sonofableep

it all started off innocently enough, with the TheAudioProgrammer saying, “hey i’ve got a little time in the next day or two…you got any odds and ends you need me to wrap up?”  after a little thought i replied, “yeah…maybe some UI stuff i’ve been meaning to get in…the absence of which keeps getting called out in the playtest feedback…let me mull it over for a minute and i’ll shoot you an email…”

so i start to write the email.  which prompts me to jump in game to check out a couple things to make sure i know what i’m asking for.  which prompts me to drag TheSoundDesigner into the game to assist me in this endeavor.  which leads to 30 minutes of playtesting.  which turns up a number of related UI things that need some lovin’ and should be mentioned in the email.  which prompts me to open my UI audio design doc and start rifling through the half-baked material therein, revise it, and add my new findings.  which forces me to update the layout of the whole doc.  which means i need to update the corresponding elements in the audio project files themselves, and notify TheAudioProgrammer of this via my ever-lengthening email.  which leads to consolidating a bunch of one-off UI audio bugs, also to be included in the email.

and now it’s six hours later and i’m hitting send.  and the email is…long.  but i feel like i’ve really whipped the current crop of UI audio loose ends into good shape.  all that remains to be seen is if TheAudioProgrammer is now going to take one look at the email and say, “fuck THAT.  i said i have a *little* time, remember?”