Category Archives: Daybreak on Hyperion

Update...

Daybreak volume 3 chapter 9 out...

I don't have much to say, so I'll leave it at that =P


Now: small announcement by krytyk:

I tolerated the people asking "nCode can you send me xxx to mail?" and dropping their addressees for entire months, but this started getting annoying - not only it doesn't stop, but also there's more and more of them. As far as I know, nCode has dropped his email (dinko.razor@gmail.com) in the comments, if you want him to share anything with you - email him. Comments are not the place for that kind of thing. All of these comments are and will be going straight to trash folder.

kaithanxbai

Overdue updates and musings

Much like Krytyk, the new Daybreak chapter is overdue. Unlike Krytyk though, I haven't been abnormally busy (just my usual level of busy). What did delay this chapter was the fact it was... extremely unpleasant to write.

Still... I did not spend years talking to psychology majors, reading their works, or watch all of Crash Course: Psychology for nothing!

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Also per request, I did update v3ch7's maps with keys.

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Not cute at all.

New chapter of Daybreak. The exposition chapters of volume 3 are fully over by now. We return to war... which makes this a very odd post to follow "lots of cute is coming".

I blame krytyk =P

That being said, I did not originally plan for action this early until Kadi pestered. But hey, showing is better than telling, so before we discuss the problems of this battlefront I figure we experience the front first. I hope the descriptions plus maps allow you to follow what's going on; if not, don't hesitate to suggest ^^ (I'm also pondering if that central scene lasts too long... mmmh; it did get complicated).

~ Aorii

Happy Holidays Release!

kaede pose

A holidays release for Daybreak this year! It comes out now so I don't forget it on the days I spend with family. I'd like to thank all the readers for their support, so this chapter was pressed out faster than usual. I did not skimp out on quality though, don't worry.

Link -- fitting chapter to celebrate Winter Solstice.

I also wish I had some finished artwork, but the artist had his hands full in the past few months and I've lost contact as of late ;_; Here's an example of the last near-completion draft we were working on. I do love the work~

 

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Daybreak Dev Diary #3: on gunpowder and firearms

You saw right! Alpha! Not even beta! xD

So I've decided to break tradition and open a scene to the audience prior to sending it through my lengthy editing and peer review process. The reason? It is one of the most heavily discussed objective topics in Daybreak. I mean, agreeing on subjective topics like gender issues is overrated; no one will know the correct answer until we truly break open the human skull*  and understand exactly what each and every neural pathway does. But on objective topics? It's important that we at least attempt to stay on the same page.

(*Proverbially! no Japanese or Nazi human experimentation! I'm annoyed every time "SCIENCE!" is given as the reason for anything; not funny at all when you've studied history. In fact one of the first things engineering school had forced me to read and discuss was whether Technological Determinism was good or even right. Oppenheimer did quote right after inventing the atomic bomb: "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.")

The topic? Gunpowder, and the development of guns in a high magic setting.

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