Well, life is chaotic is it not? All the best laid plans in the world are bound to run into challenges. When I was younger I would come up with contingency plans to fall back upon when the initial plan went fubar. As time went by I came to quickly realize that this wasn't always that effective. So what does one do? Looser plans with a knack for adapting to the circumstances at hand. This approach has proven far more efficient than anything else that had been tried previously. To anyone outside of the circumstances, or: "outside of the know ", it might look like chaos. At the very least it might seem to be haphazard. There has been absolutely no progress in developing the culture for the Goblin race. Having researched the goblins of the LOTR world and doing some historical lore research as well has left us unsure. Nothing that we have found really falls inline with our desired outcome. Therefore these green-skinned hunters will remain undeveloped for the moment. Progress o

  The New Year is here!!! For so many wonderful people that means rocking in the year with their hearts set on fresh starts and some lofty goals. But you won't hear us here at Team Epimetheus diminishing the aspirations of others. "Aim for the heavens and settle for nothing less than the stars!" we say. Goal setting is the foundation to success. Now that the year has begun we would be remiss not to discuss our goals for the next four quarters. But before we look forward let us take a look at what was done last year. Reflecting on our accomplishments and lessons is a good start to planning out the new year. By recapping 2023 we can see what goals were not completed, why and what can be done differently. At the end of 2022 we had many great goals set for the project. While some of them were set aside many of them were conquered like an early morning mountain hike. If they were set aside it is best to talk about why that was and what we can do this year to accomplish those g

 It has been a year since I began my career as a Professional Truck Driver. According to the research the average income for starting CDL holders averaged around 56k per year. Not great, but a good start right? I mean rent after covid alone is 15k+/yr. Add to that another 6k per year in vehicle payments and almost 6k in child support that would still leave nearly 20k per year for food, insurance, gas and other consequentials. Unfortunately, I joined a dishonest trucking company that has left integrity in their past and honesty at home. These types of trucking companies, I am told, are the norm. At this degenerate company, however, I was told 52k per year could be expected. Instead I am looking at about 35k!!! And this is with a 60+ hour a week commitment. This has put such a strain on my finances that I am still homeless after a year as a professional truck driver. For eighteen months my things have been in storage. My cat has been shuffled from home to home. My vehicle needs thousands

Cultural Shortfalls With so many things going on this year it has been hard to stay on task. The goal was to work on the Trolls this quarter. Having completed the cultural development of the Centaur we worked laboriously at putting the information into the blog. That is where we present the majority of our content. Upon inserting the culture of the Centaur of Evates, we noticed that there were some serious discrepancies between the races and their respective nations. For one there was a lack of consistency in presentation as well as inconsistencies in the information itself. This simply would not suffice. And so an overhaul of the Races and World pages was needed. Cultural work on the Trolls requires a level of involvement that isn't available from the team right now. To be completely transparent, we're not really sure where we want to go with them as a race. We know where they live, what they look like and how they are born. But that is where the buck stops. Ok, ok. We also

Breaking in to the New year there had been some serious excitement around the artistic talent that Blizzardchill brought to the project. Her style and talent really added some life to our concepts. Unfortunately, not all good things work out the way we would like them to. Whether the complications that we are confronted with are due to the distinct language barrier, the artists changed priorities or our intent to secure legal rights to the work we paid for we cannot be sure. They have refused to complete an Intellectual Property Release Form. This step is fundamental in selling artwork to an upcoming business. It releases the artist from having any legal claim to the work. Not only is this a common practice when selling artwork it is a legal requisite that must be covered to prevent lawsuits, as well as a must to secure investors. Luckily, we have only paid for one piece of artwork from her and so our loss is minimal. It is a shame that we will not be able to use her talent in the futu

   Looking back on this year really excites us with a sense of pride. While we stuck to our guns on some of our approaches we also embraced a new one as well. What did we do differently this year you ask? Well, work was outsourced. Thomas Brush, a well-known Indy developer, strongly suggested outsourcing work to alleviate pressure on a small development team.    The artist that we found has a remarkable talent and her work is certainly generating a buzz. Her rendition of Valentina is what we were hoping for. This style of art that she brings to the table is exactly what this project needed. Please take the time to check out her other work < here >.    At the beginning of the year the decision to expand on each race and their corresponding nation gave the team direction for development. That goal was met and exceeded. One race per quarter meant four races per year. That gives a projected completion date of 2024 with twelve races needing development.    The nation of Quiyarus and