Project W Post: August 2024

It's a Project W Thursday! I usually post on the last Wednesday of the month, but this time we needed that for yesterday's beta build.

This month I have a very exciting ramble. For ages this project has consisted of vague concepts, disconnected scene ideas, and endless possibilities, but that is starting to change. It's slowly heading towards an actual story that I can actively work on pulling off.

There are three arcs for the entire experience and they will each have 12 episodes on average (maybe one more or one less). During August, I've managed to make strong concepts for Episodes 1-6 of Arc 1! That's halfway there for an entire part of the story. It'd be like planning the prologue and five Moments for a Step in Our Life. I also know a lot of general points that should happen in the second half and where arc 1 is ultimately going, but I haven't decided how to distribute the info/scenes throughout those episodes yet.

I couldn't have planned out that much of the story without having made headway on the actual characters. The three leads and the MC's default aspects have gotten fleshed out a lot lately. I can say with certainly that I'm going back to my roots in a way. The people you can get closer to in this game are not Our Life folks, haha. The LIs are eccentric, ridiculous, and when you meet them they are far more interested in their own lives than whatever is up with you. Now, you and a lead can be mutually useful towards each other and get along fairly well/pretty quickly that way. Though, depending on the approach that seems best for you, a lead might end up as outright antagonistic force in your life during arc 1. They're not evil or after meaningless destruction, but the leads are going to do their own work and achieve their own goals, whether that means the MC can get what they want or not.

However, none of that impacts your ability to form a meaningful relationship in the long run, or will even stop you from flirting/wanting to be friends in the short term. The safety of the world isn't at stake here. Whether you team up with someone or fight over the same resources, you can get to know each other better. You and the leads are gonna go through a lot together over three whole arcs. I'm looking forward to the day far in the future when I can introduce you to this cast.

Previous Posts---- 

January 2024 (Basic Info)

February 2024 (Time Period, world, and MC details) 

March 2024 (Story and release structures)

April 2024 (A bit of leading character details)

May 2024 (Info on the brainstorming process)

June 2024 (Explaining serious content level)

July 2024 (Scale and ambitions)