Raiders Of The Lost Pictures

So, it's been several days since my last post. Life has just been busy. I just checked and I haven't blogged since Saturday... I took a bit more of a break than I meant to. The fact is that I went “back to work” more full time this week. Rather than just jumping on whatever needs to be done from one moment to the other for the Kickstarter I've been able to get more organized and start getting things done that we need for the playable alpha. (← How's that for a sentence? Lol.) The entire crew seems very motivated as is our little community. We're getting a lot of work done and I expect to have the Alpha in the hands of some prospective publishers soon. We're looking very good from a “publishable” point of view. We raised a great deal of money between our two kickstarters, we have an excited and growing fan base, and we have a couple of articles being published about us over the next couple of months in some major gaming magazines. The fact is that we really don't need a publisher, but I'd like to find one all the same. I feel it takes a bit of the workload (and pressure) off the team. This is my first game and I would really like to see it hit big. A full blown marketing department could certainly help with that.


So, what's been happening the last few days? Well, the pictures may not seem to tell much of a tale, but they do really. This week has really been about settling back into our routine. We started the week off as one should, by going to Church. Monday I jumped into work and got on my normal working schedule. Tuesday I ran to the bank to transfer quite a chunk of change to Poland (which I'm happy to say is already there). As the Kickstarter was run from the US I had to receive the funds and then send them on to Leszek. Wednesday I had to do more bank-hopping and went to the Pull-A-Part with Josh and Dad E. to look for an engine for Josh's car. It was nice to spend a couple of hours with my brother. I haven't been able to do that in years. Today I got my regular work “done” and then started putting together my new work computer (more on that in a minute).

So, what is the title of this post about? Well, I found a bunch of pictures Dilian had e-mailed me while we were in Dominica. He kept sending them and I kept never getting them. However, I finally found out why. He had been sending them to my personal e-mail address and I always use my work one. These pictures represent “batch one”. You can expect more in the coming days :)

If you don't know what something is, just ask.


So, once the Kickstarter wrapped up I told Leszek I was going to have to get some money to make ends meet until we find a publisher or release the game. Running behind has cost us a lot and I wanted to put a stop to it. I really wanted to get back to cutting myself one check a month and paying all the bills with that. I was able to get enough from the kickstarter to do that and a bit more.


One of the things Les wanted me to get was a new work computer. My current one is old enough that I can't run Worlds of Magic very well, lol. So I agreed to buy the parts and build a new one. This really killed two birds with one stone because I wanted to get another computer for the kids anyway. I got parts to build a pretty super machine and have spent a bit of time putting it together today. I actually hope to start using it tomorrow.


Of course we didn't just get work things with our “extra” money. We got a few things we've been wanting for a while. We got a stand for the TV so it's not just leaning against the wall. We also got a Roku media player. Those things are certainly worth the money! They can play Netflix, Amazon Instant Videos, Hulu, files from your PC, and there are many, many free channels full of all kinds of things to watch. We're not really TVholics, but it's nice to have something like that for the living room. We also got a few extra computer parts, a Dr. Who DVD set, and a new car seat for Isaac.


That's not all we've gotten recently either. Mom Y. found a van for sale just like ours (but in better shape with far fewer miles on it). She loaned us the money to get it (along with a computer the guy was selling for $45). Now, normally I don't borrow money, but this was a case where the deal was really great and we didn't want to miss it. For one thing when I say “just like ours” I basically mean it. It's the same year range as our van and the same model (although it's a Plymouth, not a Dodge) so all the parts are interchangeable. Needless to say, that's a great help when you're troubleshooting a problem. I think it's going to be a real blessing for us. Now we won't need anyone to come pickup kids when we go to Curch :)

I need to run for the moment. There are still things I want to get done before bed time. So, for the moment at least, good night from South Carolina!