Jesse Schell discussed this in his game design class and related it to microwaving pasta. You don’t know exactly how much it will take to reheat a dish, but you know how long it will take to overheat that dish and make it explode. You put the food in and guess how long it will take to get a little hotter. Then you test it, and see if it is the desired temperature. If not, you guess again and tweak all over again. Each time making smaller and smaller adjustments until you get the desired effect.

This is my choice way of dealing with everything. I take in as much information as I can, digest it, and figure out what it means. Seemingly unrelated things could inform something I’m working on, and I will use it.

I have been redesigning lots of things recently, and learning more and more about graphic/story/character/programming design has helped. Looking at example codes, figuring out what has worked in the past, and augmenting it for my needs. Digesting current trends, figuring out why they are indeed trends, and relating it back into the design.

There will be a new comic coming soon.

So the comic is going to be about a kid, Jack, who dreams. Jack falls asleep one night and finds himself in a dream world, where his guide is his stuffed rabbit named Squishy. In the real world, Squishy can fit into his arms, but in the dream world, Squishy is a 9-foot-tall protector of Jack.

I would like to update this comic on a regular basis. Instead of having each page be self contained, I’m going to try and make complete story arcs with developing characters and ultimately an overarching story line about Jack growing up and securing the dream worlds. The idea is modular and meant to change over time, so it could morph into something else.

I haven’t written a comic since I was very small. Even then I had a different idea for each book, and they rarely had words.

Expect to see the first page sometime this week. I will have a new post every week to continue the story. Lots of cliff hangers, but the challenge will be to have each post be somewhat self contained. Episodic content, serial in nature, with an overarching story.