Ooh, the gamification aspects like the leaderboard sound really cool. Have you posted in the writing forum about this yet?
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Whoa, cool! How does this compare with other software like Scrivener (other than the text disappearing after you type which I say sounds neat!)?
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The current version has a completely different focus to scrivener, but a lot of the impending features have a lot more overlap. A big difference will be in earning and choosing what features you want. Scrivener has gurus to teach you how to use it because it can be that complex to newcomers, and all the UI tastes like windows xp. Not that xp was bad, but the aesthetic and capabilities have grown since then.
Where Scrivener gives you everything at once, escapade seeks to remove clutter and distractions and it’s resulted in a vastly different outcome. After next week’s update users will be able to edit the order of the scenes that the program executes for you, so that the entire flow of workspaces can be the least amount for the needs of your project. There’s even going to be a ‘don’t care about stats or editing. Just send results to clipboard and close’ for those that just want the writing environment but want to edit elsewhere.
Scrivener is probably fine for established writers who won’t get swept away in all its features but for struggling or aspiring writers who aren’t getting anything written despite all the plans, the feature overload can be a bit like a toddler in a ferrari, and can distract from the actual task at hand.
Escapade says sure you can have those features but you’d better want them because you’ll have to write 10 thousand words first for that feature, and then choose it over a different feature that will take another 10k to earn. And the user will probably be more inclined to know how to use it, and use it well. They won’t be the features that prohibit the writer from writing in any way, just access to more streamlined tools that are available elsewhere in plethora, plus a few little aces up my sleeve.
If I could summarise: scrivener helps you plan, escapade makes you write. It’s as much a game as it is software. The content/context just happens to be whatever you’re trying to finish.
Thanks for the question. I hope this has made sense as I’ve typed it while out on a walk