I’ve been thinking about minimalist Age concepts, and I think this is going to be the smallest possible thing I’d be happy working on. I’m aiming for a feel similar to the Mojave Desert (lots of inspiration from Red Rock Canyon specifically). It’s not actually an old design, but it’s an aesthetic that’s very nostalgic for me, since I was living near that part of the world when I first played Myst :)
I’m kind of conflicted about how much info to release about it as I work on it, but I think I’ll want to err on the side of “more information, more transparency, use blogging to hold myself accountable” rather than “withhold specifics so that I don’t look like a fool for promising something I never deliver”. I want this project especially to be one that’s an incremental step rather than a monolithic Project TM—I hope that I can have it Really Really Done in under 2 months, and have the basics worked out much sooner than that. I won’t put the thing up for others to actually visit until it’s not-embarrassing-to-me-as-a-developer/artist (that is, until I think it’s at least 3 out of 5 as far as visuals go, and ideally with a journal in the age). But I think I’ll post screenshots and info as often as I feel I’ve made real progress.
