Before sheltering in place, I had a ritualistic life that was mostly inside. Monday through Friday, my highest priority was teaching English at the community college five minutes from home; I taught face-to-face on Mondays and Wednesdays, then online Tuesdays and Thursdays, with grading on Fridays. Class prep was in the morning, and instruction + … Continue reading Before and After: Teacher and Student
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Author: Kourtnie
Kourtnie McKenzie completed her MFA (Fiction) at Fresno State and BA in English from Cal State Fullerton. Visit Kourtnie.net to read her dev blog or fey.earth to try out her games and stories.
Fourth Game Released
Play the Overseer of Someone Else's dream-world in Innermost, a JRPG for Windows. Built in RPG Maker XP, this oneish-hour demo is our entry for the Finally Finish Something 2020 game jam hosted by Second Dimension Games.
First Draft of A Shapeshifter, Cyborg, & Wisp
I just finished the first draft of A Shapeshifter, Cyborg, & Wisp, my Wattpad sci-fantasy novel. It's currently 80K words. I plan to edit it in April. If you're not a Wattpad user, I'll also be offering it as an e-book this year through fey.earth. I'm wordlessly excited. It's time to stim.
Trijam, Part 3 of 3
Once I started feeling better—that is, I still had pinkeye, but it no longer ached like a cheese grater vibrating on my corneas—I spent the better part of 3 days preparing for new classes.
Trijam, Part 2 of 3
We released our second game, Cattack: An Absolute Cattastrophe—our entry for the Trijam, our first game jam.
Trijam, Part 1 of 3
Preparing for Trijam: The Ultimate Mega Extreme Edition Releasing a game was exhilarating, so I'd like to do it again. On a whim, I joined the Trijam, which is a game jam that's completed in 9 hours. According to the rules: I can spend as long as I want preparing. So I'll put a document … Continue reading Trijam, Part 1 of 3
First release: Mana’s Christmas
Just released my first RPG Maker MV game, Mana's Christmas—a Christmas satirical and tactical JRPG that takes 15-30 minutes to complete. I've had it up for an hour and a half now. Two people have played it. Sixteen views and 45 impressions means a 2.2% conversion rate. It's free to play with a "Support This … Continue reading First release: Mana’s Christmas
Alternate educational goals, 2020-21
I could adapt a compact schedule with less end-goals.
Another year, another 24 books
I read 24 books again. It's okay to break even, right?
Educational goals for 2020-21
One of the hardest things about long-term goals is that people keep evolving.