2016-06-15 (W) Charged: DesertIrish

Last night I was helping a friend, Angeliki Beyko, do some work a local business which specializes in physical puzzles for adults called Riddle Room. Alliteration aside it is a place people rent for a session and get “trapped” in a room where they have to figure out their own escape. Sound like a video game? It should. Instead of pixel hunting for a light switch behind the fireplace though you physically walk around a room and solve puzzles before a timer runs out. The video shows Angeliki triggering a sliding door which contains a faux chemistry lab. To enter the lab, players follow clues to discover the correct switch combination which will release the door.

This is totally Angeliki's project, I showed up at the last minute to help draw a wiring diagram, then select and connect some components. Fortunately I also recorded a couple chapters before helping with this door project so the blog got an update and a door became fully operational.

Door project with explanation

Enough background.
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Another pair of chapters was recorded, 62 and 63. These chapters were recorded faster. They didn’t take any less time but they were read faster. It was a lot of action compared to the rest of the book so it was difficult to read at the usual measured pace. Hopefully this comes across as frantic, which the scenes should be, instead of rushed or hurried.

One of my personal fears is that this story is boring. I had great fun writing it and I hope people enjoy it but there might not be a wide audience. It doesn’t have the pizzazz of comic books and it doesn’t have the buttoned-down feel of classical literature. Rest assured though, the future of the Charged world will have more action but it will be justified and reasonable. And hopefully cool.

Charged

To do:

Show how Shana knew Motor and Heather were a new couple.
Describe a reality TV show which demonstrates the powers of contestants.
Describe a civil trial where a Charged person sues for the right to have a second identity but the case turns against him into a vilification of vigilantism.

Today’s word count: 0 - 0 = 0 words
Total word count: 27 240 + 60 228 + 83 897 = 171 365 words

The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.

First time here?

Completed projects from year 1.
Completed projects from year 2.

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