How Can You Afford Your Rock and Roll Preview?

People point out the weirdest songs to me sometimes!

Shhh... don't tell anyone I did this, but I'm going to put up a preview here.

It's not finished by any means, but you can get a sample of the Forest Female path as well as the Male path with Barbara.

Feel free to download and check it out.

Most importantly, this is going to be the first version released with SugarCube, so let me know if there are any problems!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zn5o0am4ydizajs/JourneyOutside8Preview.rar

The Plot Thickens!

I hope no one is really offended by my including videos with my posts. They are just things that capture my attention at that moment, and kind of reflect my mood at that time or things that had happened. The above video, "Otherside," is one that my husband pointed out to me that I really fell in love with. It makes me wish I could do more visual stuff.

Anyway!

We're not here to talk videos.

We're here to talk The Journey Outside. Well, I hope we are, anyway. If you're here to talk about iCarly, that's a different blog.

This is the delayed release that I skipped last week, other than a sloppy preview. I'm running into a lot of "to be continued with the Wild Lands" endings at this point.. and that's a good thing! I'm excited to take us into the Wild Lands and have everyone meet all the happenings there.

It's going to be hairy. We're talking anarchy, chaos, death, war..

Yeah, an entire war. That'll be interesting to write!

So as I reach more and more "To be continued" endings, that's going to leave two significant areas. The Forest Women and the Wild Lands and its bandits. That means that the next update is going to focus on completing the Forest Women lines, expanding it and adding details. That will make sure that I don't have to split the difference between the two competing stories.

Also, I am aware that the male path you're going to experience is pretty stream-lined right now. That's for two reasons. One, most of the choices on that path are going to occur once you head to and arrive at the Wild Lands, and those choices are going to be pretty radically different. Also, it's because there an entirely separate path where you choose to travel with Barbara rather than Coren, and that will include many variations.

Just remember that this is a work in progress and, at this point, is still far more complete in my mind than in writing. I'm looking forward to changing that and hope you come along for the ride, but this is still very much Beta.

OK, on with the show!

Download version 7: The Journey Outside v7

Bring on the Promised Preview!

As I promised a few days ago, here is a sloppy preview to hold those desperate souls over that don't want to wait for next week's release. There are some nice experiences to be found in the harem, and the male path to Seattle is written if stream-lined, so it might be worth checking out for you.

Up to you, really. As always, if there are any problems with it, let me know here or at the TFGames forum.

The Journey Outside v. 0.65

Am I Wrong.. to delay a release?

^^ I was reminded of this song while talking with someone I consider to be a definite friend. Had to share it, so listen and enjoy. Or not. Either way.

I wanted to post up that the release this week is going to be exclusive to this blog, since it hasn't made nearly the progress that I was hoping for. Not for lack of effort - It's just proven to be both more detailed and more challenging to get exactly right. There's a lot of plot and world-building as I move into what I consider to be the second act. The male path will be more clear, the Forest Female path will be more defined, and the brothel path will lead up to a rather critical encounter that I won't spoil here.

In other words, things are starting to come together rather than being entirely separate. Terry is starting to have an effect on the world around her/him, depending on when and where she/he ends up.

It's been fun to write, without a doubt, but I really want to make sure to get it as right as I'm capable of.

So anyway, if you're interested in seeing where it's going, take a look here Tuesday or Wednesday. If you'd rather wait until it's more complete, that's totally okay as well! Either way, hopefully it will end up satisfying!

Version 6 Released!

Prince - Get Off - MyVideo

I have spent far too much time loving this video. That a man who is all of five feet can drip so much sex just knocks me outta my shoes!

There are some fun elements to discover that I enjoyed writing, enjoying the chance to smack someone and, potentially, end up paying for it. I'll leave it to the player to find it.

Some elements are still pretty linear, but there will be other options added later. I have to keep myself somewhat focused, and that's one way that I can do it.

We've gotten up to around 63,000 words, which makes it around 30-35% of what I've estimate would be needed for a final version. Luckily, I'm still really enjoying working on it. The world is complicated enough and the paths varied enough that there is always something to catch my interest for writing.

As always, thanks to all those playing the adventure, and I hope it continues to be enjoyable as I keep working on it. Best wishes to all.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/efu8lrhvj6s2s5u/JourneyOutside6.rar

Struggling With a Penis

Who knew it would be so challenging to write sexy times from the perspective of man parts?

I've been working my way through the challenge, writing what I can and stepping off to do some female scenes to keep the creative juices fresh, so to speak.

I still plan on releasing what I have done this week, probably Thursday or Friday at the latest, but it won't be quite as much as anticipated.

Of course, a recent addiction to old Columbo episodes probably isn't helping.

On the plus side, I really like what I've written this week. There is a really fun scene in the brothel where you get another option for resisting, and on the male side I'm getting ready to write them kicking back at a tavern. No details here in the interest of spoilers, but I'm pretty sure if you are reading this blog, you're aware of the fact that there is a brothel, and that there is a male path.

So yeah. If not, my bad.

OK, back to work for me!

Version 5a - Now with more artistic lighting

What? I like the video for the artistic lighting!

Anyway, there were a couple of missed back macros with Version 5, so I skipped posting that here and will instead put up version 5a. I would recommend just using this version, as it will keep you from getting trapped with a description.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/48kegreee7b6r48/JourneyOutside5a.rar