The latest story chapters have been unlocked! Support my writing and get a text chapter every Friday 4pm, and an audiobook episode every Monday 4pm! $25 patrons - Chapter 052 $10 - Ch 32 $5 - Ch 22 $3 - Ch 12 Check out the patron rewards here: www.patreon.com/heavenfield #patreon #SFF #scifi

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 13 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-13-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

I just updated my subscription to Directory Opus file explorer software, and it reminded me of how amazing this program is. It replaces Windows Explorer, and is so incredibly useful - it's probably my most-used software. Folder tree, multiple tabs, panes, FTP - the list goes on www.gpsoft.com.au

Today, I'm working on the first, end-to-end quest as a test model for the LoreQuest game. This will require me to build every element I need (dialogue panels, choice system, quest inventory). Excited to have the story coming to life! #GameDev #IndieGame #OnlineGame #FreeGame

The latest blog in my development series on the #LoreQuest game is out now. Is it a game or is it a story - or both? #GameDev #IndieGame #OnlineGame #FreeGame

The latest story chapters have been unlocked! Support my writing and get a text chapter every Friday 4pm, and an audiobook episode every Monday 4pm! $25 patrons - Chapter 051 $10 - Ch 31 $5 - Ch 21 $3 - Ch 11 Check out the patron rewards here: www.patreon.com/heavenfield #patreon #SFF #scifi

The latest blog in my development series on the #LoreQuest game is out now. Is it a game or is it a story - or both? #GameDev #IndieGame #OnlineGame #FreeGame

Part 4 of the LoreQuest blog is out now! A deep dive into how the game is developing. "What began as a simple Lore website, has now become a fully scripted, story-driven game, with player choices and consequences." #GameDev #IndieGame #Fantasy #SFF #OnlineGame www.patreon.com/posts/drawin...

Is this the end of softare as we know it? The Plottr app I use for tracking story characters removed its online app, so I used #ClaudeAI to build a better one! Fully integrated into my game data, 2 themes - it works so well! I'm now building an entire story editing suite... 🥳 #GameDev #IndieGame

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 12 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-12-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

Phew, what a gnarly few days! Trying to get the collision system working for the crafting mini-game has been a nightmare! 😱 But, FINALLY managed it, and it looks great! 🥳🥳🥳 Had to get Claude to create a sandbox with values I could adjust to fine-tune everything. #GameDev #IndieGame #LoreQuest

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 11 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-11-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

The latest story chapters have been unlocked! Support my writing and get a text chapter every Friday 4pm, and an audiobook episode every Monday 4pm! $25 patrons - Chapter 049 $10 - Ch 29 $5 - Ch 19 $3 - Ch 09 Check out the patron rewards here: www.patreon.com/heavenfield #patreon #SFF #scifi

Working with Claude AI falls into design or implementation sessions. Design ones are my favourite, and genuinely interesting. The other day, I had written a story line about how 'a thousand monks at prayer filled the hall'. I asked Claude if this was feasible for a comparative historical

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 10 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-10-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

"Information is currency in a surveillance institution - the Order exists because information is power." As an initiate of the Order of the Veil, you are tasked with unearthing heresy and dissent. But in a brutal environment of suspicion, can you keep your own secrets hidden? #GameDev #IndieGame

Had a great time on an after-hours visit to a medieval library. 📚 At over 600 years old it had so much atmosphere. Great story fuel for the story I'm working on at the moment.

The latest story chapters have been unlocked! Support my writing and get a text chapter every Friday 4pm, and an audiobook episode every Monday 4pm! $25 patrons - Chapter 048 $10 - Ch 28 $5 - Ch 18 $3 - Ch 08 Check out the patron rewards here: www.patreon.com/heavenfield #patreon #SFF #scifi

Looks like fun!

When starting an RPG, what's your preference when choosing a new character from a list? 1. Hints about personality traits, such as "Shrewd - observant and calculating..." or 2. A list of values for the traits, so that you can compare them What's your favourite approach? #IndieGame #GameDev #RPG

Claude AI appears to have changed its cutoff rules for reaching the session limit. Before, it would always complete the last prompt and provide any output files. Now, it just cuts off mid-way through, wasting any work it was in the process of creating. 😔 #claudeAI #anthropic @anthropic.com

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 09 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-09-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

One of my fave films in the series - every shot is like a beautiful painting. #starwars

How games change in development. 😄 I thought I wanted an unhindered story experience, but that turned out to feel like an ebook. What I am moving towards is a more traditional RPG system. The interesting characters and their interactions are what is proving to be most fun. #GameDev #IndieGame

The latest story chapters have been unlocked! Support my writing and get a text chapter every Friday 4pm, and an audiobook episode every Monday 4pm! $25 patrons - Chapter 047 $10 - Ch 27 $5 - Ch 17 $3 - Ch 07 Check out the patron rewards here: www.patreon.com/heavenfield #patreon #SFF #scifi

Reached that point in the game project when everything is half finished, half broken and you wonder if you've spent all those mornings getting up at 5am to create something a bit rubbish. 😵‍💫 Had a break, made some good design decisions, and am back on track now. 🚀🚀🚀 #GameDev #IndieGame

Yesterday was one of those gnarly days you just have to get through. I spent all afternoon testing a game error, only to find out it was working, but the test tools were broken! 🤦‍♂️ Managed to delete all my game data in the process tho! 😫 All back now tho. 😊 #GameDev #IndieGame

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 08 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-08-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

Halfway through the plugin consolidation process. My jumble of files now all sit in one nice, neat, structured folder! Building in future-proofing, so that I can seamlessly expand the game with updates and expansion packs in future, keeping everything compartmentalised. 🎁👌 #GameDev #IndieGame

So far, designing the LoreQuest game has been about discovering what is possible with Claude AI. The game has grown immesurably in scope and ambition. Today, I am biting the bullet and rebuilding the architecture so it can scale in the future. A lot of untangling to do... 😆 #GameDev #IndieGame

The latest story chapters have been unlocked! Support my writing and get a text chapter every Friday 4pm, and an audiobook episode every Monday 4pm! $25 patrons - Chapter 046 $10 - Ch 26 $5 - Ch 16 $3 - Ch 06 Check out the patron rewards here: www.patreon.com/heavenfield #patreon #SFF #scifi

34 pages of game story notes all transcribed by Claude AI and output into a markdown doc. Cross-referenced with my glossary notes to catch odd spellings amongst my awful handwriting! Can't believe I used to have to copy all this out by hand! 🥳 #LoreQuest #GameDev #IndieGame #Fantasy #SFF

This is getting closer to a test release! If you want to keep in touch with when it comes out, sign up as a free Patreon. (or drop me a pledge if you want to help out the project!)

I love the juxtaposition of handwriting all my game notes in ink, then getting Claude AI to transcribe them all and collate everything into working documents that I can then write handwritten notes about, and so on. Seems like two different eras working together. #GameDesign #IndieGame #LoreQuest

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 07 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-07-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

Made some real headway in the LoreQuest game mechanics. Actions have consequences now, driving a really interesting system of 4 key points rankings. I won't spoil anything by saying what they are, but your decisions will affect how NPCs respond to you, and which quests open up. #GameDev #IndieGame

Bit the bullet over the weekend and ditched the Divi wordpress visual page builder and went for custom posts to drive the LoreQuest game. Should be so much more efficient, but I'm well out of my comfort zone! 😆 #GameDev #IndieGame #fantasy #OnlineGame

Had a great moment today creating the first item that can be picked up and added to the new inventory system. 📜 Very satisfying! #GameDev #IndieGame

The latest story chapters have been unlocked! Support my writing and get a text chapter every Friday 4pm, and an audiobook episode every Monday 4pm! $25 patrons - Chapter 045 $10 - Ch 25 $5 - Ch 15 $3 - Ch 05 Check out the patron rewards here: www.patreon.com/heavenfield #patreon #SFF #scifi

"I can't think of any other game that operates in a way similar to this: a story-driven RPG lore site with a fully-featured companion system at its core. Or, as Claude described it once: A Tamagotchi layered over a mystery novel!" Blog 3: www.patreon.com/posts/why-ga... #GameDev #IndieGame

++ DOMUS DEMETRIUS ++ This week's lore drop is a new location from the Carcass Front: the Domus Demetrius. Otherwise known as the Corpse Depot, this towering industrial complex serves as temporary storage for the fallen soldiers of Mankind. www.trenchcrusade.com/lore/domus-d...

Part 3 of my LoreQuest game development blog. "Why the Game Begins at the Bottom" The game and the books are set in the same world, at the same time, but tell completely different stories. Why the game begins at the opposite end to the books. www.patreon.com/posts/why-ga... #IndieGame #GameDev

Final day in Croatia. It's been a short visit but a fantastic one. Walked the city walls and discovered lots more about the amazing history of Dubrovnik. It's already sparked lots of story ideas!

Day 2 in Dubrovnik! 🧭 The Game of Thrones tour was fascinating, with really detailed filming locations! Learned a lot about the history of Dubrovnik on the way. #GOT #Author #FantasyAuthor

Day 1 in Dubrovnik! ✈️ There's so much history everywhere! Lots of story fuel... Today we're off on a Game of Thrones tour to explore some of the filming locations. I'll share what I find! Have any of you visited Croatia? Let me know your recommendations below! 🇭🇷 #GOT #Author #FantasyAuthor

***New Audiobook Episode*** Ep 06 of the Dead Man's Feast audiobook has been unlocked! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-06-... The enhanced edition has a full soundtrack of effects and music, to create an incredibly immersive experience. #scifi #audiobook #sff #patreon #audio

Six books. Six LoreQuest game expansions releasing alongside each one, advancing the game story in parallel. If you were playing a game tied to a novel series, would you play first and read after? Or the other way around? #CircleOfSouls #FantasyWriter #IndieGame #LoreQuest

Six books. Six LoreQuest game expansions releasing alongside each one, advancing the game story in parallel. If you were playing a game tied to a novel series, would you play first and read after? Or the other way around? #CircleOfSouls #FantasyWriter #IndieGame #LoreQuest

The first playable release will be the Prologue. A short story arc set inside the Red Temple. An orphan with no name, no House, and no idea what they've walked into. A companion whose meaning won't be clear for a long time yet... www.patreon.com/posts/archit... #CircleOfSouls #IndieGame #GameDev