Love and War: Act I

For a while now I've had an idea for a little LAW sideproject that I wanted to explore, but had no way of doing so. Not until I teamed up with artist 15385bic, that is! I'm very pleased to announce Love and War: Scattered Pictures, a minicomic of sorts that I hope to update once a week, every Friday. This is definitely uncharted territory for me, so I can only hope that it'll work out well in the end. :) Here's the cover page, and I hope you enjoy!

Events occur in real-time. (Actually, they really don't in this case.)







This is "Love and 24", a trailer I made of a supposedly reimagined version of Love and War. It was released a while ago as an April Fools joke. Despite it being only a few minutes long, it honestly took a couple of months to pull together! For a moment I really didn't think I was going to make the deadline of April 1st, either. The voice acting would ultimately prove to be especially challenging to pull together. Still, it all came together in the end, and I'm very grateful to everyone who contributed.

Specifically, I'd like to thank Ocean's Dream, who provided the mapping and the chipsets that were used. Thank you! (I'm reminded once again that I really need to send you an e-mail sometime soon.)

And I also want to thank Skie Fortress, who provided the picture of Ryan Eramond at the end. I really asked her completely out of the blue, and she very graciously came through in short order. Thanks muchly, Skie Fortress. :D

It's finally happened: I'm embracing social media (or taking the first step, anyway). Love and War now has its own Facebook page! Please do consider Liking, Faving, or whatever it is that you do with Facebook pages (sorry, I'm still not entirely clear on all the terminology) to keep up to date on all matters LAW.

I have a confession to make: I've never actually used Facebook before. Never. There are times when I'm just seized with the spirit of irrational iconoclasm, and Facebook was one of many casualties. I remember when Myspace (and later Facebook) first came out, and I just shrugged my shoulders and went on my way. "What do I need something like that for?" Of course social media continued to grow at an exponential rate, and it became increasingly harder to dismiss. Friends and family members asked to add me on Facebook, and I said I didn't have one, and I didn't need one. Never mind that social media was literally changing the shape of society, or that it was a new and exciting way to disseminate information of all sorts, or keep up to date on projects of interest - none of that mattered, because I was too cool for any of that! I had my pride!

But it was the potential for promoting your projects that finally got me to break down and create one. Love and War is worth more then my silly misguided pride in the end. = ) Hence:

http://www.facebook.com/loveandwartherpg

Being such a newbie to Facebook, I'd greatly appreciate any hints, tips, or tricks you more experienced Facebookers might have for, uh, Facebooking. = ) Thank you for your time, and I hope to see you there!

Been having a few setbacks lately - nothing major or game-ending, but unfortunate nonetheless. For one, suffered through the mythical hard drive crash. Thankfully I do have backups of most important things (including LAW), but the last backup was a month ago... So, I more or less have lost a month's worth of LAW notes, edits, fixes, and additions. :( I know, I know, I'll backup more frequently this time!

Secondly, I've been forced to conclude that the voice actor for Armin is probably gone for good, it having been months since I last heard back from him. So I've had to reopen auditions, which is going to further delay the release of Act I. Sucks, really, but what can you do...

Finally, beta testing for "Wave 1" seems to be at a standstill right now. Beta testing's never an easy thing to get done, is it? Hopefully we'll get back on track when we get to Wave 2 (which reminds me, my artists have been awfully busy lately, haven't heard from them in a while... d'oh).

Ah, well. Together to victory!

The "Vote for your Favorite Character!" contest is concluded, and as promised, Shmeckie (of "Money and Power" fame!) sketched out the two winners, Lavie and Kodenai. A colored version was kindly provided by King-sama:



Karsuman and Twinfoxtails should probably exchange high fives, as it was their votes that allowed Lavie to tie for first place. ;P Definitely hope to hold more contests in the future!