FP 1.5 :: Lulz
Draft Begins
Comedy is tragedy is comedy is tragedy, a killer’s fate is determined, and a friendly offer is made.
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FP 1.5 :: Lulz
Draft Begins
Comedy is tragedy is comedy is tragedy, a killer’s fate is determined, and a friendly offer is made.
Been some time since I did a proper blog update. Let’s chat.
Floating Point is coming along well. I’m in the middle of writing chapter 1.6, the last chapter of the book (outside of the 1.7b bonus chapter for the retail version). I started writing in early November, and now it’s late February… that’s a heck of a short time for a heck of a long book, one that’ll be on par with a City of Angles book for size. Whoa.
I couldn’t have done this without your support — notably support from my Patreon, which has already made this book the most profitable one I’ve ever done and has paid for all relevant art and publishing expenses. In thanks, all $2+ Patreon backers will get a free copy of the bonus chapter, once it’s ready. Yay! (EDIT: I’ll be making the check for backers at the time the bonus chapter’s released, in mid April. If you pledge now but then withdraw your pledge before then, you won’t get it.)
Here’s what the schedule’s looking like through to the end of the book.
Not sure when the second book, “Revelation of Floating Point,” will start; it’s still waaaay too early to tell. There will likely be a break between the first two books while I finalize chapters and get them sent out for proofreading and publication.
Lastly, I’m headed out to PAX East the weekend of March 6-9. If you’re going too, it’d be a great opportunity for me to sign your books, say hello, answer any questions, yadda yadda. For instance, I’ll be at Friday’s Writer’s Workshop Panel hosted by Tonic Industries, Firehose Games, and Bioware. Hope to see you there!
So, got any questions? Any feedback about Floating Point so far? Just wanna say hello? Post in the comments below. Thanks so much!
So, I may have accidentally hit Publish a few days early. Enjoy, I guess?
FP 1.4 :: Toys
Draft Complete
We learn how far the rabbit hole goes, many have taken the red pill, and the ideal solutions are not always obvious.
Next week I’ll be taking off so I can keep the story buffer going. Come back the 27th for the start of chapter 1.5!
Hey, all. I’ve made some changes to Floating Point 1.1 which you should be aware of; this sets up things for later on, notably in the second book of the trilogy. Normally I hate ‘retconning’ things like this in place, particularly after finalizing a draft chapter, but it’s critically important despite looking completely trivial. Thanks for bearing with me.
IN SHORT: The Church of One has a new attribute. They see grinding for cryptocurrency, the trance-like state which produces money from nothing in this world by loaning your runtime to unknown mathematical procedures, as a holy act of prayer. Special prayer shrines are in each temple for this purpose, and the Church skims a tithe off the top while letting the faithful keep the rest.
Three references were added into 1.1 to point this out:
While the Church is in the background of most of the first book I’m planning to use it more in the second, so I had to set these changes up now. I don’t think any further changes are needed to later chapters, but if so, I’ll let you know.
FP 1.4 :: Toys
Draft Continues
A trail of investigation may lead to severe beatings, or at least severe emotional trauma.