#mapmaking game

[toadlett]

Spent this afternoon getting this new zine ready for print! I am an Island is a solo mapmaking game where you use your pwn physical body as inspiration for a map! I'll have it for TAGS in October, plus of course putting it up on my itchio, and it'll be free for patrons!

UPDATE: went ahead and put it on my itch! you can get it for £3!

https://toadlett.itch.io/i-am-an-island

[dungeonofthedragon]

Magestar: Funded Day One

Thanks for supporting my post-apocalyptic fantasy mapmaking game! Not only did Magestar meet its funding goal day 1, but it exceeded it again by half.

I've been thinking about how to thank folks for this lovely show of support. For now, I've added a stretch goal! We're currently just $70 away from an additional playbook: the Slayer!

Provided we reach that target by the end of the month, everyone who has backed Magestar- whether digitally or physically- will receive an extra playbook. The Slayer is someone who once hunted monsters, but has since shifted focus to supporting their community. It plays into a lot of Big Feelings I have about monster media, and I hope I get the chance to share it with you all.

Have no idea what I'm talking about? Still on the fence? Check out Magestar!

[openstorygames]

Snow Day?

Have some fun with Whither & Whence! Imagine your way to Granny's without having to brave the icy roads, or measure your path in heel-to-toe steps in the snow. And don't forget to finish with a tasty treat like hot cocoa or snow cream! Start your snow day adventure at https://open-story-games.itch.io/whither-whence

[dungeonofthedragon]

New Magestar Update!

Read all about Rest prompts here!

[linguaphile]

...okay but if I wanted to make a solo fantasy-ish journaling/mapmaking rpg about discovering magic in the land around you, is that a thing other people would be interested in??

Like where the premise is that each day you, the player, go find a real location in your own neighborhood that vibes with a somewhat broad prompt and then use what you find/sense/encounter at that location, plus a handful of prompts, to journal in-character about what you, your character, have discovered about the hidden magics of the place? (Your character is, I think, a researcher of some kind who's part of a team trying to track down and catalogue vestiges of magic that remain in a world whose magic has been fading - and so you'd also get to develop your character as you worked through the prompts, learning more about why this research matters to them, when or how they may have encountered magic in the past, whether they have a theory about how / why it is disappearing and whether it should be allowed to disappear...)

Inspired by A Mending and Field Guide to Memory, if something can be said to be inspired by things you have only read about and not played 🙃

I both know this is a hyperfixation, AND that I do really like the idea a lot and if others were like "oh hey v cool" I would weaponize the hyperfixation to make it happen 😂