Academic Unwinds

Tomorrow marks the day of the season finally on the Helix Mountain map with our Folktail beavers. For the next season, we are playing with the Ironteeth on the Hollows map.

We had started that before and left off at episode 7 before I went ahead and changed the format of the videos. The old playlist is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz1cD...

We can continue that season with episode 8 or start over again on the same map. Let me know which one you'd prefer and leave a comment about what you would like to see!

#Timberborn #v1.1 #Ironteeth #Hollows

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Academic Unwinds

Soon, the current Timberborn season is coming to an end. I figure Helix Mountain could have one more mega project in it. Let me know below: What do you think we should build? If possible I'll make it happen :)

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 5

Academic Unwinds

Just tried to record, but didn't get very far. Will take a break and try again tomorrow. But the next Going Medieval episode is coming soon! Hope you all stay healthy :)

1 month ago | [YT] | 4

Academic Unwinds

Hey all, unfortunately no video today. Got sick over the weekend and didn't manage to record and edit on time. Feeling a bit better today, so I'm aiming to get it ready for tomorrow! Hope y'all have a great Tuesday :)

1 month ago | [YT] | 7

Academic Unwinds

Hey y'all,

Trying take this community further, so I set up a Discord Server. Thanks for testing it with me Star! :)

Public spaces to discuss all things Timberborn, Going Medieval, and what not, sharing builds, and asking questions.

Channel members also get access to:

- Early mod builds (will start populating soon)
- Bug report and feature suggestions
- Members' lounge
- and more...

Here is the link: discord.gg/F4wBdWMGu

To unlock the members-only channels, you will need to connect your YouTube account to Discord under User Settings.

Much appreciate you all being here on this journey with me!

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 3

Academic Unwinds

As I'm editing the video for tomorrow, I'm just thinking... It would be nice to play a game with a story mode instead of sandbox only. What are some of your favorites and would you be interested to see it on the channel?

1 month ago | [YT] | 6

Academic Unwinds

Seems like the votes are in and we're doing one series at a time let game. I'm thinking of starting with the oldest ones (although they are all very close) as of next week. Thoughts?

2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 4

Academic Unwinds

Making use of this opportunity to poll you all again. I appreciate everyone's support for reducing the amount of videos per week. If we're going down to 2 videos (+ 1 potential extra per week), I'm curious of how we should do it, so leave a vote.

As an example with Timberborn: I'm thinking we could either focus on one series at a time (e.g. finish Folktails playthrough first, then moving to the Ironteeth), or alternating series meaning episodes of Folktails, Ironteeth, Folktails, Ironteeth, etc. Still one per week. Same holds for Going Medieval with Ravehollow and Bannerfall. The streams could then pick up the alternative series of that week or that is currently not being played. I would ask you to vote again on which series to start with if you decide the former.

If you have a different idea, let me know.

As for why this is an opportunity, I've been trying to record tomorrow's episode of Going Medieval, but I every time I record, something breaks. :-/ So I don't think there will be an episode (will try again later though - fingers crossed!)

2 months ago | [YT] | 5

Academic Unwinds

I want to think out loud for a bit here and would like your input.

I've been publishing about 4-5 videos a week for quite a while now, but I feel like my video quality has not gone up as much as I was hoping for and other things have been on the back-burner for quite a while. Honestly, there just isn't enough time in the week right now.

Part of that is related to my day job. Academia has gotten pretty rough over the last year (don't want to rant here; it all comes down to getting more funding to keep the jobs for the people we employ alive).

Anyway, with the increased job workload, recording videos has become quite stressful. Not enough time in the day, even for the minimal editing I'm doing. That has led to me getting up earlier and editing before going to work. I was trying to push a bit more over the past couple weeks in the hope I would get to a point where I could bring on an editor, but I can't make that work right now, so I need to find a better solution.

To be clear, I'm not going away. It is a hobby and I really enjoy learning along the way and talking to like-minded people, which is exactly why I don't want this to turn into a grind. So here is what I've been thinking about:

Instead of 4-5 videos a week, I've been debating to narrow it down to 2. That would give me more room to experiment with different formats and bring you more thought-out ideas. And then streams to fill some of the gaps and spend more real time with you. I'm thinking one a month where channel members pick what we do, and whenever I can manage it, an extra one with a vote open to everyone or even just to try out a new game.

I've been mulling this over but can't quite make up my mind... so... what do you think? Would you prefer two (hopefully) better videos a week plus streams, or is the upload volume part of why you are here?

Let me know below... I could really use the help figuring this out.

2 months ago | [YT] | 15