YoraeRasante

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You know what I'm really wondering right now?

We know that cbob is the main coder. Maybe even only coder with marty helping just occasionally and making the halloween games.

We also know cbob is the main writer, but marty also gives some input.

And we mainly know that, art-wise, the update should be ready.

I'm wondering which of cbob's pieces is the block being on.

I once had a nervous breakdown with a code. As in, anxiety attack level of breakdown. Took a month to rest, and when I came bck I basically redid the code from scratch, and it ended up much easier and much better.

I once had a writer's block. I had the cliff notes ready, it should be easy... but I just couldn't write it properly. Thankfully it was just a free fanfic, unlike here, so I could move to another story to use my creativity in other ways and try to relax it enough to get past that block.

Both parts are possible. But one makes a buggy game and the other a bad quality update.
 

YoraeRasante

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Ah.

I thought it was so, but with everyone going "change the coder!" "just don't add the minigame then!" and others I started having doubts.

And yeah, writer's block is a bitch worse than coder in this case.
Since people are expecting the next update, so pressure on keping at it instead of doing a side-project like I did, and...
Well, I don't know about a writers' version of StackOverflow.
 

duffbeer

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I've done ghost writing in the past. When you have a writer's block yo suck it the hell up and you write through it. Clients depend on you.
 

Separin

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Marty has made it public that cbob was (is) having writer's block.
Did he say so in a post or in Patreon comments? I must have missed it because I only remember him saying he doesn't know what's going on (in a pre-Halloween post a month back).
 

t4ewk

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Did he say so in a post or in Patreon comments? I must have missed it because I only remember him saying he doesn't know what's going on (in a pre-Halloween post a month back).
He said as much in a post a couple weeks ago, towards the end of last month. You can find the posts on here, just dig back to like, mid-October.
 

YoraeRasante

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so... for those that watched korra, how would you say this guy is being fair for those that did not?
Since, you know, this game is good even without but a lot better when you did know the parts referenced?
 

lolchito

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so... for those that watched korra, how would you say this guy is being fair for those that did not?
Since, you know, this game is good even without but a lot better when you did know the parts referenced?
there are so many people saying LOK is bad and people saying LOK is good but not much as ATLA
 

Josh Spicer

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Did he say so in a post or in Patreon comments? I must have missed it because I only remember him saying he doesn't know what's going on (in a pre-Halloween post a month back).
I questioned Marty in the comments and he made it clear the coding part wasn't the issue. It was the writing part. He referenced writer's block and that cbob was afraid of not meeting the expectations the game has presented so far.

Also.

I've done ghost writing in the past. When you have a writer's block yo suck it the hell up and you write through it. Clients depend on you.
To a certain extent that is fair. But if it's absolute garbage and it's your fault because you wrote through it, it will only make the writer feel worse.
 

YoraeRasante

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To a certain extent that is fair. But if it's absolute garbage and it's your fault because you wrote through it, it will only make the writer feel worse.
This.
This is the main cause for my own writer's blocks. I can write a bit before the block. Most of the time I can write a lot after it, maybe even already did in a separate file. The problem is that middle area, I could just power through it but that would mean a spot of possibly terrible writing.
 

Separin

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so... for those that watched korra, how would you say this guy is being fair for those that did not?
Since, you know, this game is good even without but a lot better when you did know the parts referenced?
What is your question here? Whether book 4's portrayal of LoK is fair in terms of character integrity, story beats, visual design, overall feel and whatnot?
 

ogr blanc

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I questioned Marty in the comments and he made it clear the coding part wasn't the issue. It was the writing part. He referenced writer's block and that cbob was afraid of not meeting the expectations the game has presented so far.

Also.



To a certain extent that is fair. But if it's absolute garbage and it's your fault because you wrote through it, it will only make the writer feel worse.

writer's block is a pitfall, the best way to deal with it is to take a step back, work on something else, read, play or watch movies, and try to think how you could implement those things on your story. if you keep trying to bash you head you will end up with a broken skull.

however, that doesnt mean you should just waste months doing that. like the guy said, people depend on your work to do theirs. if you let the block dictate your work, you will never finish because you are trapped.

in some cases, you need to just write whatever no matter how garbage, and move on to something else, then, after you got the "ending" go back, and rework that portion, now knowing what you want to achieve will help you more than you think.

it all depends on what is blocking you, writter's block is can be anything, from i have no idea what the characters should say, all the way to a literal road block, that you have no idea how to fix.
 

Barkin 10

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i have writer's block because i'm not getting fucked enough :p
I would write a proper response to your comment but
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