D'eux wrote:That's a very good question actually. My original intention was to write a small personal Age - somewhere I could go for peace and quiet (hence why the Age is called what it is.) But its potential to be so much more has been slowly growing. However, because I focus so much on the detail, writing in elaborate descriptions for every facet and element, expanding the Age beyond its current bounds may take more time than I can devote to it. I suppose I'm trying to concentrate on ensuring that the Age is stable and complete at its current size, rather than thinking about making it bigger.
I think you should keep the age the size it is for now, but seed the potential for expansion. This could take the form of a rock slide or something similar that could later be removed to reveal a tunnel. If you decide to expand, you have a path to explore, if not, oh well, nothing lost. Plus, you don't have to be done with it forever to have a suitable release and I can't wait to get into Eh'ko.
D'eux wrote:Which does raise a thought about writing sizable and quality Ages for potential use in a new MOUL/UU environment, and that is that quite frankly it's going to be nigh on impossible for individuals to write complete, interesting and engaging Ages on their own. As the GoW, if we don't start making a concerted effort to pool our resources into common projects (like the MOUL Nexus) and build unified development teams like Cyan's, it's highly unlikely that we'll ever get good enough Ages written for the community to explore.
-: D'eux :-
I think that right now, we have a lot of writers doing a lot of growing and maturing, and small ages are good for that. Plus at the same time, we have a plugin which is also growing and maturing. Small ages are easier to adapt to new features coming out. As the GoW reaches full maturety, I think you'll start to see larger collaborative ages. In the end we'll hopefully have a hand full of larger ages and quite a few smaller ages in development at any given time.
Personally, I've been very encouraged by the growth I've seen out of the GoW in the last couple months.