Does anyone read these? Am I updating it too much? Have I gone insane? Yeah, I need to stop doing contests...
Anyway, 16,500 words down with one branch to go. It should be the shortest and easiest branch to write, but I am worried about how slow I am writing. I might take a break to edit based on the feedback I have already received; however, it would probably be better to finish the story... One of those will happen tonight. The whole game is still on track to be finished on time, but I will not be early like some folks are.
The most recent branch was only like 4.5K words added on, some of that will be shared with this last branch, so 20,000 words is about right still. I think the "puzzle" is way easier on this branch, and that it turned out much better than I planned. Failing and passing the puzzle lead to equally long, and equally entertaining, endings. I think it will be well received, but I MIGHT be biased...
FInal branch will be like the last one, possibly shorter. I am considering axing it for two reasons: firstly, I am lazy and running out of time. Secondly, it might be pretty similar to the last one in terms of the endings. That makes it easier to write, but sort of pointless. It is kind of a different way to get to some similar endings. I shouldn't be down on the idea though, my first two branches can both lead to the same ending if you pass the puzzles perfectly. The journey is very different, just the results are the same (the fail branches are all different and in some cases better than the success branches).