Weekly Update – Starforge and LTUE · 7:55pm Jan 13th, 2022
Hello readers! Max here with a quick update on what’s going on! Which is ... a lot actually!
So, there’s really only one big question on the mind of most swinging by the site right now: “When is Starforge coming out?”
Well, it’s still going to be a bit. I work hard and fast, but getting Starforge out in anything under a few months would take a literal miracle. There are only so many hours in a day, after all!
But the news is good. I’m currently partway through part two of the book on the Pre-Alpha, making changes, tweaks, and little fixes. Once again, I’m glad I let myself have a break between writing and editing this thing, as some of the chapters I was most worried about I find I’m not nearly so critical of on the reread now that I’ve had a bit of time to “disconnect.”
That isn’t to say that there aren’t issues I’ve been finding and fixing, nor that there aren’t a few chapters that I won’t be paying close attention to the Alpha Reader response when the Alpha happens. There are a few I’ve written down where I want to see what the audience response is before I make a final call, and they may indeed see heavy or maybe even complete rewrites.
Good news is, though, that the Pre-Alpha is progressing at speed. Currently I’m pressing through about 30,000-40,000 words a day in the editing process (that’s about 100-130 pages in print, roughly, at standard sizes).
Those of you that are new are probably thinking “Oh nice, so this’ll be done in a few days, maybe a week at that rate, right?”
Ah, no. Not quite. Starforge is … large. Larger than Jungle by a decent margin. Granted, if you’ve read Colony and Jungle, you know why. There’s a lot of ground to cover in this one. And it does so!
Anyway, enough about Starforge. It’s getting closer, work is being done, and hey, you might even see a teaser soon.
I think I'd be interested in attending remotely again this year, plague concerns being what they are. Can confirm that LtUE is a wonderful experience, though.
I'm going to have to look into the possibility of attending online. I hope they decide to go ahead again. Between the flu and complications and working on renovations here (nothing like converting my office loft space to a modeling/3d printing/electronics workshop) I don't think I'll be getting out of town anytime soon.