JBR, San Francisco, CA (2025)

02/08/2025

Previous Chapter September 2nd, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA What’s the Story, Morning Glory? Sadja looked into the mirror. Her eye bags were back. She fiddled with them for a bit but eventually decided to cover them with makeup like she always did. Afterwards she took a few steps back to examine her body. She turned to the left, then to the right....

Previous Chapter September 2nd, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA What’s the Story, Morning Glory? Sadja looked into the mirror. Her eye bags were back. She fiddled with them for a bit but eventually de…

02/03/2025

Hey all, As promised, for my next game I want to work on something more... substantial. RPGMaker might not be Godot or Unreal, but it does confer two advantages. The first is that it's mighty simple to use. The second is that... I already have a draft of a game in here! Better finished what I started before I begin anew, huh?...

Hey all, As promised, for my next game I want to work on something more… substantial. RPGMaker might not be Godot or Unreal, but it does confer two advantages. The first is that it’s mi…

02/01/2025

Previous Chapter August 31st, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Room It was a Saturday. Cole put on his gray hoodie, bringing up the hood over his head to cover his face. He was walking down the stairs of his house and was just about out of the door when he heard a voice from behind him. “Hey, kid.” Cole turned around....

Previous Chapter August 31st, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Room It was a Saturday. Cole put on his gray hoodie, bringing up the hood over his head to cover his face. He was walking down the sta…

01/28/2025

Hey all, I got a little carried away this week. Maybe I was just sick and tired of working on the Obsidian migration, or on the game itself, but I ended up finishing all the other todos I had on the game, then went and said "f**k it" and just uploaded it to Itch.io. It is still very barebones, but for a simulation made for the express purpose of serving as a "Godot 101" course for myself I think its decent....

http://jbr.works/2025/01/27/wars-of-the-seven-kingdoms-update-15-oops-i-finished-the-game/

Hey all, I got a little carried away this week. Maybe I was just sick and tired of working on the Obsidian migration, or on the game itself, but I ended up finishing all the other todos I had on th…

01/25/2025

Previous Chapter August 28th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Maria’s Return The two siblings, Emily and Maurice, stood outside a bus stop near their home. Emily was distracted by the falling autumn leaves, the auburn sunlight soaking through them on their gradual descent. Maurice stood close to the edge of the sidewalk as the school bus pulled in. The two sat across from each other, sitting their backpacks to their side....

Previous Chapter August 28th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Maria’s Return The two siblings, Emily and Maurice, stood outside a bus stop near their home. Emily was distracted by the falling autumn l…

01/21/2025

Hey all, In a very rare event for this series, I actually coded something -- the event logic! Now that I got it all implemented I realized my old system for manually grabbing every possible option to happen for a character need not happen. We can just make it so that running the event randomizes it through every check, gain, and loss....

Hey all, In a very rare event for this series, I actually coded something — the event logic! Now that I got it all implemented I realized my old system for manually grabbing every possible op…

01/18/2025

Previous Chapter August 25th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Zero Day It was roughly an hour before the school day started, and Kinsky High was empty save for a few early-bird wanderers. When Lukas pulled up in his car, the parking lot was almost entirely empty. He picked a spot close to the front gate. Out in the courtyard, there was an array of dozens of identical dark blue metal tables, yet only one caught Lukas’ eye....

Previous Chapter August 25th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Zero Day It was roughly an hour before the school day started, and Kinsky High was empty save for a few early-bird wanderers. When Lukas p…

01/13/2025

Hey all, Now that my hands are back on Godot, its time to take all the theory we made in Notion/spreadsheets and apply it to the game. Today I added the stat changes on kingdoms and jobs, next week will be running the new events. Then the game will (hopefully) be finished! UI is already fixed because it turns out it wasn't some freaky code thing but that I literally just put the text box in the wrong area, lmao.

Hey all, Now that my hands are back on Godot, its time to take all the theory we made in Notion/spreadsheets and apply it to the game. Today I added the stat changes on kingdoms and jobs, next week…

01/11/2025

July 19th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Birthday Party It was the time of day when the sun cast its last golden hue before retiring for the night. An old red pickup truck drove up and parked along a dirt road outside an old two-story home. A young girl came out from the driver's seat. She wore a light summer shirt, loose but opaque....

July 19th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Birthday Party It was the time of day when the sun cast its last golden hue before retiring for the night. An old red pickup truck drove up and parked al…

01/08/2025

Hey all, I'm finally back! As promised, it's time to get started with the end of this project. I'm just going to keep what I have, built the framework, throw them in, and then do whatever fixes are needed after that.

Hey all, I’m finally back! As promised, it’s time to get started with the end of this project. I’m just going to keep what I have, built the framework, throw them in, and then do …

01/01/2025

As many of you may have noticed, the final rough-draft chapter of Boys & Girls: Part II released last week. It's been a fantastic journey so far, but there's still a lot ahead of us. I've teased what happens next for quite some time, but now that things are all said and done I wanted to outline it explicitly here:...

As many of you may have noticed, the final rough-draft chapter of Boys & Girls: Part II released last week. It’s been a fantastic journey so far, but there’s still a lot ahead of us…

12/31/2024

Hey all, I've been working on the events, as you can see in the picture. However, I wanted to use this blog post to mostly discuss what I see is the remaining timeline for this project: This week (we'll call it Week 11): First half of events Week 12: Second half of events Week 13: Getting everything implemented Week 14: Cleaning up UI…...

Hey all, I’ve been working on the events, as you can see in the picture. However, I wanted to use this blog post to mostly discuss what I see is the remaining timeline for this project: This …

12/29/2024

Previous Chapter June 3rd, 2017 - August 28th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA; Hanover, New Hampshire, USA; Santa Cruz, California, USA; Fairbank, California, USA; Providence, Rhode Island, USA Boys & Girls It was the time of day when the sun woke from its nightly slumber and cast its first set of golden light. An old red pickup truck drove up and parked along a dirt road outside an old two-story home....

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

12/23/2024

Hi all, If you read this site, no doubt you've been keeping up with the current progress on Boys & Girls. In case you missed it, we're currently undergoing a fundraiser for the Complete Edition, a digital book copy which combines Part I and Part II. If you support the fundraiser, you'll get a copy of the Complete Edition for 50% off what you would normally have to pay. Check it out! Support the Project!

Hi all, If you read this site, no doubt you’ve been keeping up with the current progress on Boys & Girls. In case you missed it, we’re currently undergoing a fundraiser for the Comp…

12/23/2024

Hey all, The title is only sort of a lie. While I initially was just going to think of 100 events off of brainstorming alone, I realized it was straining my mental capacity to think of things that would occur in a fantasy setting. Then, I had a eureka moment: what if I was going about all this wrong? What if instead of making up events so I could connect attribute effects to them, I had the attribute effects…...

Hey all, The title is only sort of a lie. While I initially was just going to think of 100 events off of brainstorming alone, I realized it was straining my mental capacity to think of things that …

12/21/2024

Previous Chapter May 14th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Graduation Russell sat rather nervously outside the Kinsky High auditorium. He saw a few passerbys – some students, mostly staff, none whom he recognized and almost all gave him strange looks. He wondered if they questioned why he was there so early, when the football team’s meeting wasn’t for another hour. He was about to take out his phone to blend in when suddenly he heard a voice pointed his direction....

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

12/15/2024

Hey all, Another slow week for W7K. Just added characters starting dispositions/good-evil moral alignment for the classes as promised. At least this screenshot will clue you in on more of the classes coming soon. I'm in AZ for two more weeks. My plan is, to finish half the events next week, the other half the week after, and then implement them in January. Sorry again for the slowness but like I've said Boys & Girls is stealing most of the show!

Hey all, Another slow week for W7K. Just added characters starting dispositions/good-evil moral alignment for the classes as promised. At least this screenshot will clue you in on more of the class…

12/14/2024

Previous Chapter July 6th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Maria “Where’d you want this?” Maria turned around. Lukas was holding a small ornamental vase. He seemed particularly focused on not dropping it. Maria smiled. “That you can just put wherever. Just put it near the wall there. I’ll worry about it later.” Lukas did as he was told. He walked over to where Maria was standing in the doorway....

[Note: BOYS & GIRLS: PART II is under production, and this preview may contain lines and content that do not reach the final book. In addition, this book assumes that you have read PART I all t…

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