Post pls?!?! Why Codex of Aegis is on hiatus.

(Posted on tumblr, astukagaming, and codexofaegis)

Hello, my non-existent fanbase.

Just in case there really is anyone out there, I've decided to make this post to explain some things. You might've noticed the last post on Codex of Aegis was the Guardians of Enthia second draft, and it's last update was already about a week ago. I am working on finishing it, and its actually the main reason I haven't posted anything.

You see, The ALB for the Second Draft was supposed to be special in two ways – one because it was supposed to be the first series up on my new personal youtube (which it wasn't due to a youtube glitch) and second because the THIRD draft of the series is coming – which is totally still happening. Technically I could be posting the stories while I wait for an opportune time to make the episodes for ALB, but eventually I just decided to wait. Which means I also haven't been writing anything. Haha, whoops.

But on the other hand, I am working on a few new projects which include a TRUE first video on the personal channel, as well as a few games I'm getting involved in as well as perhaps a game of my own. Maybe. If I have time.

Believe me though, Codex of Aegis is – as always – my number one priority. I'm just currently swamped with stuff and am waiting for one of them to finish so I can start working on it again. I dream of the day that I can just put stuff on my schedule and get done with it like that, but I suffer from human ineptitude and procrastination.

- JR


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Astuka Looks Back: Guardians of Enthia – The Second Draft

Oh, here we go.

Now, as of writing this, I haven't actually made a story for 2 weeks, besides that one time that I really rushed a few and they ended up being sub-quality. That being said, I should probably be writing more fiction than writing a blog post.

But who the fuck cares, I live the thug life.

Now, Guardians of Enthia has a little bit of history to it; some of which I explained to you earlier. I wrote the first draft when I was in about third or fourth grade, which is why it was pretty shit. However, the second draft I wrote when I was in 6^th grade, and that happened to be when my writing style was just starting to mature and develop.

Like I said, some of the story elements were things based off stuff that I was interested in at the time – things like World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, and Dragon Age. Another thing that got me to write the new draft was that my friend and I had a group in which we would write short stories based in the same universe, and it was fun as fuck. Well, during that, I decided it would be cool to try to make a full book – and what better way to make a new book than use the universe you already had created.

So, I got writing. Everyone in my class knew about it (take in mind I was in a gifted class and “everyone” accounted for about nine people) and decided to make their own stories in inspiration to mine. I have to admit pretty much all of them were shit, and the girl I had a crush on's was the worst, so I decided to be a good neighbor and tell them all of their stories were good [Note: NEVER DO THIS. This is just as bad as saying that its terrible. ALWAYS give criticism, but not in a condescending manner. Never say an actual opinion on the work]. And that's how I became the most popular person in my class of (by the end of the year) eleven.

Eventually I finished it, and here we are. The finished product was actually pretty good at the time, but will it be good now? We'll have to see for ourselves.

Since there's a lot of content to follow with this draft, I decided to make it the first video series on my personal youtube channel. Every so often, I'll update this post when new episodes are up.

EDIT: So as it turns out there's an issue that the verifications for your personal and old channels are different, and apparently I can't verify my personal one because I've used my phone number for "too many accounts". Yep.

So for now I'll be posting them on the AstukaGaming channel.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3!


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