Doug Greene called me to say he’d woken up with the night sweats and paced until dawn and finally came to the conclusion that he can’t do it after all. I talked him down and offered a six-week trial period, at the end of which he can decide whether or not to take on the whole job. That, he agreed to.
Shit. I’ve spent all week on this, and now all I’ve got is a “maybe.” I need to find a backup.
Packaging meeting #2 with Sophie and Brian. Latricia wasn’t there. Sophie was extremely nice to me. Nevertheless, she’s an idiot.
Worked on the in-game cosmetics. Tomi advised me to keep it strong and simple. The Byzantine latticework and intricate patterns should be inset, as part of doors and windows and so on. Good advice.
The game is coming together. I spent an hour at QA today watching them play it. They’ve been developing levels and playtesting them on their own time, just for the fun of it. That’s a good sign.
Everyone says POP will be a huge hit. Everyone. I can’t walk from one building to the next without someone stopping me to tell me how great it is. This product has both grass-roots and top-down support.
All I have to do is finish it.
The urge to go to my Mac and work on the new screenplay is overpowering.
(Patience… just a few more months… Hang on to that urge. You’ll need it. Put it away somewhere where it’ll be safe. You’ll have the whole rest of your life to pursue your screenwriting and directing dreams… after you finish the game.)
Say Anything, this new teen-romance movie, turned out to be pretty good. There’s something about John Cusack that just makes you like him. He’s cute without begging for it; you can see when he’s hurt but still attempting to keep his pride… Basically, he’s the perfect guy, and I wish I were more like him.
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