Developer Commentary 4: Release schedule, other updates
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[00:00:00.320] Speaker 1: [outro jingle] Hi, I'm Steven, and I'm the showrunner for this podcast, Collected. And I've got a quick update for you. So first of all, these episodes are developer commentaries. They're for updates, commentary on the show itself, the development process, whatever I'm happen to be thinking at the time, uh, education, stuff like that. So if you're only interested in the stories, you can skip these. Second of all, the release schedule for Mortal Steel, which is Season one, is every two weeks. So that means that there'll be a new episode,

[00:00:35.260] Speaker 1: episode two, this Friday. And I'll try to release them midnight the night before. So technically right at the very end of Thursday. It's gonna be two weeks for a while, at least until I can hire a team, so more than just me. More on that later. This gives me some time to do some backend business stuff, to do things that are about planning the future of the show itself, rather than just making the episodes. So eventually we'll be able to switch to a weekly schedule, but it's gonna take a little bit of time, so hopefully you can bear with me until then. I still think that this is a pretty fast release schedule for a podcast like

[00:01:10.120] Speaker 1: this. Speaking of business stuff, if you are an established author or you know a literary agent, I am interested and would love to talk to you. So I'm looking for fantasy and science fiction authors with an email list or social media following of ten thousand or more people, established authors, uh, because I'm looking to sign a few of them by the end of the year in order to help me make stories like this. So if you know anyone like that, please have them contact me. I am Steven@collectedaudio.com. I would really appreciate that.

[00:01:45.200] Speaker 1: If you are an up-and-coming author, do not despair. I have some big things planned for you too, and I'll tell you a little bit more about that in the master plan development series that I have coming up in a few weeks. I've already got it written. I just don't want to pollute this feed with too much developer commentary. It should be mostly about stories. Last bit of housekeeping. What are these older episodes before Mortal Steel? You probably have seen them and wondered what they're for. Those are essentially test stories. They're pilots. They're just the first and second episode of a bunch of different possible

[00:02:19.840] Speaker 1: stories that we could produce into full seasons. So like Mortal Steel, they are stories that I wrote just to try out a world and characters. They have much lower production value than the full seasons. So take that into account when you listen to them. The stories are still good, uh, but they're much less polished. The recordings are worse, and there's very little sound design. So keep that in mind if you decide to listen to them. I would encourage you to listen to them. I'd love to hear what you think, especially if you would like to vote for what Season two will be. If you've got a favorite, please tell me. That's it for this update. Just a short

[00:02:54.940] Speaker 1: one. And you will hear a new episode of Mortal Steel this Friday. See ya. [outro jingle]