Oh, that is tough. But keep at it, and it gets done.
As a supervisor told me, "There is a light at the end of the tunnel. (And it is not a train.)".
[WIP]Embry Expac - Monkees in Space
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Oh, that is tough. But keep at it, and it gets done.
As a supervisor told me, "There is a light at the end of the tunnel. (And it is not a train.)".
OP, please let me love you because Embry (or Belle as she so chose in my play) is one of my fave NPCs and I am so happy someone is picking her up again.
I’m loving what I see so far, and I like that happiness mechanic because it makes sense with how much you mean to her.
I look forward to the finished product and hope it gets added in soon!
Edit: Oh dear, this thread is old, but I hope OP is still around because of the potential.
Curse? Is it really that much people have abandoned projects based on his characters?
I feel a fair amount of folks have tried to take up doing Embry by now, none have really gotten far and dipped out.
You'd think by now if people really wanted a JimT expac they'd just shell out some coin for one of the more experienced writers, instead of getting excited about new guy X biting off more then they can chew for the umpteenth time.
It's because no-one was able to finish they're Jim Thermic expack, except for one or two writers, maybe more, I don't really remember.
And after they have started a JT expack, they mostly disappear from Fenoxo forum, the internet, or even planet earth.
They just cease to exist.
Or sometimes, very rarely, in the middle of the project or after it gets finished, the writer abandons it, does another project and never comes back to it, or have the ability to write severely reduced.
I may have a crazy theory on the matter:
Since Jim Thermic's writing was so good, someone got so jealous of his writing that they cursed him with some kind of magic on forbidding him to write smut forever.
And that whoever tries to add to his projects has a high chance of getting cursed to random degrees, and disappearing is one who has the highest chance of happening.
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While the track record for expansions of Jim's characters isn't good, it's not really a curse when there are also many projects in general that are either abandoned or can't pass muster. As JustSomeGuy had mentioned, sometimes people bite off more than they can chew.
The so-called curse is just people jumping into a massive project without thinking, then realising they are in way over their heads and run.
JimT characters go back to when TiTS first started development and are very well detailed with a gordian knot of story threads and plot hooks weaved through them. Its a massive undertaking to take on those threads and hooks and connect them into a well written expansion. It takes a special kind of writer to actually do that, and frankly 90% of the people who try are not that good enough.
JimT characters go back to when TiTS first started development and are very well detailed with a gordian knot of story threads and plot hooks weaved through them. Its a massive undertaking to take on those threads and hooks and connect them into a well written expansion. It takes a special kind of writer to actually do that, and frankly 90% of the people who try are not that good enough.
To add, I noticed it's always inexperienced writers or people who take her as a first project instead of something smaller. I've never seen anyone who's actually been writing for Fengames for a long time and be trusted as a writer take Embry or his other ambitious creations like the Vanae on. Which only adds to the "biting off more than you can chew" aspect.
Embry isn't what I'd call easy, I think just by searching for Jim's thread on her expansion he had a whole list of what he wanted to put in it, including crewmembership (Which oof for a crewmate who's the epitome of a bubble Waifu), happiness system, pregnancy, gift giving, S&M Embry stuff, and even helping her with her romance writing thing, and probably other things I can't remember clearly. (Also I could've sworn Nice Time for Roo Embry was a thing somewhere...)
I'd rather call myself crazy than take that on as a newbie.
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Scope creep is a bitch. This is why the best advice this forum can give to someone who is new at writing is to keep it small. Better to have one good scene than it is to tackle an epic space opera and then give up on it 1/10th of the way there.
The whole Corona situation delayed my PhD a year. That said my work is starting to wind down and I'm getting the urge to write again. Expect to see some progress in the coming weeks.
I did start small Null. My Gel Zon scene was submitted and coded into the game
Edit: That said. My plan is to first rework Flahne stuff and break it up into a number of smaller scenes. I also want to finish Inessa since that's more than halfway done.
I've been talking with the person on whom Embry is based about character progression and I'm solidifying the direction in which I want to go.
I did start small Null. My Gel Zon scene was submitted and coded into the game
Edit: That said. My plan is to first rework Flahne stuff and break it up into a number of smaller scenes. I also want to finish Inessa since that's more than halfway done.
I've been talking with the person on whom Embry is based about character progression and I'm solidifying the direction in which I want to go.
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Welcome back, thernn!!!!! Your return was a most unexpected but very welcome surprise, especially for Embry fans like me! I'm so glad you're feeling solid on where to take Embry now and hyped to see the final product and anything in between!
Woo! Glad to see you back up, thernn. I hope you haven't lost too much ground with the PhD progress!
I hope all the naysaying on this thread hasn't gotten to you. You've done some amazing work on Embry, and I know it's gonna be gorgeous when you're done with her. Just remember to go at your own pace and don't burn yourself out trying to meet anyone's expectations. ^_^
I hope all the naysaying on this thread hasn't gotten to you. You've done some amazing work on Embry, and I know it's gonna be gorgeous when you're done with her. Just remember to go at your own pace and don't burn yourself out trying to meet anyone's expectations. ^_^