing), but it will be worth the wait. Personally, I fucking love what I have written so far, and I can't wait to see it take shape into a game.
@ chrispool, yes, I did think of that. In my own little fantasy world I imagine the game being about 50 times as large as it is, and the player could log in to play either Justin, Tracy, Lisa, Derek, or Sandy. And in that same world I make 2 million dollars off of it by charging 25 cents a play, and a million people play it over and over and over... Yes, I have a very active imagination. The thing is, at this point, with the level of involvement that I have in the games and the amount of time I can devote to it, there is just no chance that I could do that. It's incredibly complicated writing a story from only one perspective that has multiple pathways and endings, adding more players increases the complications exponentially, or there something like that. It's not something that I think the LoP team can consider right now, and probably never. But it is a cool idea, I agree.
Thanks to all of you for the attention and all the kind words about LwT. I am really doing my best to live up to your expectations with the second one.