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Although I've only released one d-mod and a demo, I have started many others and some of them have already grown big.
This is how I go about it:
Step 1) Write the story. Completely. This usually ends up taking a few months, but results in 20-40 pages.
Step 2) Finish the starting place completely, so I have something nice to end up in whenever I test
Step 3) Map only the vital places of the next chapter. This means, if there's a big area between two cities, that I only map a direct line to the village. Finishing the other maps around it comes much later. If there's another city to end up in, I create that completely (same reason as step 2).
Step 4) Script everything to make the chapter playable.
Step 5) Map all surrounding areas you can access in the chapter and add monsters.
Step 6) Send what I have to beta-testers.
Now, repeat step 3-6 for every chapter and you're done.
This is how I go about it:
Step 1) Write the story. Completely. This usually ends up taking a few months, but results in 20-40 pages.
Step 2) Finish the starting place completely, so I have something nice to end up in whenever I test
Step 3) Map only the vital places of the next chapter. This means, if there's a big area between two cities, that I only map a direct line to the village. Finishing the other maps around it comes much later. If there's another city to end up in, I create that completely (same reason as step 2).
Step 4) Script everything to make the chapter playable.
Step 5) Map all surrounding areas you can access in the chapter and add monsters.
Step 6) Send what I have to beta-testers.
Now, repeat step 3-6 for every chapter and you're done.
