Now that I have your attention, I got interviewed by a guy who sounds just like Christopher Walken (although he’d probably object to my saying so ;). Check it out here. If you listen carefully, you can hear how much of a dork I am in real life.

“Notwithabang” from the Yesterday’s Salad blog asks me about games, comics, and life after undergrad. I also announce a new game project somewhere in the middle. “But Erin,” you may be wondering, “What about Nanobots and Skyward? How are you going to finish those as well?” To this I say, “Coffee is a wonderful thing.”

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New comics are up! Those will be the last ones for a while. However, for those of you who come here looking for your comics fix, we’re fast approaching the completion date for my book (three weeks, tops). When it’s ready, I’ll have a payment method set up for those of you in the U.S. and Canada. I originally hoped to have a PayPal option but it ended up being too much of a hassle.

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Because it was the first nice day in a while, and because I needed a picture to stick in the back of my book, I went out to the waterfront and took some pictures in my favourite abandoned industrial area.

If there’s one thing I noticed looking at the photo set, it’s that I haven’t figured out how to pose for a picture without looking evil. I mean, would you trust me to water your plants for a weekend?

All right…I should really get back to working on this book. And, like, studying for exams. Right.

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Thanks to a lot of procrastination and a bit of shameless media promotion (hello Facebook people ), my book o’ comics is coming along swimmingly. Here’s what the cover looks like right now, although I’m still playing around with the colours and font a little bit. There should be some familiar faces in there for you old-timers.

Not much else to report right now. The last two comics of the school year will be up sometime this week. Also, if you hadn’t noticed, Tim worked some coding magic and now all the comics have alt text jokes. I’d like to see a newspaper do that.

~Erin

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I thought you should know why I hate shoe shopping. I tried three different shoe shops today. In each one I said to the salesperson, “Hi, do you have any shoes that are comfortable to walk in?”

Two of them answered, “What do you mean?”

The third one said, “That depends on what you mean by ‘comfortable.’”

I can’t wait for sandal weather. Why did my ancestors choose to live in this frozen wasteland?

…in other news, there’ll be a new comic tomorrow or soonish. It’s about bees and it took two people to write it.

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My atheist comic got featured on Pharyngula, one of the biggest atheist blogs out there. Cool!

While some people seemed confused about the meaning (yes, it’s a satire…), the rest posted some excellent feedback regarding the morality of comfortable footwear. Unbeknownst to me, there was a whole debate about the subject that had never before seen the light of day. I feel weirdly honoured.

Edit: If any of you are digg users, the story has been submitted here and I’d be ever so delighted if you’d give it a nudge. ;)

In other news, I’m working on putting together a book featuring all the comics I’ve done in the past four years. I’ve only posted about half of them on this site, so unless you get the book, you’re missing out! The whole thing should probably cost about $10-15, and the publisher I’m going to makes it easy to order online. There will be more details to come, of course, but I just wanted to get you thinking.

In other other news, my friend Imran made a social networking site called Streem. For those of you who can’t get enough of the refresh button, it’s a microblogging platform where you can post a link, picture, or video rather than writing a whole post. The format takes some getting used to, but it’s got a really ingenious way of flattening the distance between posts and comments.

That’s all for now! Three new comics are up. Happy “It’s-Good-to-be-Irish” Day!

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Q: Hey Ivy, what’s the hold-up? Where are the Nanobots and can I play with them yet?

A: Good question. Unfortunately my life has taken a turn for the ridiculously busy, but here’s what I can tell you right now:

The gameplay itself is done done done.
The ending cutscene is missing two or three animations that won’t take me too long.
Based on what the beta testers had to say, I decided to add a tutorial section to the beginning. This will take me a bit of extra effort but will probably make the game a lot more fun/intuitive.
Scorposer has kindly offered to make me a few more tunes and sound effects, which shouldn’t be too long in the making.
I’m more eager to be done with this thing than all of you put together, so don’t worry. ;)

Q: I am a loyal reader of your blog but have yet to post anything. If I sent you a real Q & A question would you answer it?

A: Yes. It would make me very happy to do so.

Q: So…why aren’t you done with Nanobots yet?

A: Hey screw you.

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New comic. This one is exploring the previously untapped subject of “office humour.”

Now, to get back to publishing a game, a thesis, and a book in one semester.

I need a vacation. :P

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Bad news: Nanobots is slightly delayed.

Good news: I’ll be passing my midterms this year.

In the interests of graduating, I’ll have to set the game aside for a few days. But! Beta testing is already going strong, and the game is getting done even while I’m caffeinated beyond usefulness. The testers have found some ingeniously well-hidden bugs, and they’re providing some great feedback on where I need to add some in-game hints. There are lots of little extras yet to do, including some sound effects and arty things, but I don’t see any of this slowing the game for too long. I’m not going to set a deadline but…soon.

Thanks for being patient :)

~Erin

P.S. Plus, hey, it’s freeware. You get what you pay for. ;)

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The comics page just got a whole lot easier to navigate. A round of well-deserved applause goes to my friend Tim, who designed the plugin. New political cartoon also. It’ll be running in a local independent magazine (that is, if it’s still relevant at publication time :P). Nothing else to report at this time.

Happy Friday!

~Erin

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Nanobots is beeping along at a steady clip, thanks to Vince’s tireless coding and my…neglect of my schoolwork.

We hope to start beta testing this Friday, and if all goes well the game should be done on time. New comics for you in the meantime. Hope you likee.

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