Sisyphus and I
Sometimes it feels like a never ending rock roll up the mountain to get writing done. I'll admit I'm probably one of the slowest game writers out there. Not all of it is my "health" which interrupts me and slows me down. Part of it is just the Sisyphusian task of getting it all done only to start back over again at another point.
If I were one of those game designers who used the same system for everything, perhaps it be easier. Unfortunatly while I think some systems are able to stretch and bend well to do many things--none do any given genre they aim for well. Somewhere along the line their base assumptions get in the way.
The good news is I've obtained a laptop (cheap, low end, one but still suitable) and I can now do some work while bouncing idea off my friends.
What I need is a focus group for various genres.
Mecha (Giant Robot/Powersuit) gaming.
Western/Horror gaming
Dungeon crawl in Space (with pulpy ray guns) gaming.
At least to start. So I guess that will have to be my friends. It is nice that they are broad ranging gamers with a lot of different tastes.