First alpha playtest group secured
Oct. 20th, 2009 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jagashThis is me in my happy place; I have managed to secure a competent alpha playtest group for my game and they will likely be available in the new year. I will be filling in a hiatus from Zenten who is normally running an Exalted game during that time slot. While he is off caring for the ever growing family, I will be able to run a very crude version of my new system.
The key reason that this makes me so happy is I get a rock solid deadline. I should be able to have a completed draft of chapters 1-3, the first discrete part of the book. A deadline like this is essential for timely completion of work and I know that the results of the playtest will _significantly_ improve my final product. My tentative goal is to have my rules and other mechanics in the system completed by early summer 2010 and to have the text of those three chapters edited in a pre-layout fashion by the end of 2010. Meanwhile, I should have written part of my draft for chapters 3-6 during that time period.
I must remember that I don't really have a time limit and I should focus on making the best possible product. At the same time, I do appreciate progress. If I tend to be slacking in my writing, please do harass me.
The key reason that this makes me so happy is I get a rock solid deadline. I should be able to have a completed draft of chapters 1-3, the first discrete part of the book. A deadline like this is essential for timely completion of work and I know that the results of the playtest will _significantly_ improve my final product. My tentative goal is to have my rules and other mechanics in the system completed by early summer 2010 and to have the text of those three chapters edited in a pre-layout fashion by the end of 2010. Meanwhile, I should have written part of my draft for chapters 3-6 during that time period.
I must remember that I don't really have a time limit and I should focus on making the best possible product. At the same time, I do appreciate progress. If I tend to be slacking in my writing, please do harass me.
