STOIC'S PROFILE

I've been thinking about this ever since my left hand started acting up. For those who entered the 2014 IGMC I'm sure you had to make a lot of sacrifices for your entry. Time, attention, energy, perhaps money. I tracked the time I spent on my entry and it equated to almost 2.5 full work weeks! I had to say "No" to my family on a few occasions to make sure it was finished in time. Energy-wise I actually felt better than ever. I could work all day and sleep only a few hours and still rewake rejuvenated. Especially near the end. But that adrenaline rush wore off after the contest and left me in a dazed state for a week or so where I got almost nothing done.

The biggest cost though was physical. Working at my desk for long stretches at a time with my forearms resting on the edge of the desk put a huge strain on my median nerve. By the end of the contest my left hand was numb. A few weeks after even if I work for more than a few hours it becomes tingly and even painful. Yesterday, I was writing a blog post and so much pain was shooting to my left hand I just had to stop and see my chiropractor to help relieve some of the nerve stress.

I'm taking it easier now while it heals up. I actually wrote this post initially by hand to minimize editing.

So can our art destroy us? While it is very fulfilling it also has many tolls and not just the ones I mentioned here. I'd be interested to hear if other RMNers have suffered either physically or otherwise because of their craft.

Congrats man! When I have played VN's in the past it was always on mobiles. Can get comfy and enjoy the story.

Going forward the game will be more challenging. I was treating this as an introductory level. There will also be optional fights in dungeons going forward for those who really want to test their might. As well as enemies that you have no chance of beating until late r in the game.

I don't expect it to be quite MotW size. Probably about half that size. But if it does well I expect there will be further episodes that expand upon the main game.

That's a good attention grabbing title. I thought maybe you were doing some reverse psychology here.

Hey thanks nhubi. I definitely went with a more prose approach for that one. It was sort of a spontaneous review. Well, less of a review and more of me just trying to entice people to play it. I think the dev hasn't seen it yet. He hasn't commented on the other 5 star review of his game either.

I enjoy your reviews too. I commend you for reviewing games you didn't necessarily like. I haven't really done that recently. I tend to just stop playing a game if I'm not engaged and leave a comment at most.