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[EuchreJack]

Mini-games suck.  I don't want my success in school to be based on a memory game.

[hemmingjay]

I've been playing this game for more than a year on and off and love it. As someone who made a living(not a good one) from writing for a while, I say it's a pretty clever sim of the life. It really simulates the constant feeling that everything gets in the way of writing and that there aren't enough hours in the day. Every time I think of returning to the career I spend a day playing this game and it brings me back to reality.

[Zangi]

PTW cause I know I will want to eventually pick this up on a management/life sim binge on a later date.

[SeaBee]

I've been playing this game for more than a year on and off and love it. As someone who made a living(not a good one) from writing for a while, I say it's a pretty clever sim of the life. It really simulates the constant feeling that everything gets in the way of writing and that there aren't enough hours in the day. Every time I think of returning to the career I spend a day playing this game and it brings me back to reality.

I think making it big as a writer is one of the hardest things to do. The business is tough, the social circles aren't very understanding, and there are too many demands on most people's attention to just ... well, sit down and write.

Congrats for having at least some success at it, though! I think most good writers never get the recognition they deserve. Sometimes I read up on an author and feel sad that he or she is still working full time in an unrelated field because they don't earn enough doing what they love (and what they're good at).

Then I read something laughably bad and discover that the writer made millions from it.

Having said all that, I should try out the game. It looks different enough to be interesting.

[hemmingjay]

I should also say that this game is probably only going to be entertaining to anyone who has seriously fantasized about a career in writing. It's not a very deep game design wise but it has a lot of detail about writing in some sense. I expect his upcoming game Showtime to have a bit more mass appeal. BTW, Showtime is not a ripoff of The Movies as stated earlier, but rather a "ripoff" of Hollywood Mogul, which was an excellent text and menu based movie studio sim. Showtime appears to be a casual sim.


At first I thought he stole the Bullfrog logo, but after looking it up I see it's a bit different, but clearly inspired by:

Bullfrog                                                                      Myrtilus
                       

[CognitiveDissonance]

This entertains me greatly, as I'm living this game in real life My girlfriend is an aspiring and rising author herself, and I've been supporting her in that aspiration over the last few years. So yeah, this game seems to be pretty close to life

[Djohaal]

Mini-games suck.  I don't want my success in school to be based on a memory game.

Why there's some sweet irony in that statement... 

[a1s]

Mini-games suck.  I don't want my success in school to be based on a memory game.

Why there's some sweet irony in that statement... 

I'd agree with you, but actually '[language] and literature' was one of the subjects where your intelligence and creative side counted for at least as much (or more) as your memory. (I enjoyed biology a lot, and had good grades, but, boy, was it all one big game of trivial pursuit.)

[Ohlawdy]

So I bought the game but everything is cut off. There isn't a scroll bar either.

I'm trying to start a new game but I can't click on all of the options due to them being cut off.
Anyone know how to fix this so I can be a Douglas Adams wannabe that gets addicted to drugs (you can get addicted to drugs, right?) and impregnates every woman in Europe.

[Seamas]

So I bought the game but everything is cut off. There isn't a scroll bar either.

I'm trying to start a new game but I can't click on all of the options due to them being cut off.
Anyone know how to fix this so I can be a Douglas Adams wannabe that gets addicted to drugs (you can get addicted to drugs, right?) and impregnates every woman in Europe.

Hmm, all I know is that I bought the game and downloaded the patch right away.  Have you downloaded it?  So my only experience with the game has been with the patch - maybe it's cripplingly buggy without?

You can definitely get addicted to booze and cigarettes, as for the drugs perhaps it's possible (special event?) but I haven't met a dealer yet.  Astonishingly, they don't sell them at the store.   Anyway, I believe your aspirations are entirely within the realm of the possible.

[NobodyPro]

At first I thought he stole the Bullfrog logo, but after looking it up I see it's a bit different, but clearly inspired by:
*snip*

I don't see it. The Myrtilus frog looks more like it was inspired by a tree frog.

[Edmus]

So I bought the game but everything is cut off. There isn't a scroll bar either.

I'm trying to start a new game but I can't click on all of the options due to them being cut off.
Anyone know how to fix this so I can be a Douglas Adams wannabe that gets addicted to drugs (you can get addicted to drugs, right?) and impregnates every woman in Europe.

I'm getting this too. My google-fu has failed me. a little help?

[EuchreJack]

For the scroll bar, you have to click inside the box of text, then it will appear.

[Edmus]

Not working. This is what it looks like.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Absolute Niro]

This looks cool, does anyone know how limited the demo is? Not sure if I want to spend $6 on it yet.