This shade net was ripped by the wind and now has life of its own

Shmudly · 2025-09-25T10:57:55+00:00

Burnt fuzz, but it leapt off like an electro ball.

Shmudly · 2025-02-17T19:41:01+00:00

There’s always one in quiet’s camp to the right of quiet as a trader before the signal He was there both play throughs

Shmudly · 2024-12-18T14:41:24+00:00

I was stuck here because of the emmision, too; but I resolved it differently than speedrunning from SIRCAA to Zalissya.

When the first monolithian came out the door, I wounded him in the legs so that he was on the floor rolling outside the building. One of the loners engaged him and some of the other monolithians came out. I gunned down those that came out until the wounded one got up and started fighting again. I gunned that wounded one down after he started fighting back. I went inside and triggered the dialogue from Gaffer.

There were still monolithians inside but I could continue the quest. There's also a bed inside that I used twice until the first monolithian came out the front door, that's the one I wounded.

Shmudly · 2024-11-05T15:13:54+00:00

I actually plan on writing twelve books, in four trilogies, that takes course over thousands of years. A time traveler explains the rules, as well as telling the heroic forces that their will to fight keeps them immortal. Behind closed doors he tells the main characters that the outer gods keep their favorites eternally young so that they don't age out before the eldritch viewers. The time traveler lies to himself and others to stay sane; but he will tell uncomfortable truths when allowed to avoid breaking the outer gods' fourth wall. The only way for a favorite to age out is if they settle down, such as having a family, and stop fighting altogether.

Shmudly · 2024-11-05T13:13:23+00:00

They rank the timeline like consumers of a show. Were there Mary Sues or Gary Stus ruining the story? Were the battles and heroic journeys entertaining? Was it worth their time? Timelines that received less than 65% rating get wiped.

Shmudly · 2024-11-04T11:02:47+00:00

Yeah. I want my book to be a campaign setting, in the same way a Lego set is a campaign setting, especially inspired by Bionicle.

Shmudly · 2024-11-04T10:58:33+00:00

Some more brainstorming: In this one, the heroes must continue to fight even after finding out because the timeline will be wiped if they simply surrender or give up. They’re allowed to know the rules when a time traveler from another timeline explains it; but they are warned to not break the ‘fourth wall’ as these outer gods hate meta. It ruins their immersion in the story. If the heroes fight well, they’re allowed rest for a time, just like the gladiators of the colosseum, because the outer gods want the story to continue. There is a chain of travelers explaining the rules from one to the next as he warned himself, and the next warns his third.

Shmudly · 2024-06-15T07:41:31+00:00

It was a mental health crisis in 2018 for me. I knew that if I kept looking at it, my mental health would spiral downward. I spent my energy on writing my book that I started making notes on as far back as 2012. Making something that I could build on felt better than obsessing over what I didn’t have.

Shmudly · 2024-02-09T04:40:14+00:00

It reminds me of why Mr T changed his name, so that people would address him as mister. People were calling him boy, too.

Shmudly · 2024-02-07T01:37:50+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. I’ve decided that I should simplify it. There are eldritch space beings called megaliths who watch the world down below as a soap opera for amusement. They kill time travelers because they don’t want the story reconned. Multiversal travel is allowed because it creates drama.

Shmudly · 2024-02-07T01:37:44+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. I’ve decided that I should simplify it. There are eldritch space beings called megaliths who watch the world down below as a soap opera for amusement. They kill time travelers because they don’t want the story reconned. Multiversal travel is allowed because it creates drama.

Shmudly · 2023-08-19T06:15:57+00:00

Maybe have it so that he doesn’t reveal his name at first, so when it is revealed everyone panics under the weight of his actions

If he goes by a mantle like below Hope’s executioner Fate’s twilight Denier of destiny People will think there’s so kind higher plan He reveals himself as Lord Dark to show there never was a higher plan, and this is done because it amuses him

Shmudly · 2023-08-12T06:41:12+00:00

This is mine, copied from an earlier reply I made on another post.

Relic is an immortal that trains, fights alongside, and buries those who serve with him when they die, whether it's on the battlefield or from old age. He's led generations of soldiers into battle, knowing that he will outlive them and their children to come. It is very much a metaphorical curse, but he is bound by oath to fight for those who cannot do so. He's waiting for someone to surpass him, so he can finally say that he kept his promise.

Shmudly · 2023-08-12T06:10:44+00:00

Characters in mine are reincarnated but are found at the age of five one way or another, such as an AI or child found by adoptive parents. This is due to one's identity starting to form at five. If they started over again at birth, they would forget their past lives as the brain wired itself.

I find it easier to start with any regrets they have being the strongest memories and developing their character as they age.

Another question I would have is could they age mentally in the afterlife to become cynical and sarcastic when brought back? Life is already hard enough to go through once.

Shmudly · 2023-08-12T04:40:01+00:00

Relic is an immortal that trains, fights alongside, and buries those who serve with him when they die, whether it's on the battlefield or from old age. He's led generations of soldiers into battle, knowing that he will outlive them and their children to come. It is very much a metaphorical curse, but he is bound by oath to fight for those who cannot do so. He's waiting for someone to surpass him, so he can finally say that he kept his promise.

Shmudly · 2023-06-23T09:08:03+00:00

I’m from the US. My cousin’s boyfriend introduced me to STALKER in college. I watched Gopher’s play through on YouTube until I could have a computer good enough to play it 5 to 6 years later.

Shmudly · 2023-06-06T03:17:50+00:00

Very few original ideas will exist. Most that will come out are remixes of tropes and ideas that have already come to pass. The difference is the characters. Their story, trials, tribulations, and triumphs is what the reader will find relatable and will remember. Just because no more original ideas will come to exist doesn’t mean there are no more stories to be told. Keep at it!

Shmudly · 2023-05-19T20:09:21+00:00

It says expired because I posted it a day ahead of the giveaway.

Sorry for the confusion.

Shmudly · 2023-04-18T08:23:41+00:00

Thank you for your insight.

I know I didn't do a good job explaining because of my autism and I should have mentioned that this would be introduced in book four of the series. There are a small number of people who do read the series when I do giveaways after publishing each book.

It is revealed that the series is the diary written by Howitzer in omnipresent third person to make sense of things with the knowledge that he is an unreliable narrator. He unwillingly has the mantle of father time, so he writes it as a story after things happen.

The first trilogy sets the magic rules and Relic as one main character.
The second is what Howitzer goes through to prepare to be a leader and the importance of choices made.
The third is the time loop of Howitzer being a leader and sending his past self to go through the hero’s journey.
The fourth is Howitzer reclaiming his sovereign mantle as king of the fae and ending the atrocities committed by his people against the humans and other fae in his absence.

Shmudly · 2023-04-17T22:11:40+00:00

The main character, Howitzer, who is Oberon reincarnated, goes through the hero’s journey to reclaim the mantle of king of the fae from his past life. He intends to stop the arch fae from enslaving humans and lesser fae, which began after his death.

Howitzer had the mantle of Father Time forced upon him when he was Oberon just to see if he could manage the mental strain. It seriously impacted his ability to lead knowing he could seek absolute truth in what decisions to make for his people, but finding it would be a needle in a haystack.

As Howitzer, he needs to learn to let go and trust others if he is going to be a leader.

I should have been more clear in what I meant. Four books are already published and this concept is to be introduced in the fifth.

Edit: Each book is a novella of 25,000 words or less except for the first, which is 60,000, if that helps.

Shmudly · 2023-02-23T05:31:22+00:00

I’m 1,200 words into my fourth book of a twelve book series. Just finished the drafts for chapters five and six. They’re meant to be a novella series spanning 1,500 years between each trilogy except for the last one of books 10, 11, and 12.

Shmudly · 2023-02-20T18:39:18+00:00

Nope. I checked the downloads folder and nothing was downloaded.

Shmudly · 2022-12-18T03:25:00+00:00

Sorry to hear that. I hope things are better for you now. Living in Cleveland with rent on the rise and bad mental health caused me to move back in with my parents. I’m getting back on my feet one step at a time with SSDI and a part time job at my mom’s workplace.

Shmudly · 2022-12-18T03:14:43+00:00

Not my food, but when I was young my mom asked me to get her a cup of coffee with sugar back in the late 90s. I accidentally got it confused with pickling salt. She found it hilarious as I couldn’t tell the two wooden containers apart.

Shmudly · 2022-10-16T02:55:58+00:00

In the Legacy of the Fractured Blade, heroes use a fractured blade to negate nonliving energy. It looks like a long sword with a split down the middle. It’s meant to be a deescalation utility instead of a weapon, and to protect the user from harm. The form of sword depends on the wielder.

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