Balabanto Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update The SPIDER Evasion Agent is complete! The SPIDER Retaliation agent is next. In February, I have jury duty and Dundracon, so after this week, I should have more time to work on this project. Ideally, all the sheets should be done by the second or third week in February. Then I'll do maps. We're at 112 pages or so worth of text and character sheets, and 50,000 words. There's still a few sheets to go, a ton of weapons and gear, and then there's maps and the text of the adventure. This thing is going to be BIG. Not to mention useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Evasion and Retaliation Agent are complete. Just two more sheets and a large weapons locker to go before I get into maps and adventure text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted February 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update The last two sheets in the adventure are done. Now it's on to a big lot of weapons for the organization. I estimate this should take about 20 days, and then I can do maps. I'll get this one out by gencon if it kills me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Primary Weapons are complete! On to secondary weapons! This took a little longer than expected. Corporate promoted my manager, but not me, and so I've been working a little more than usual for this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted March 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Secondary Weapons have begun. Then it's heavy weapons, then that whole section gets sent to Dave. This will be followed by maps and object defense tables. Then adventure text. Hopefully, I should be done by the end of June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Secondary weapons are done! It's just heavy weapons and then we're into maps and object defense tables, then adventure text. Keep in mind, I'm a little slow right now due to recovering from wintertime, intensity and number of hours at my day job, and my unexpected promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Well, congrats on the promotion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Seconded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Being Assistant Manager is pretty much what I used to do, only with more problems and a higher salary. I still have to do all the same stuff I used to. Thankfully, it doesn't cut into my writing time at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update All the sheets are done and sent to Dave. Time to draw maps for about six to eight weeks and key them. This one doesn't have as many maps as some of the others, because the final combat has a TON of multilevel stuff and takes place inside, outside, and underground, and the tacticals for it are a bear. So that one has a LOT of maps, but the rest of the adventure is a little more free-form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update I'm finishing up the first map over the next few days. It's another museum cross-section. I think you guys will have a lot of fun with it. I can really only key about 5 locations a day between working on my novel and working a crushing 75 hours at work. I HOPE this will be ready by Gencon. It's tough to do this when you're working these kinds of hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Well, the first map is done. I'm hoping to grind out the others over the next couple of months, and then do the adventure text. Currently, we're at 134 pages and 60,000 words. This adventure looks like it's going to be larger than King of the Mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted May 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Well' date=' the first map is done. I'm hoping to grind out the others over the next couple of months, and then do the adventure text. Currently, we're at 134 pages and 60,000 words. This adventure looks like it's going to be larger than King of the Mountain.[/quote'] And today was the object defense table for that map. Curse you, Object Defense Table! The problem with being excessively thorough is that you have to make huge lists of objects when your map is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted May 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update And now, I have finished a mansion map. This map should take about a week to key and set up with object defense tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update A theatre basement map is finished. Object defense tables for that will be done tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update I have completed an apartment map and it's object defense table, and thoroughly mapped out a Jazz club. At this point it is likely that Imaginary Friends will be Kickstarted. I hope you guys are willing to pledge to it, because I've been busting my hump on this thing for over a year. At this point Gencon also seems less likely than a Halloween release sometime in October. We'll keep you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Today, I finished the jazz club map. Over the next couple days, I'll be populating it with NPCs and doing another dreaded Object Defense Table. That leaves the massive final battle map and all of it's levels and elevations to go. (Shudder.) Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Today, I finished up the Jazz Club and surrounding area. Tomorrow, I make the object defense table for it. After that, it's on to the last map in the adventure. It's a monster map, it's probably going to take 2-4 weeks to completely design and key out. Then it will be on to the adventure text. I could probably do it in two weeks if I didn't have to work, but good map locations take time. We'll have a "What do you want in your kickstarter?" thread up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update We are done with the Jazz Club map and it's object defense tables. Only one map remains. Unfortunately, it's bloody huge and it will take a few weeks to get that done. Wish me luck. Once this is over, it's adventure text time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Things you'll find in some of the maps in Imaginary Friends: IHOC! (International House of Crudites) Bogundys (What is it? Why is it important? Who cares? It's amusing!) More Burger Swine! Antique Shops An entire egyptian museum exhibit! And more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Hi again. I'm beginning to hammer through the final map set of the adventure. Right now, I'm at about 78,000 words. And there's still only limited adventure text. I estimate a little over 100,000 after tacticals, scene settings, and the like. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update The final map set is currently 1/3 done. I'll be sending that off to Bill for artistic reprocessing. Tomorrow, object defense tables, followed by a couple days of drawing, followed by keying locations until my face turns purple. After that, it's on to adventure text. And in between this, I'm knocking out revisions for my agent on my novel. Busy. Busy. Busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Another object defense table was completed last night. It's just the final sections of the map. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Well, the final sections of the map spiralled into hugeness. Drawing this will take a few more days, followed by the horror of keying it. Maps should be done by Gencon, or a little after. I'm hoping not to have to bring them to Gencon, as that would be awkward. It looks like the final map is going to have around 100+ locations. This adventure is going to be humongous. Effectively, it's a giant campaign supplement, with an Evil Secret Organization, an extremely mighty villain team, six new agent types, additional villains and NPCs, tons of plot options, and loads of challenging fun. It might be as long as Champions Complete after all the object defense tables are finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Re: Imaginary Friends Update Well, I finally finished drawing the map after dealing with work stuff. Now I can key it. Hopefully I'll be able to get the whole thing keyed by Gencon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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