This evening, my sister-in-law Maxine did a run-through of the whole game, start to finish, for the first time. A couple rooms had glitches that made them impossible, but this was the first time it had been undertaken from intro text to credits.
It took 3 hours. There are too many rooms. I need to get rid of some of the less interesting ones. I didn’t think I had this many. I’m aiming for a solid 90-minute experience. Still lots of touch-up work to do, but it’s really getting close.
Side note. Next year, go to PAX Dev. To all my friends there, have fun, and I am looking forward to the stories!
Keith, good luck with your talk, amigo!
Back to work for me…
Today:
Yet another awesome Kindle book, Robert’s Rules of Writing, has given me this:
RULE 16. Write What You Read.
Basically, look at your bookshelf and your bedside table. This is the type of stuff you know best, love best, and can write best.
If you look at my game library, the only puzzle platformers you’ll find are Braid and Limbo. No wonder Escape Goat is taking way longer than I expected to finsh.