Or I also wonder if inflation has diminished the perceived worth of $5

I'm fortunate that I've not entered the dread period, yet, but handoff to playtest feels way more significant than if it had been the two week project originally planned (it is now month six). Like I just want to move on to the next stage and discharge that stress about the results.

Oh I can definitely feel that when I think I should tackle some colour issues instead of, say, closing out that plot thread which would involve Coding Danger

There is a biohazard symbol in the game somewhere so this tracks

Postscript: Yeah so I'm not working on any other Electron Dance writing until this is done.
5/5

I'm sure **none** of this is unfamiliar to other game developers!

I work on the project pretty much every day and while I still love working on it, there's a sense of dread that every extra hour committed is an hour added to the pile of terrible regret.

Thank you for attending my TED Talk
4/5

3. Playtest date keeps moving as if I'm trying to catch up with my shadow. Absolutely terrifying after 30,000 words and 250+ Twine passages that it might turn out the whole thing is too complex or too obvious or offensive or dumb or too much reading or---
3/5

2. Every step seems harder than the last, something that would take a minute now takes an hour. Everything is connected. Testing is more involved.
2/5

I literally thought this was what a review was like in the good old days before I saw the quote

"This joke isn't funny enough" was my response until that point