http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/11/whistling-in-the-dark-or-more-on-the-pace-of-publishing/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/11/whistling-in-the-dark-or-more-on-the-pace-of-publishing/#comment-2936 chrisweuve Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:29:39 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/11/whistling-in-the-dark-or-more-on-the-pace-of-publishing/#comment-2936 That last sentence really resonates with me. I'm a game designer, and there's something similar in the game design world -- you don't just know the rules as published, but EVERY version of the rules, and sometimes it's tough to remember which ones are current. Add in publishing delays and other things like a team of two designers alternating doing the heavy lifting, and you often get to the point where you don't remember your own game. As a friend once wrote in a game review, "this game is so simple even the designer can learn it in under an hour." That last sentence really resonates with me. I’m a game designer, and there’s something similar in the game design world — you don’t just know the rules as published, but EVERY version of the rules, and sometimes it’s tough to remember which ones are current. Add in publishing delays and other things like a team of two designers alternating doing the heavy lifting, and you often get to the point where you don’t remember your own game. As a friend once wrote in a game review, “this game is so simple even the designer can learn it in under an hour.”

]]> http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/11/whistling-in-the-dark-or-more-on-the-pace-of-publishing/#comment-2928 Matt’s Bookosphere 6/11/08 « Enter the Octopus Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:19:43 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/06/11/whistling-in-the-dark-or-more-on-the-pace-of-publishing/#comment-2928 [...] Whistling in the dark, or more on the pace of publishing. [...] [...] Whistling in the dark, or more on the pace of publishing. [...]

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