Time to get the trepanning equipment

I came back to the UK yesterday and it’s fully autumn. Guess it’s time for big jumpers and sitting inside of cafes to write instead of outside.

If the history of the game echoes how history works in the real world, then it’s not just “a bunch of facts people either know or don’t” it’s a written, created, constantly shifting thing- so thinking about that and clarifying in a document can be helpful! (Also makes it more interesting imo)

That might not be applicable or helpful for a a lot of projects, so another thing I really like when it’s clarified is establishing systems and power dynamics of information not just the info itself. What do people know? How do they? Why do they? In comparison, what does the player know? Etc

Depends entirely on the project! There’s no one size fits all If it’s a more classic “world” then it’s helpful that the mundane is noted, not just the exceptional. Population, food sources, societal structures, methods of storytelling etc. Not just “here’s a list of Big Names & Big Events”

Let historians at your lore docs, cowards

I love academia and academic publishing. I think it’s great to spend four years of my life writing a thesis no one will read, with the ultimate goal of turning it into a book that I will lose money on and barely anyone will read because it’s prohibitively expensive

I’m a very dull person to be obsessed with, but I’ll accept it

Back from holiday to a very grey UK, have to work again, but now have the leftover mosquito bites from the trip. The absolute worst combo

Yes this is now going to be my new author/speaker photo. Also if I go mysteriously missing this is the picture I want on the news

HNhollynielsen.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 7:29am

I think my favourite picture of me ever has been taken on this holiday.