This is the 51st week devlog for Cosmic Construct. There was no progress on the game this week that I could deliver with any measure of confidence. This entire week was a wash for me due to a bunch of reasons.
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I was supposed to do some structure art this week, and I sort of got started with the library which is rather complex, but didn't get far.
Like many 'mericans, this week we had Thanksgiving dinner, which takes up some time which I'm sure if you live in the US you are aware.
What really killed my week though was getting very sick. Likely COVID. I'm still sick right now writing this, and I'm not in the mood to do much. So I can't really give a timeline as to when I'll pick up development. It might be this week, it might be next.
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Unplanned Stuff
While I wasn't working on Cosmic Construct, I did work on side projects. So I'll share those with you. I found that while sick my hands are shaking because of shivering and the like. It's just a wholly unpleasant experience to try to do art right now, and likely anything I make I won't be happy with. Instead of hating what was working on, I went to some back burner projects. I hope you don't mind something a little different.
This is a card game I've been rapidly prototyping called Natural 10. We've been developing it among our friend group for a long time. I'd like to crowdfund it or something. It's hella fun, every time we do playtesting. Its deckbuilding and gameplay systems are pretty different from every card game on the market, and it kinda simulates DnD / RPG mechanics and feel.
I used AIStudio to develop a card ruletext parser and my it did an amazing job. It looks fantastic on every card. The only thing holding the cards back is the crappy placeholder vector art. Otherwise I would print this to play as is. It looks amazing, at least to me.
The second side project I worked on this week was an in development superhero themed tabletop roleplaying game called "Orros". I wrote a new LaTeX style so that it looks more like a "modern comic superhero" color scheme. The grey border area you see is just a placeholder image where I can put page art without interfering with the body content.
I finally finished the powers list. Its the most content heavy section of the book. Now that its done, I can focus on the rules, and continue with the playtesting phase. After which the book will be available for purchase on DriveThruRPG, and updated indefinitely. If you purchase the book on release, you should get all subsequent expansions of the content free. (At least, I believe that is how it works where I upload replacement PDFs, and send out emails saying a new edition is available. I'll do what I can.)
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With all that said, I can't promise I'll return to work on Cosmic Construct for the next few days or week. It depends how long this sickness lasts. When I do return it will be on structure art. You might get another devlog of me working on side projects. Sorry about that.
- Structure Art