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Devlog

• Updated file v1.1
  May 20, 2024 by Feral Indie Studio

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  Just updated the file with hyperlinks and shortcuts to various rooms (along with a few spelling errors we missed). I've also included a map booklet for both printing and digital use. Thanks!... Continue reading
• Crowdfunding
  November 08, 2023 by Feral Indie Studio

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  Oh look, a wild trailer!... Continue reading
• Preview, Release, GenCon, and My Latin is Not Good
  August 01, 2023 by Feral Indie Studio

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  Howdy, just a couple of updates of varying size and substance including a final change to the name. Special thanks to reddit user Evandro_Novel for correcting my Latin and saving me from a mistake tha... Continue reading

  
• 26.07.2023 Previews (finally some art)
  July 26, 2023 by Feral Indie Studio

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  With the majority of the writing done and the layout nailed down, I can finally begin work on the artwork. If I'm being honest, writing feels difficult and almost a drudgery. Whatever make a writer a... Continue reading

  
• 15.03.2023 - A Dungeon's Dungeon, What Really is "Difficulty" and Home-Base
  March 16, 2023 by Feral Indie Studio

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  15.03.2023 Work continues as usual, a break in the freelance work means I have the time to type more than usual. I forgot how writing something this big feels akin to a siege, where ground gained is m... Continue reading

  
• 03-08-2023 "Hiatus? Never heard of them..."
  March 10, 2023 by Feral Indie Studio

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  03-8-2023 FUCK me its been a while… I had to take a break from working on the mega-dungeon to finish writing a book you might have heard of and then delay it even longer to finish writing another (s... Continue reading

  
• 08-15.11.2021 Update, Concept Art, "Danger?"
  November 15, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  08.11.2021 Started doing a little more concept art today (I miss drawing regularly), mostly to keep y brain from going crazy with all of the typing and secondly to finally pin down what the Summer Cul... Continue reading

  
• 07.11.2021
  November 07, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  07.11.2021 I vowed I would not work on the weekends (unless I have to), so I’m going to call this “not work” on technicality. I’ve been playing around with the concepts of the Summer Cultists... Continue reading

  
• 04-05.11.2021
  November 06, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

  04.11.2021 Feeling much better and finished up the Storage Hall today. While the text is there and formatted, I’m going to have to return and decide if I want the thing to be 2 pages or 4…. Bit of... Continue reading

  
• 27.10-03.11.2021 The *Work* and the Siege
  November 04, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  27.10.2021 I’ve begun typing and laying out the dungeon in affinity publisher. I’ve opted for a VERY simple design scheme for now, mostly just to focus on the writing and come back to change any f... Continue reading

  
• 21-25.10.2021 - Finishing Outline
  October 26, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

  21.10.21 Started level 4, bulleted 5 rooms. Busy evening (plans), will do more tomorrow. 25.10.21 Finished level 4, total of 147 rooms. Damn… This thing is absurdly large (for my standards) at this... Continue reading

  
• 20.10.2021 Scribble Sheet 2, Level 3 complete
  October 20, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  20.10.21 Finished Level 3, The Winter Quarter and Spring Quarter. The Spring Quarter is flooded with gas, an accident that was never able to be repaired after 400 years. Instead, the quarter has been... Continue reading

  
• 19.10.2021 Dev Journal and "Dungeon Flow"
  October 20, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  19.10.2021 Finished Fall Quarter and started Winter Quarter. Fall is filled with roving vermin and hunters, with pockets of treasure. More a place to pick up some goods or restock on food. Winter Quar... Continue reading

  
• 18.10.2021 - Dev Journal and "Fun"
  October 19, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  18.10.21 Finished off the Summer Quarter with a makeshift temple mined out by the cultist; a sign that they have been working and adhering to their faith, despite the 400ish years, and developed a dan... Continue reading

  
• 13-16.10.2021
  October 17, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  13.10.2021 End day thoughts – Roughed out the remainder of the rooms and finished off the scribble sheet. In total: 56 rooms, two levels and 10-ish areas. One puzzle I’m running into is determinin... Continue reading
• 13.10.2021 - The Great Doodle Sheet
  October 13, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  As a preface, I prefer to do as much of my work traditionally as I can, including taking notes and roughing out dungeon rooms. Attached is the "scribble sheet" for the first 56 rooms that I just finis... Continue reading

  
• Dev Journal 13.10.2021 - Start
  October 13, 2021 by Feral Indie Studio

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  First entry, hooray. Concept is down and I’m 56 rooms outlined into the thing, so I’m going to have to backtrack to explain my reasoning for making this damn thing. From the Top: Why? – I love t... Continue reading