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Re: The Epic of the Beyhadur
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Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:53:56 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Adrian Drake writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> > > http://www.lugnet.com/~1168/beyhadur/
> 
> > Nice start, though your choice of font for the narrative text is a little
> > difficult to read.  I've always liked the comic book style storytelling (as
> > is shown by my Castle World and Vader stories)
> 
> Adrian:
> I think the comics are the best way to storytell with LEGO.. maximum Lego
> involved and lots of action!  I think it also makes the read less 'painful' and
> goes quicker.

Exactly.  Nothing against Anthony Sava's storytelling style, though.

> 
> Is it really that hard to read?  I was thinking of doing the whole story in
> that font (dialogue + narration).. I thought it gave it all a cool 'castle'
> feel.  Well... maybe not.

It's not horrible, but I have to stop and think about the words a little
more. It's your design style though, and go with it.  It is a neat font, though.

> 
> Hey that reminds me, whatever happened with Xander de la Vega and his search
> for his father?  That was really a cool story, a kinda humorous as well.

He kind of got lost in a field of non-inspiration.  Then the .space world
got its claws into me, and that was the delay of that.  It's tough having so
many different focuses :)

Oh, by the way, you misspelled "written" on your splash image.

Adrian



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(...) I understand. I'm also currently balancing between space and castle. It was actually space that got me back into story-telling: ((URL) and inspired me to go through with Beyhadur. It would be totally cool to continue the Xander story, tho. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle)

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(...) Adrian: I think the comics are the best way to storytell with LEGO.. maximum Lego involved and lots of action! I think it also makes the read less 'painful' and goes quicker. Is it really that hard to read? I was thinking of doing the whole (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle)

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