After 9 years of work, SOAT now stands at 16328078 bytes. And the preview version I mentioned last time stands right where it was -- I haven't heard anything from Sam in the 2.5 months since, so I no longer have any idea when the preview will be available. But never fear, work on the full game goes on in the meantime. I have been filling in gaps for fairly late parts of the game recently, with details including a talking dog and a battle at sea.

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> 37 locations, 319150 bytes (8625 per location) [2001/03/25]
> 54 loc, 438797 bytes (8126 pl) [2001/04/08]
> 80 loc, 573649 bytes (7171 pl) [2001/04/30]
> 95 loc, 794677 bytes (8365 pl) [2001/05/21]
> 115 loc, 949191 bytes (8253 pl) [2001/06/06]
> 132 loc, 1105293 bytes (8373 pl) [2001/06/15] *
> 145 loc, 1259378 bytes (8685 pl) [2001/06/25]
> 152 loc, 1470894 bytes (9677 pl) [2001/07/08]
> 155 loc, 1598537 bytes (10313 pl) [2001/07/23]
> 158 loc, 1746880 bytes (11056 pl) [2001/08/14]
> 166 loc, 1809922 bytes (10903 pl) [2001/09/25]
> 179 loc, 2018080 bytes (11274 pl) [2001/10/18]
> 209 loc, 2188235 bytes (10470 pl) [2001/11/08]
> 220 loc, 2316166 bytes (10528 pl) [2001/11/30]
> 285 loc, 2605419 bytes (9141 pl) [2001/12/19]
> 296 loc, 2794886 bytes (9442 pl) [2002/01/27]
> 301 loc, 2891546 bytes (9606 pl) [2002/02/04]
> 304 loc, 3038874 bytes (9996 pl) [2002/02/15]
> 309 loc, 3146158 bytes (10181 pl) [2002/02/23]
> 311 loc, 3267399 bytes (10506 pl) [2002/03/09]
> 311 loc, 3449854 bytes (11092 pl) [2002/03/23]
> 318 loc, 3714958 bytes (11682 pl) [2002/04/06]
> 330 loc, 3987346 bytes (12082 pl) [2002/05/01]
> 412 loc, 5290126 bytes (12840 pl) [2002/06/25]
> 417 loc, 5534723 bytes (13272 pl) [2002/07/20]
> 445 loc, 5951946 bytes (13375 pl) [2002/09/04]
> 451 loc, 6181927 bytes (13707 pl) [2002/10/08]
> 451 loc, 6337773 bytes (14052 pl) [2002/11/04]
> 454 loc, 6602028 bytes (14541 pl) [2002/12/01]
> 456 loc, 6877294 bytes (15081 pl) [2003/02/15]
> 459 loc, 6953122 bytes (15148 pl) [2003/03/01]
> 460 loc, 7102484 bytes (15440 pl) [2003/04/01]
> 460 loc, 7217654 bytes (15690 pl) [2003/05/01]
> 463 loc, 7410958 bytes (16006 pl) [2003/06/01]
> 464 loc, 7655714 bytes (16499 pl) [2003/07/01]
> 464 loc, 8473865 bytes (18262 pl) [2003/08/01]
> 464 loc, 8101358 bytes (17459 pl) [2003/09/01]
> 464 loc, 8140964 bytes (17545 pl) [2003/10/01]
> 465 loc, 8181632 bytes (17594 pl) [2003/11/01]
> 486 loc, 8197166 bytes (16866 pl) [2003/12/01]
> 486 loc, 8197166 bytes (16866 pl) [2004/01/01]
> 485 loc, 8889647 bytes (18329 pl) [2004/02/01] **
> 490 loc, 9614464 bytes (19621 pl) [2004/04/21]
> 491 loc, 9854149 bytes (20069 pl) [2004/06/13]
> 10063192 bytes [2004/10/23] ***
> 10177700 bytes [2004/11/20]
> 10179362 bytes [2005/01/01]
> 10331884 bytes [2005/01/11]
> 10426354 bytes [2005/02/15]
> 10503046 bytes [2005/04/01]
> 10576958 bytes [2005/05/01]
> 10830199 bytes [2005/06/01]
> 11004821 bytes [2005/07/01]
> 11109205 bytes [2005/08/01]
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> 11261072 bytes [2005/10/01]
> 11388432 bytes [2005/11/01]
> 11542625 bytes [2005/12/01]
> 11355007 bytes [2006/01/01]
> 11425523 bytes [2006/02/15]
> 11611039 bytes [2006/04/01]
> 11640914 bytes [2006/05/01]
> 11848769 bytes [2006/06/01]
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> 12043809 bytes [2006/08/01]
> 12287368 bytes [2006/11/16]
> 12406753 bytes [2006/12/01]
> 12620681 bytes [2007/01/01]
> 12832810 bytes [2007/02/01]
> 12920349 bytes [2007/02/15]
> 13234479 bytes [2007/03/01]
> 13352602 bytes [2007/04/01]
> 13454855 bytes [2007/05/01]
> 13660068 bytes [2007/06/01]
> 13829000 bytes [2007/07/01]
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> 14311033 bytes [2007/11/01]
> 14317981 bytes [2007/12/01]
> 14234894 bytes [2008/01/01]
> 14274387 bytes [2008/02/01]
> 14278691 bytes [2008/02/15]
> 14327569 bytes [2008/03/01]
> 14394075 bytes [2008/04/01]
> 14989987 bytes [2009/02/15]
> 15568134 bytes [2009/06/03]
> 16127147 bytes [2009/12/01]
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> *, **, *** = change of metric for game size