Good afternoon, Mythies!

Been a hectic week of playing catch-up after my time off for MAGFest, both at my mortal job and on Mythos. As always, we’ll start with Mythos before going into the (much lengthier) personal life details!

I had a thought and decided that I’m not going to list the titles of the scenes I finish. There’s some very sleuthy folks out there, and if they notice one scene taking particularly longer than they others, they could possibly extrapolate which character is the killer from the title of the scene.

Or I’m making all this up to make the sleuthy types dig where there isn’t anything real. Who knows?!

I will be telling you how many scenes are finished, though; it’s not like I’ll keep you totally in the dark about the progress.

That being said, I couldn’t write at all this week. Work was too busy and my brain still fried from MAGFest. I wasn’t idle, however! I was knocking out achievement renders while my brain was de-smoothing, and I love how they’re turning out. This chapter is gonna almost double the number of achievements in the game, so that’s something for you to look forward to.

I’m also already “screen testing” characters for use in Book Two and beyond… like this one.

I may open up Ask the Cast next week or the week after! Keep an eye on this site (and Discord and social media and forums) on Tuesday to see what happens.

Now on to the personal life crap, which is mostly gonna be a MAGFest wrap-up!

We got to the hotel on Wednesday, settled in, got our cat situated (we found the rare pet-friendly hotel that isn’t just “dog-friendly”), and had dinner at Fogo de Chao. If you have one nearby, have the money, and like meat, I highly recommend it! We got a gift card for Christmas so it was perfect timing. Then we went to bed somewhat early to prepare for the first day of the actual convention.

Thursday started with us taking forever in the registration line. But after a grueling wait, we got our badges (and “swadges”).

Gonna kinda gloss over things, because I don’t wanna bore y’all with too many details. There was a panel on marketing in video games that I attended. Most of it was from the point of view of working in marketing for someone else’s game, but some of it was useful for me to learn how to market Mythos. Morgana attended a class on how to make cosplay ears, which is a very useful skill to have (for us). We did two cosplay photoshoots, and ironically played a lot of Werewolf (the social deduction game). There was a Theatrhythm game cabinet that I was excited to play, but it was out of order. Thankfully, the Taiko Drum Master machines all worked, as well as… another rhythm game who’s name I don’t know because it’s in Japanese? It’s a circular screen and things radiate out from the middle and you have to hit the buttons on the edge. Someone out there has to know what this game is called. I like it, whatever it is.

There’s probably a lot of shit I’m forgetting, but things have been a whirlwind. 

Chapter Six To-Do:

• Outline – Done!
• Closing Credits Sequence
• Chapter Six Scenes (2/16 Written)
  • I Can Has Murder?
  • Gehenna
  • Personally Victimized by Regina George
  • On Your Wedding Day
  • Divine Deception 
  • I’m Kickin’ My Ass!
  • Thin Black Line
  • Violating the Traditions
  • Rogue Nation
  • Mordred Ascendant
  • A Childhood Lost
  • I’m With the Band
  • Drumroll, Please!
  • France is Bacon
  • Merlin’s Declaration
  • Curtain Call
• Chapter Six Achievements 
  • Case Closed
  • Like Sands Through the Hourglass
  • Grohl Approved
  • Backstage Pass
  • You Ruined My Childhood! – Done!
  • Nice Fuckin’ Model
  • Agents of Shield
  • Nature and Demeanor
  • Whatcha Gonna Do When She Comes For You?
  • Whoops! Whoopsie!
  • Flash! Ah-AHH! – Done!
  • Mr. Crocker Was Right – Done!
  • Get In, Loser! – Done!
  • Live, Local, Latebreaking
  • Feelin’ Frisky
• Brain Regeneration (72%)

Keep the Legends Alive!
– Nine