#Future Plans

[allieebobo]

Monsoon Games: Roadmap

I'll continue to tweak this rough roadmap according to the responses I get from the google form, but here's the plan (ideal-case) for the next 1-2 years!

If you haven't filled out the form yet, please do, as answers would be super valuable in helping me better gauge, prioritize, and budget my next steps as well as tweak the pricing for the tiers!

Phase 1: Now till end-2025

Full-time urban planner

Part-time game dev.

Likely to be mostly solo-work and choice-script based

Phase 2: Beginning 2026 till end 2026

Part/Full-time game dev

Likely to involve / bring in an artist/coder, depending on eventual decision on game format (ren'py, Godot or choicescript)

Phase 3: Beginning 2027

Launch phase 2 game

Re-evaluate what to do next, likely back to my full-time job, but to KIV this based on what happens in Phase 2

Details below the cut!

Again, if you have comments, suggestions, preferences, do leave a message or email (allieebobo@gmail.com). If you're interested to collaborate, or to find out about what games I'm thinking of, click here.

Phase 1a

Timeframe: now till end 2025

Scope: Keep rolling out choicescript updates for CT:OS and Merry Crisis. This will form the base of content for ko-fi/patreon (with subscribers continuing to get early-releases until these games are complete).

Phase 1b 

Timeframe: start sometime 2nd half of 2025, run concurrently till end 2025)

Scope: Write a choicescript 'concept demo' for 2 new games I've been haunted by over the past couple of years. (I'll release more info on this if I think they're viable). Whether or not they become more complex games, I'll at least have the choicescript demo. 

Phase 1c 

Timeframe: optional, but to start as soon as funding is obtained

Scope: Depending on interest, I want to consider doing a port to ren'py for Merry Crisis (or CT:OS, but likely MC) for a more visual-style game. This would involve either hiring a coder to help with the port, or doing it myself. More importantly, will need to commission art for this.

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Monthly-subscriptions for both Phase 1a and 1b would include the following tiers: 

$3/month (existing): Just to support me :) 

$6/month (existing): Early-access links to CT:OS and Merry Crisis

$9/month (new tier): Same as above + Early-content (e.g. lore, character snippets & art, non-interactive stories, dev logs) for new game(s)

$12/month (might not go for this tier, but including just as a concept): Same as above + Expanded early-content (e.g. interactive choice-script based demo access)

Phase 2a

Timeframe: Beginning 2026, probably 6-9 months or more depending on scope

Scope: With CT:OS and Merry Crisis completed, I hope to then turn my sights to converting the choicescript demo created in phase 1b into actual complete games. This could either take the form of: 

A full choicescript game

A full ren'py (visual) game

A full Godot (2D) game

About 2-3 months into Phase 2a, I will also have enough content to launch a kickstarter, which would hopefully bring new backers on board and funds to speed-up production of the game(s). For folks who prefer supporting once-off instead, they'll also come in at this stage :) 

Phase 2b: 

Timeframe: Probably 6-9 months into 2026

Scope: Once there's a playable beta version of the game, I'll then do testing with subscribers and other beta-testers, and do de-bugging.

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Monthly-subscriptions for both Phase 2a and 2b would include the following tiers: 

$4/month: Just to support me :) 

$8/month: Subscriber-only content for all new games in development (e.g. character snippets & art, dev logs)

$12/month: Same as above + Little interactive patches/expansion packs for CT:OS and Merry Crisis 

$16/month: Same as above + Expanded early-content for all new games (e.g. non-interactive stories, scene peaks/teasers, interactive twine or choicescript based playable content, access to beta version of the game when ready in phase 2b)

Kickstarter tiers: 

$12 once-off for a specific project (a selection of content from the pool of characer snippets & art, dev-logs that $8/month subscribers get) 

$25 once-off for a specific project (same as above + a selection of content from the pool of expanded early-content) 

$35 once-off for a specific project (same as above + special perks e.g. ability to design a character or item or request chapter) 

Phase 3

Timeframe: Start of 2027 onwards 

Scope: When at least 1 game is launched, hopefully by start of 2027, I'll re-evaluate and see what to set my sights on next! This probably also means going back to full-time urban planning :)

[catt-nuevenor]

The Future

Time to establish what's going to happen from this point forwards.

The vast majority of you have been exceptionally patient this last year, and for that you have my deepest thanks. You've given me the time to not only write a book, but edit it, and send it off to literary agents, something I would have long given up on doing without the continued support of those who enjoy my writing.

Now that the book is off doing the rounds independently, it's time I got back to Myrk Mire.

Originally Myrk Mire was built in ChoiceScript, a scripting language created by the Choice of Games company. Choice of Games control what is done with their script, understandably, they own it. This does pose some restrictions. I can't, for example, release any paid material built using ChoiceScript unless it is directly through their publishing label. If I do publish under their label, I maintain IP or Intellectual Property Rights, however I also grant them the exclusive rights under perpetual license to publish the multiple choice game 'electronically'.

Source: Choice of Games.com

As you can see from the outline above, they do make exceptions for stories published in non-competing formats, and for sequels, prequels, and spin-offs. However, traditional publishing houses might require stricter control over IP, distribution, and exclusivity. It will only become more and more complicated as things progress, and being locked into a perpetual license agreement of any nature is not a decision to make lightly.

As some of you may be sensing from the tone of all this so far, I'm going to be moving Myrk Mire away from Choice of Games and ChoiceScript, and into a new medium/format.

After tinkering, and trialling with a few alternatives, I've decided to go with Renpy. Renpy, while largely used for visual novel style games and stories, provides a very workable framework for interactive fiction, and is an Open Source script, it isn't beholden to publishing contracts, licence cost, or exclusivity.

I'm not going to be diving into transferring Myrk Mire right away, it's a huge piece of writing, in an entirely different scripting language, and as previously stated, there are a lot of changes I want to implement with the cast. Instead, I'm creating a trial story: One Háḟest Day. My Patrons have been aware of all this for about a month or so, and have already seen some previews.

One Háḟest Day takes place in Aldmirham before the events of Myrk Mire, around the time the Main Character and the Wanderers first arrived in town. The reader will have the choice to follow one of the romanceable characters through a single day, with opportunities to explore their lives and relationships before the Main Character and Child come along. I hope it will provide a proving ground for the changes that previously caused debate, and an opportunity for people to try out the new format and interface.

My plan is to distribute One Háḟest Day through Itch.io, working with their early access framework and voluntary payments for such as soon as one of the character routes is ready to play from beginning to end, updating regularly with the other characters as they too are completed, and with additional features as required. Once the full game is complete, I will release a separate full build with a set minimum price that can be discussed with the community as we move forwards.

At the second, I'm aiming for a web hosted format and a desktop/laptop downloadable format, with phone compatibility to come later down the line once things are stable.

I will post production updates and info when I can to tumblr, though a lot of what I'm doing now is very python coding heavy, so perhaps not that interesting?

I've included some screenshots below of very early development, featuring a Character Log and Word Log that I hope will allow readers to more easily navigate the story. I'm toying with the idea of having a Mysteries Log as well that will keep track of snippets of information gleaned from each character's route, but that can be a tinkering feature for now.

Let me know your thoughts, concerns, or excitement, though do keep all messages objective and polite.

[randomalistic]

Sorry if you've answered this before but do you think you'd want to make other analysis videos or are you done?

Yes! I am going to keep making videos :) In fact I already have quite a few in mind

King Candy/Turbo followup video (tying loose ends & reading comments) (Probably in the next few months)

??? - ETA: Halloween...

The Great Mouse Detective: Basil x Ratigan analysis (Probably sometime next year)

Ralph Breaks the Internet Deep Dive (after the sun explodes)

[bookmothic-dyke]

One day I will be one of the cool older transfems on tumblr who actually makes shit and dresses like they’re out of a video game. But for now I’m just an almost 22 year old college student half heartedly writing about gay vampires. And for now, that’s okay.

[sunset-lbs]

𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑀𝑒

𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻

𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠:

❅ 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑛𝑒

❅ 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑠

❅ 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑥 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑

❅ 𝑒𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠

❅ 𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠, 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘

❅ 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒

❅ 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠

❅ 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟

❅ 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ

𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠:

❅ 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

❅ 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔

❅ 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡

❅ 𝑏𝑢𝑦 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟

𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠:

❅ 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑

❅ 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛

❅ 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟

𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠:

❅ 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛

❅ 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒

[collegetennisoriginstory]

I am loving this IF so much!!! Do you know if you'll make a 2nd book after this one? Or do something else when you're done?

Ahhh... plans... "when you're done", you say...

Let's see...

Just kidding. I had plans for a sequel for sure, hence the colon in college tennis: origin story (e.g. paving the way for other college tennis editions) but the more I think about it, the more I feel like a sequel where MC (and friends/ROs) are already in their mid 20s would be even more interesting.

I'd love to write a continuation where MC's already a pro tennis player on tour and maybe even having more slice-of-life elements (rent an apartment, sponsorship struggles etc.) Something like, Pro Tennis: Rising Star (idk I'm terrible at coming up with names).

Rayyan could be a rival (and teammate if they're competing for team USA), G would be a sports journalist(?), Sam would be a commentator + casual exhibition match player, with a successful vlog(?) on the side, Tobin would maybe be MC's profesh doubles partner (or maybe someone else's? Ooh drama 👀) or maybe training to be a coach?

And of course, everything in the WIP CLOSET I'd want to write one day, possibly even before I get around to CT:OS 2 (the fantasy elf izakaya/midnight diner + stardew valley-esque thing is something that has been knocking around my head for a long time, and same for the soccer game).

[glitch-after-dark]

Overlord kidnaps Glitch for Megatron and never forgives the little bastard for tazing him which obviously means he has to take Tarn's virginity the moment he gets the chance as payback and likes it a little too much.

[acertifiedwitch]

Bucket List for the next 10 years:

- Own Sword

- Go to Wales again

- Write a Book

- learn to fight with sword

- Maybe make smth out of my life idk

- Own Two Swords

[tales-of-wocdes]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! Add a female (or trans woman) RO that is FREAKISHLY tall buff and mean ILL PLAY JUST PLEASE!!! My mc needs them.

Wow that enthusiastic... well.. huh... You could be in luck... Depending on what people think :D I make no promises, but hear me out.

As one of the earlier posts said, I have some basic notes about other characters for the future. Some are more locked in than others. I said I would not talk about the other characters but this is not much of a character yet.

One of those notes just says "adventurer." Nothing else. Why? Because I had an idea recently and just wrote it down, and this is related to that.

Now it would be a long time before we actually get there.... but "FREAKISHLY tall buff and mean" does fit "adventurer", does it not? I have added "Potentially FREAKISHLY tall buff and mean" to my notes :D I did also find a note saying I should do a character with giant heritage... Hmm.....

The real question is, would this person be a more barbarian type (less armor) or more moving fortress on legs (heavy armor). Or something completely different.

[o2studies]

23:39 || ༻`` 19 Oct 24 — Saturday

Aimed to get a lot of work done for my personal statement today and I did focus on it, so much so that I didn't do much else. But also I just stared at the document and couldn't think of anything so many times, so I took a break and went back to it soon after, and then I decided to start writing anyway and after 1½ hrs I've got my first 5 lines... ;-;

I've out some things in bulletpoints or as a small list that I want to mention, and I'm using a guide from UCAS but I found that a few of questions I can just write pretty much the same thing and I'm not sure how to not just repeat myself 3 or 4 times.... I'll do more work for it tm. A Lot more.

Aside from that (although actually, linked to UCAS) I've kind of a tough decision to make about university choices. I might write about it more tomorrow but choice one is all good, choice two would involve convincing my parents a lot and leaving behind (at least for a few years) the life me and K planned with each other during uni..

Actually — a summary:

University A is nearby, I've visited it a lot and it looks amazing, has a ton of great student experiences, I'll get to go to uni with K and rent a flat or smt with her in our second year, don't know how many times afterward I'll see A (if at all), possibly joining uotc during one of the years (can't really imagine that in Uni B but it probably could still be possible), and it is an amazing university for which I've got 2 grade reductions (within applicable maths, physics and chemsitry courses), I've got the conditional offer already

University B is the next country over, I'd be leaving behind K and my family (others too but they'll probably be a lot further anyway), I will have A with me so I won't be alone and we'd help each other with the costs of things, in the second year R would be coming over and we'd all rent a place somewhere (but have to be in student halls for a year first..... I didn’t like the experience of it that I got in Uni A), the country is really beautiful, I've been in the area before and there's no langauge changes, I know very little about the uni, it's better than Uni A (plus it combines year in industry through placements and year abroad)

And I don't know....... I do know that friendships is not what you should follow in choices like this but it breakdms my heart thinking of abandoning K and our plan, even for just a few years..

And my wrist hurt like hell today and still does.

^ I've got this written on my wrist. Had it today and will again tomorrow. I love writing quotes and sayings on my arm ^^

Day 31 clean (a whole month yesterday, woo!)

Day 0 (I was really gonna try to hit Day 1 today but forgot about that for a moment and well.... yeah....)

Floor time ✅️

Current song obsession: Army Dreamers by Celina Fang // 🍊

[the-mspfa-200-favourites-project]

FUTURE PLANS...

Okay so basically first of all, thank you all for the well-wishes and congratulations for me reaching my planned end of this project. Well, I guess I should "end" in quotation marks because basically, I did want to do all the cool projects that came out this year. However, I wanted to wait and see what projects I would have to cover, since, you know. The year's not over. The Fanadventures of 2024 are still producing content, and therefore I wouldn't conceivably know when the cutoff point WAS, since I could get through all the material they've done up to this point and they could make a new page.

Then I realized that's a terrible, stupid way of thinking about this. If they make a new page and I don't like their project, I can just. Not read it. Like I've done with all the rest of the Webcomics I haven't been vibing with. But if the webcomic comes out with a new page and I *do* like it, I can. Read it? Like with all the other MSPFAs I *do* read???????? So what was even the problem in the first place. I don't know, but basically, we're doing this, we're making this happen, 2024 is back on the menu.

I also went back and checked out what other projects have made it past that threshold, and turns out, there are a couple surprising ones, including Fanadventures that started out in *2013*. Yeah, you heard right, all the way back in that time. So they've been added to the list, including one major exclusion to my major journey that I actually did want to read, except when I searched it up, it...wasn't there, for some reason? Probably did the search wrong because it's back up now, and that means HACKBENT IS BACK ON THE MENU. I keep saying that today I have no idea why but it's my feeling right now I guess.

If that wasn't enough, I have also decided to do a little bit of foresight and basically cover the Fanadventures that currently, RIGHT NOW, have at least 190-199 Favourites, as of writing this. Call these ones "On The Cusp" or "On the Brink" of the actual original project. There's a handful of these. Want to cover my bases and all.

There's also, so, so many other fanadventures that fall short of the 200 favourites that I, personally, really like and want other people to know about. That's not added to the spreadsheet yet (I still have somewhat of principles for what this journey should be) but I do think I should cover those EVENTUALLY, if only to abuse my platform a little bit. Speaking of which, wow, apparently you like this blog? I thought this blog wouldn't really be followed all that closely but some of you are liking practically every review/notes taking post I make on here, it's insane. Thank you. I'm also rereading this post and I just realized I sound so much like James Roach's HSBC newsposts it's kind of crazy. But anyways, yeah, those are my future plans, HOPE to have some done today but who knows. So yes, Homeskillet, Dead Meat, and AUTOPRAXIS are coming, and HACKBENT is also coming, and so is YOURS, MINE, and OURS, and many more. So stayed tuned, I guess?

[thresholdslut]

Happy Holidays Everyone!!

Here’s what I’m planning on working on in the next year:

-Finish Antidote (5 chapters left holy shit)

-More step-dad AU drabbles (two in the making atm)

-and lastly, my new fic “maybe this is all I can be” (police officer Eren x child star Mikasa)

And that’s about it tbh! I’ll probably also try and finish possessions by the devil too. I have a couple of other ideas but nothing is really sticking to be like these three have and I won’t overwhelm myself with trying to make everything happen at once.

[cyanwyrmy]

🔔 Furry alert! 🔔 Hello everyone! So this weekend I went to my first furry convention and I had a great time! So much amazing artistry was on display, and I loved the energy and freedom of expression throughout the Con. I plan on attending more conventions in the future, and I’d especially love to attend as a vendor! I’ll be making more art for the purpose of selling as pins, key chains, or stickers, so we’ll see how that goes! The art shown above is a badge I made for my friend of their original character ⭐️🌙 we love sleepy dragons in this household.

If you’ve followed me for Welcome Home fan art, fear not! I am still heavily invested in Welcome Home and have no plans of leaving the fandom. My fan art might not be as regular, but please stick around if that’s what you’re interested in!

Thanks for your support!

[bookmothic-dyke]

I want to be a housewife one day.

But I also want to make audio porn and write body horror about trans lesbians while I’m at it.

So I think that’s pretty feminist of me.

[neonthewrite]

ooh a direct sequel to Bowman of Wellwood, I really want to see this, this is what happens between Bowman of Wellwood and for science, could we have some samples to wait please please please? (I told myself when I read for science that I was missing some elements)

Hello I loved the Little extract from Bowman and the Cat I really wanted to see Bowman and Rischa In the human world Just after the events of Bowman of Wellwood Now I'm very excited and I want more There will be- Are there any other extracts? And how long until the sequel to Bowman of Wellwood?? Please I need to know that I love your work and I can't wait♡

Are you writing a sequel to your Bowman book bc I would totally read it!

Got these questions all pretty close together, so I hope no one minds me addressing them in one post!

It's true that For Science (cowritten with the wonderful @nightmares06, author of @brothersapart ) takes place after the would-be sequel to Bowman of Wellwood, so readers of that AU probably noticed a few things that hinted at what might have happened in the sequel, titled Teven of Nowhere. Those who didn't read it ... well, I'll leave it to you to decide whether you want to dive into that crossover, but Brothers Apart as a whole is a great time so I highly recommend it!

As for other excerpts, this project was being worked on a while back (oh my god ... almost 10 full years ... I'm so OLD). So to write it now I would make some big changes to the style and such, even if the broad strokes of the story would remain the same. I haven't gotten around to completely fixing the outline for it, however I did post excerpts of it for NaNoWriMo 2015 - it was actually the reason I started a dedicated writing sideblog in the first place!

I could probably find a "new" (unposted, but still rather old writing) snippet to post soon, since everyone asked so nicely. :)

Lastly, I am really really grateful to receive these messages. Sometimes I can be quite hard on myself, especially my older writing, so it is really wonderful to know that something I made still gets responses like these ones.

I have not worked on the Teven outline in a long time. And the last year or so has been a struggle to work on any writing at all, for various reason. But this kind of encouragement is really helpful, and reminds me that I love these characters too. I miss them.

I gotta get back to work.

[collegetennisoriginstory]

do you still think that you would do a sequel for college tennis?

I have so many ideas for IFs I want to write that I'm leaving for after CT:OS and Merry Crisis are done... but a sequel for CT:OS where they're all adults and MC's trying to rise through the ranks as a professional tennis player is definitely on my bucket list for life.

It all depends on whether I actually eventually make the jump to writing (officially) part time or full time (which depends on whether I think I could make it work financially), in terms of how quickly I can complete games/stories...

But tldr; I'd love to, the when and "definiteness" of it though... I couldn't say until I have a better idea of what I'm doing with my life around 2 years down the road (I've arbitrarily set this as a deadline because I think by then I'd have saved up a bit to go on at least a 1-year hiatus from my full time job, and have a good enougb gauge of the viability of supporting myself through various channels!)