#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)

[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).

[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 // 🍊

[bookmothic-dyke]

I have a single yearning,

that keeps me ever forth.

That when I am finished learning,

I will venture onward north.

Hop upon the rails,

and venture to the woods.

To travel onward all my own.

to prove to me I could.

To be free from my aching binds,

of plans and kin and known.

So a journey I will take.

to see sights all my own.

Mayhaps I will return,

to the golden land of birth.

Or I will stay among,

the misty western earth.

[glitch-after-dark]

Deadlock's medic kink leads to him fucking his future husband's ex-husband on the Second Worst Day of Pharma's life.

[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.

[krirebr]

I'm already thinking ahead to October. I kind of want to do a big month-long spooky season vampire party...

[itwasntaphase]

Should I die before him, I will be tormenting my father into madness as payback for all the atrocities he has committed.

[artist-ellen]

Hello, I just found about your first coloring book. I like the historical and checked your shop. I understand it's printable too like the modern one? Also, when do you plan to add the volume 2 to the shop? I would like both and maybe you could make a special pack. Thanks for the answer. I found your blog recently when I saw a food fashion illustration and loved it

Hello!

I'm so glad you like my art (❁´◡`❁)!

Let's see if I can explain the coloring books.... Vol 1 is European Historical fashions, it can be purchased as a physical book through Amazon (kdp is my current best option for self publishing) and as a downloadable pdf from Ko-fi. The pdf can then be printed in any way you like, on any paper. At the moment my Ko-fi also has an abridged (30 instead of 50) page pdf of the modern fashions which will feature in Vol 2.

Historical Fashions Vol.2 is finally published! Which means the next step is updating Ko-fi with a matching full pdf version, and maybe remove the abridged version... I haven't decided yet. Doing a bundle might be interesting, but I also might hold off until I have more to work with.

On the docket for future coloring book will either be Vol.3 (which should be global fashions) or I'll start on the sister-series of 'Fictional Fashions' (for the non-historical redesigns or for example the mermaids if I have enough of them to work with by then).

Thanks for asking! <3

[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!)

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Just suddenly had a memory back to my childhood, now I know what I want to be in this world. I want what pororo and crong had. No elaboration.

[tales-of-wocdes]

I love this story so freaking much, I want to hug my MC and make everything better forever. All of your characters are amazing, especially the twins, they remind me a lot of some of my cousins personality wise

Also, sorry if this comes across as impatient, especially right after an update, but I'm looking forward a lot to MC meeting the twins, and I was wondering what chapter you planned on that happening in, but fair enough if you haven't decided or don't want to say

Happy to hear you like it :D Gives me motivation! I do have to say, writing the twins in their interlude was a lot of fun. Then again everyone is fun, at least in moderation. And now I remember what was the last bit of the newest update and I am considering if I am a bad person... Moving on.

As for meeting the twins: It will either be Chapter 3 or 4. Now, this depends on one thing: How long is the tour of the orphanage with Lexia? And whatever else happens with Lexia. If I feel like it is worthy of being the entire chapter 3, then the entire (or at least most of) chapter 4 is dedicated to MC meeting the twins. If the tour is not sufficient to be a chapter on it's own, then the second half of C3 is dedicated to the meeting twins.

I have some of both the tour, and meeting the twins written (snippets at least), but without doing the entire thing, I cannot say how long everything is.

However, no matter what, there will be at least a bit of the twins in Chapter 3. They need to after all "solve the mystery". BTW. The end of the tour with Lexia was what I originally thought would be the end of chapter 1 :D Shows how good I am at planning, so take everything with a grain of salt.

Now I believe it is several hours after I usually go to bed here... I will probably do that now.