When I first started out to write The Dungeon Hive 6 months ago, I wanted to write something that’s different. There’re a number of dungeon stories on Royal Road and I enjoyed most of them, but I had never read one where the MC was the dungeon hive itself. So that’s where my plan started from.

Like I wrote in my synopsis, the idea of a dungeon core having a hive mind makes sense to me. However, despite what some people may think, I didn’t set out to write a comedy. I promise you this is the truth; I’m not making it up. The story just grew into a comedy because…well, I also wanted the hive to be ignorant.

One of the main gripes I have about most dungeon stories is how knowledgeable most of the dungeon masters are. They just came into the dungeon body and they already knew what they had to do; they already knew the steps they need to take (one after another); and if they didn’t, there’s always a tutorial fairy on hand to teach them.

I didn’t want that.

My story will be different! So there’s no fairy, no teacher, the core will not know what to do, and I wanted my dungeon core to make clear mistakes because they just didn’t know better. I didn’t want the core to be stupid though, just ignorant. The idea of the dungeon being the first of its kind came and the comedy just flows naturally from there.

All the world-building came afterwards. The idea of the world being a low fantasy one came after I decided to make the hive the first of its kind. From my perspective, the dungeons are of vital importance to the fantasy genre. Almost all fantasy worlds have at least one and they are important. Think about it; no dungeons means there’s no place to get loot and to grind experience. No experience means the adventurers can’t be powerful, thus a low fantasy world it would be.

I have been honestly surprised by how well received The Dungeon Hive has been thus far. It’s a dungeon story about a dungeon core that basically has a multiple personality disorder. And a comedy to boot! Let’s admit it; this is a very niche story so the favourable reviews and comments were a huge plus for me.

For the near future, I intend to finish Volume 1 whose end is pretty near. I had the ending in mind already and I don’t foresee any problems with it. Whether it will be any good is another question. Once the end is done, I shall slow down my updates and focused on completing the book.

I have some ideas for Volume 2 but I’m not sure if I will continue on or start another story. I do have ideas for a superhero/villain story and a VRMMORPG story which I may focus on while finishing the book so...

Maybe I’ll put down the synopsis of both and readers can tell me which they preferred. Oh, and before I forget; I think the notion that bureaucratic centralism giving birth to nationalism is ridiculous. Nationalism is a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country and it has been around for a long long time. It’s not something new. For example, people in the U.K have been proud of their countries well before the existence of the EU.

PS: The flying pig will not be breathing fire or shitting bricks.

Thanks for reading.

Ghostman

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