Vol. 11, Tuesday 01.31.20
Hey Friends,
Before we get to the updates I wanted to share this great article I read a couple weeks ago on building small habits that will help you continue to become the best version of yourself (If you want to go straight to our updates, scroll until you see pictures :o) )
I will share a three cool excerpts and allow you to check out the rest if interested.
A). No such thing as an instant solution - it's a good thing
In the words of Jim Collins in his book Good to Great, "Good-to-great transformations never happen in one fell swoop. There is no single defining action, no grand program, no one killer innovation, no solitary lucky break, no miracle moment."
B). What happens when you take action
"When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen. A process is set in motion by which, inevitably and infallibly, heaven comes to our aid. Unseen forces enlist our cause. Serendipity reinforces our purpose." -Steven Pressfield
C). How you can take action today
"Every day, check these 4 boxes: Have I improved 1% on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health?"
-David Kadavy
The more you improve, the more you want to improve.
The more you learn, the more you discover what else you need to learn.
The smallest evolutions are addicting. There is great power in knowing you are a better version today than you were yesterday. Imagine what you’ll be tomorrow?
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We hear you: How we're polishing the Broken Bottle
1st, big thanks to those who left such helpful feedback after playing The Broken Bottle beta. The majority of the feedback was "yes and". This was delightful news! Though we believe there is always room for improvement.
Here's what we're polishing:
A). Story enrichment
We are so glad everyone enjoyed the story and found the different endings and versions interesting. Nonetheless, we heard your comments on improving the pacing and your context questions. While some items are meant to bring forth curiosity, we also want you to feel fulfilled thus we added a couple new scenes to help clarify some of the contextual questions and help with story pacing.
B). Readability/Interface enhancements
We agree. The beta's story text layout made it challenging to read. We want to ensure you all have a seamless reading experience. To accomplish this we are adding indentations, paragraph breaks, a less decorative story font, and increasing the story font size.
C). Page turning
The page turning was interesting. Though it's a fun concept we recognize it was difficult at times to flow through the story with ease. While we could make the page turn area larger, we decided to add some lovely page turn buttons instead. Especially since we will increase the font size. No one wants callused finger tips 😂
D). More images and animationsWe love the creative genius living within our Legendary team and agree with adding more illustrations! We will add unique animated ending scenes for each ending. To be effective and honor our release timeline, we grouped our unique contextual ending dialogues and scenes into four unique groups. You will find the scenes at the conclusion of each ending. This will also prompt you as to which ending you encountered.
E). More choices, more endings, more sounds, more images, adding voiceover, and more...
We will continue to refine our future experiences to align with your feedback. We added many of these requests to our future stories. Tony's Western (hinted at in Vol. 9) has 3x the endings as The Broken Bottle! We will address voiceover, audio versions, etc. in our Guild.
This is where we will discuss dev updates and all things related to current and future stories. You might even get a chance to vote on future stories ;)
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Shirt and Hoodies are here! Zana edition
They're here! If you still rock Wolf Shirt Wednesdays then look no further. We even added a hoodie version to get you through the rest of the cold months...or just stay cozy inside with a hug from Zana ;)
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Remember why we're here
Simplified version:
We will spark a new fire within everyone through the platform of a Legendary company by bonding three Affinities:
1). An Affinity with each other
2). An Affinity with our work
3). An Affinity with everyone who comes into contact with anything we bring to life
Thus filling the gap in the way we create organizations, bring people together, and energize each other.
We will create the equivalent of a Three Michelin Star restaurant where we experiment, create in our workshop, and serve our customers with the absolute most incredible experiences.
Three Michelin Star analogy explained (View the second point)
Bonus:
Creative Hero highlight - tea for everybody!
We are continuing to highlight some of our Creative Heroes' interests and hobbies.
In addition to helping save Azeroth, crafting stories, hitting the gym, and being an epic baker, Scott once worked at a teahouse where he learned to craft the perfect cup of tea--all for those cozy nights of writing, or getting into a good book.