Hey, guys, if we can talk for a second about something that’s not We Happy Few related...
In my other hat- the one covered in significantly more tear stains- I’m a freelance writer. Right now, I’m working on a web serial called Running with Rats that you lovely Downers might enjoy.
Running with Rats is dieselpunk fantasy, set in a utopia gone horribly wrong.
In the city of Isseran, everything is in its proper place. The streets… most of them… are laid out in a neat grid. The Cathedrals of Industry meet their quota every day. The priests and prophets turn lio - the stuff that dreams are made of- into great works that help the people. And the caste system keeps society running like a well-oiled machine.
But the machine grinds unfortunates between its gears. Slaves and soldiers want more than their masters will give them; rebellion hangs in the air.
A girl named Alix stumbles into a group of revolutionary thoughtforms- beings made out of lio. They want to be treated like people, rather than mindless machines. Together, they work to steal lio from the powerful and build a world where everyone is free.
They fight for their dreams, and steal their masters’.
It’s got a lot of the same themes as We Happy Few- hiding in plain sight in a repressive society, the destructive power of social class, the ability of the rich and powerful to rewrite history, the power of one person to change the world- and it’s set in a dark, weird city that’s vaguely like Fallen London and vaguely like St. Petersburg circa 1935.
If this sounds like your kind of thing, please, check it out, I’d love to hear what you guys think!
The first chapter is here. The latest update is here.
All right, back to your regularly scheduled gorgeous screenshots, lore snippets, and vaguely related ranting. Thanks again! Have a lovely day.
