One of the many things to arise to prominence in recent years is data, and the idea if a thing can be tracked and evaluated, it should be. Never mind the invasive nature of such an idea, it is the data that matters! Not pithy ideals like privacy and security. At least, this is what the collectors of such data would have you believe.

We here at the Calamity take a much more pragmatic approach: we want to collect data on our internal processes to better improve attractions development. The Calamity will be built, but to do so efficiently means to collect and evaluate information on how we operate and how much of what we do can be automated.

Some things will never be automated. Every single fucking word you read in any Calamity publication is hand-written. Every single fucking one. But for everything else? Backups, version control, content catalogs and libraries management … this can all be tracked, evaluated, and automated to some degree, which is what our internal focus is at the moment with the software and plugins we’re developing. We want to automate the boring shit, so we can focus on the fun shit: writing devastatingly terrible stories for your amusement.

Let’s get into it →

There’s more infrastructure development happening, as usual, as of late. It’s the same update but a different week: A Vampire’s Vengeance, House, and Bus Driver are all moving full steam ahead, while the other writing projects receive minor updates here and there as the project management development progresses. There is a whole system being built to support Calamity construction, and it remains our expectation that the completion of this system will bring unprecedented progress across the various attractions we have been building. As usual, more to come! Keep your eyes on this space for more updates.