(I'm amazed at how fast time flies, frankly...mind you, I didn't expect to get anything done in June and early July, what with travel and all, but I'm a little blown away it's about to be August.)
I did find that I really liked keeping a more or less daily update of what I'd added to the game--it made me feel like I was really actually making progress.
The big thing is that I've finally started Act 2. I've also been trying to tweak cards in Act 1 so that the plot cards come up more often---it's a weird catch-22 with grinding in these games that people get bored with the same grind cards, so you add more and different grind cards, but that makes a bigger pool so the plot cards come up less often, so you need to tweak the plot cards again.
But Act 1 is mostly done, except for maybe some minor not-really-affecting-the-plot additions (I think I added the ability to teach your pet lungfish to fetch) so it's time to start on Act 2, and that's...err. Tricky? I'm not sure how to explain. It's not so much that it's hard or complicated or anything, so much as that this is a way I'm not used to thinking. Linear plots are one thing---trying to control for multiple storylines that all intertwine like horny cuttlefish is totally different and my brain aches when I try to force it to keep track of all the loose ends and think "But this is happening simultaneously to this and this is also happening and they'll be looking at this card and this one and this one all at the same time..."
I don't know. It won't be a Fallen London, that's for sure, but I hold out hopes it will be charming enough to matter.
They still haven't added the ability to upload art yet---that's the thing that will probably totally light a fire under me to get this done. But it's nice to slide my brain gently back into this world, and remember how fond I am of Quippet and Pludwump and Crazy-Wool and the Silver Rat and the Carmine Raven.
So, since June 5th, I've added 15 cards, most of them in Act 2. (Which honestly isn't bad for given how busy I was, and seeing that number makes me feel a lot better about the bit where I thought I hadn't been working on it nearly enough.)
7-30 -
Added 3 cards in the Chasing Shadows and Came Before plotlines
7-31 -
Added 6 cards in the Attack storyline, 1 card in the Stone-Knapper storyline
8-1 -
Added 1 card to the Stone-Knapper storyline, 1 card to the Comforting Rock storyline, finishing Rock storyline.
8-14 -
Added 2 cards to Uncrow storyline, Added 1 card to the Attack storyline
8-16 -
Added 4 cards to the Eaters storyline
8-21 -
Added 4 cards to the Eaters storyline