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"The World Evolving Over Time" - A Sonata on Absurdity, Futility, The Future and Fate, and The Genius/Madness of AI Minds"

new play screencast demo video is UP

DevLog with link to it, over on Itch.io:

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/580261/slartboz-new-playcast-video-up-the-world-evolving-over-time-a-sonata-on-absurdity-futility-the-future-and-fate-and-the-geniusmadness-of-ai-minds

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new screencast is UP:
https://youtu.be/BADPcTEx_v0

this is our 3rd video

its a screencast clip of a game playthrough. with a little narration by the creator, me

its a little shorter than the last one. full screen. and a more silent background

"The World Evolving Over Time"

Mike

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new screencast video has been recorded

I have not uploaded it yet. I'll do a few more private test watches/listens of the clip, myself

if I'm still happy with it tomorrow, Saturday, I'll upload it and share the URL here then

Mike

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M-M-M-M-MASSIVE
Z-Z-Z-ZOMBIE
H-H-HERD

"Blow the damn bridge!" - Riv to Abro

The Battle of West Pell
Normerika, 2101 CE

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4 new screenshots. attached

there are a few easter eggs in these images

one is that it refers to a game I made 15 years ago. Slartboz is its de facto, spiritual sequel. but has a much more sophisticated engine, rewritten by me from the ground up to deliver the new features & UX I want to hit now

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new DevLog up

"3rd Video Expectations"

TL;DR: MASS Z-Z-Z-ZOMBIE HOARDE

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/578691/slartboz-3rd-video-expectations

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new DevLog up

about 2 new screenshots up

also attached here

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/578683/slartboz-2-new-screenshots-up

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new DevLog up

summary:
* working on adding Patreon
* working on adding Kofi
* 3rd screencast demo video could be cut and shipped tonight, but.... I want to beef the game up more and do more polish, polish, polish...
* Sunday August 27 is the target date for it to show up on YouTube, for the public
* I'll annouce here and on Itch once its up

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/578218/slartboz-plans-for-more-funding-pages

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exploring setting up Patreon & Kofi accounts. To accept $ to support dev of the game. Because I'd like them ready for the announcement of the 3rd video's debut

currently waiting approval from Patreon's end

And Kofi is stuck in some kind of signup/signin clownshow paradox. (As GUI duh-velopers are fond of shipping, I've observed over decades. lol)

I'll announce here & on Itch.io once/if those become ready. Until then theyre in limbo

Works now:
https://cash.app/$mk2022akmar/

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update on release schedule

guestimate I'll have an invite-only, playable exe avail for early fans in 1-2 months

then one for ALL Itch.io-based supporters a few months after that

then a polished beefy 1.0 for all by Christmas. but this is all in air as I go

CAVEATS:

this all assumes I dont decide to abandon the project entirely. (well, freeze work on it). a decision I'll make based on observed total reaction by public to upcoming 3rd & 4th demo vids

vid 3: due Monday

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if I recorded a video today using current build of my game I'm confident people will see its pretty exciting and MUCH further along than the prior video

however, I'm fairly "traumatized" by the super-underwhelming overall reaction to that last one :-(

so I'll err more on side of "overdoing it" in this next video :-P

will grind away adding more Fun & Polish for a few more dev sessions. then maybe cut the 3rd vid by... early next week?

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my game project has received its 1st donation!

WOOHOO!

and thank you to whoever did it!!!

so the world has it:

Donations address:
https://cash.app/$mk2022akmar/

The game's page on the Itch.io site:
https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz

check out our latest video there. I believe its fun. our next video will be... nuts. with the FUN (TM) dial turned up to 11

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I will say that based on what the playable prototype can do NOW as of tonight the 3rd video upcoming should be the MOST exciting yet

I hope it leads to a BIG uptick in public support. (via Likes, Reshares, Follows & $ Donations.)

if *not* then I might abandon the project

but I think this next one will be more visceral & emotional. with a bigger WOW factor

*fingers crossed*

ETA sometime Friday to Monday

I've got the code 90% of the way. more extra touches and polish....

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MASS ZOMBIE HERD

a desperate Last Stand for humanity

no other explanations

COMING SOON (TM)

possibly this weekend

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new DevLog up

"Uodate on Next Video (No. 3)"

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/574658/slartboz-update-on-next-video-3

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huge progress on upgrading the game prototype to be ready for my planned 3rd video demo

LOTS of exciting new stuff will debut in it

ETA for 3rd video release is sometime Wed Aug 16th thru Sun Aug 20th

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made their 1st appearance today on the game's map (in the village Pell itself) though been in design for months:

* Solopreneurs
* Rabid Vegans (zombies)
* a guy named Brad
* Brad got much too close to the zombies
* poor Brad
* RIP Brad

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new DevLog up

"Sandbox PLUS Plots, Challenges & Events"

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/573557/slartboz-sandbox-plus-plots-challenges-events

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"Witness me!!!"

hint about one of the many fun/cool features planned to be shown in the next screencast video of my under-dev game Slartboz

coded, tested and ready to go

working on 3 more cool things to debut in the same video too

if curious, heres a link to the Itch.io devlog of our last video (which was the 2nd overall):

https://synystrongames.itch.io/slartboz/devlog/570983/slartboz-2nd-screencast-video-avail-lasers-monsters-mindless-obedience-accidental-deaths-grim-humor-cute-animals

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