This summer, I was fortunate enough to take part in the School for Poetic Computation’s Worlds in Conversation class, led by Everest Pipkin, Weaver Walker, and Caro Asercion. It was a real boost to my motivation and excitement when it comes to game design, and I’m hoping to be posting more here. Specifically, doing small, …
In my last “review” of Universus, I said the following: “I think this game far outpaces the Pokémon TCG in terms of having levers to pull on, and I know I barely scratched the surface of the gameplay.” This was, I know now, a severe understatement. I’ve played a lot more Universus in the intervening …
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It’s been a while! But I have been working away at the Nether Prison just a bit. I knew I wanted some random encounters/wandering monsters in the prison, so I took a look at the stocked rooms and picked out 16 of them to fit into an Overloaded Encounter Table, in the style of Prismatic …
They start as bones — it always starts with bones. Set to guard. Mindless. The mold and dust and detritus of a dark dungeon hall will coalesce in layers like organic sentiment. Given enough time, this mess begins to resemble flesh once more. The bones cloak themselves from the bludgeoning damage of the priest. Their …
(Well, I’ve thoroughly failed at my goal of publishing every weekday. But in my defense, I got a new job! I’m working on a new routine to make this work. Here’s some giant rat abilities.)
The Walking Dead
Centipede abilities!