You are right. Thinking about how the factions work was not low effort at all. I even have a lot of digital artwork (no AI), concept art. But writing this was indeed about speed more than anything. I'd like to publish more stuff about the same fictional universe, while taking more and more steps to make it better. It's an iterative process. I will lower the price.
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I lowered the price and posted a simple devlog. I'm working on the next book and... Oh boy, it could take me a year to complete the thing. I'm reading, writing, taking notes, listening to advice, making modifications to a few pictures I'm going to post. It's a lot of work. But this time I have a better understanding of what I'm doing.