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My rough draft for Too Much Information is now available! The current draft contains everything necessary to play the game, and also the requirements for Challenges 2-A and 2-B. I still need to finish Chapter 3 (the full setting chapter) and the appendix that will have resources to help the player and the GM, and because of that they are not in this draft. I think once it's time to actually playtest, I'll release it as a folder with individual chapters because of course the game made for the contest to poke fun at Monte Cook would balloon into a much bigger project than I anticipated.
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Despite the deadline pushing I might be out; the time I set aside for this was eaten up by IRL commitments. Sorry about that. To those still in, good luck! buddy:
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Sep 18, 2016 15:22
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...And then both the laptop and the usb with the rough draft on my end got corrupted and died. Apologies to join the growing ranks, but I'll have to bow out of this one. I'll still try to complete it in my own time, however.
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Sep 18, 2016 17:31
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It's not looking like I'll be getting this one done in time either. I not only procrastinated too much for how much material I need to make, I'm once again going through medication withdrawal because lately I seem to have the worst experience trying to get a drat refill on my cymbalta.
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Sep 18, 2016 19:59
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I didn't get as far as I wanted to, but I made some good progress. Here's a piece of fiction for On Any Other Day. It uses three fonts, three font sizes, and is as cheeseball as I can make it. Here's my progress so far in a Google Doc. I think my work is about half done - unfortunately two of the other creative directors at my agency were out this week, so I had to pick up their slack, so my usual "work on my own projects" time was just about nil until Friday. Next week should be better. I'm going to add these two links to my old post as well.
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Sep 18, 2016 20:30
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Here's the goods for now. It's playable in this state, at least if you know how to play D&D, but I think it came out a little bland. If I still have any wherewithal next week I'll try to punch it up. What I've learned so far is that I'm really bad at spelling. Also please note that I anticipated the question on the realism of multikill and rebutted it with the bulletproof, "I said so, and I'm the game author." argument. Now can I complete Challenge 2A and still have time to buy new socks? Edit: I mean anybody with real planning skills would have started on the draft in week 1, but this thread is pretty good evidence that happened 0 times out of 34. DalaranJ fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Sep 18, 2016 |
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Sep 18, 2016 20:38
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The real world slapped me in the face too. Sorry, folks, I'm afraid I'm out. This system I was putting together has some promise, though. Watch for it on Kickstarter.
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xyGwbTIzw2EenMWRkMZPpABqMGXT9y8LAM-T8Kl6ypg/edit?usp=sharing Here's my super rough draft of Hole in My Life. I've got most of the core rules for it down, other than some possible tweaking as I move forward. I suck butts at writing fiction stuff, so that's going to be much slower going. Also, this is meant to be more of a micro-game that you play in an evening, so the rules are super short. I can probably come up with some other excuses as necessary.
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Sep 19, 2016 01:29
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Having an awful week while trying to work on a game with an awful subject is not fun. I give up.
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Sep 19, 2016 01:36
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Sorry to hear of people dropping out; as someone who has a few half-games from old TG contests, I know it can be really hard, and I appreciate that you gave it a shot. If you want to keep tinkering with it and letting this thread know about your progress, I know I'd love to follow that.
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Sep 19, 2016 01:40
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I'm still missing a couple fundamental chapters. I'll spend tomorrow just puttinf stuff on paper. I swear this will get done.
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Sep 19, 2016 02:05
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I am also missing a few chapters - HOWEVER I do want to post what I have so far just to keep moving and try to polish off the rules tomorrow! This is my first time doing this, so it's actually kind of amazing when you start to put stuff down on paper and O poo poo IT KEEPS GOING as you think of little rules quirks you hadn't considered when the rules just existed in this nebulous form in your head. So far, Character Creation and basic conflict resolution are down, which is the core of the system. I'll need to fill out some further details about the world, extended conflicts (combats) and what impact the major arcana in the tarot cards have (which is the primary method by which I actually live up to the concept of synchronicity). BUT I'M NOT DROPPING OUT. I need to prove to the world that something can get done with Zybourne Clock. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-WgKIvPsDqYLXBGYXRYYTFFcmc?usp=sharing
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Antivehicular posted:Sorry to hear of people dropping out; as someone who has a few half-games from old TG contests, I know it can be really hard, and I appreciate that you gave it a shot. If you want to keep tinkering with it and letting this thread know about your progress, I know I'd love to follow that. I'm out , but if I get the rough draft ever finished up I'll post the google doc link in the thread. Good luck to all who remain!
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Yeah, I hate to say "me too", but I've been short on both inspiration and time and just need to focus on prior obligations and the moment, so I'm out. I'm really happy to see this run, though, and I'd love to see a return to more regular TG contests.
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Sep 19, 2016 11:34
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Got some stuff written up, but not quite enough for a rough draft. Gonna keep plugging away for now!
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In light of people continuing to work, and the fact that I would rather judge as many games as possible, I'll bend the rules again and say that anyone who can post a playable draft by the Week 3 deadline is still in/will still be judged. Speaking of which... PART 3: PLAYABLE DRAFTS For this week, post a playable draft of your game! It doesn't have to be complete or polished, but it should be in a state where it can be played. Deadline is Sunday night, the 25th. BONUS CHALLENGE 3: INADVISABLE STRETCH GOALS: OUTLINES The bonus challenge for this week is intended for those of you who may be ahead of the production curve. Time to get back in scheduling Hell by adding a stretch goal! For this one, your challenge is to outline another project that will be attached to your main one. This project must also be named after a Police song, and it must be a song title that nobody used for their contest entry; however, this time you're free to choose. The new product can be a supplement for your main project, a standalone minigame, or the legendary ~fiction collection~ that adds dubious value to so many Kickstarters. In true stretch-goal fashion, you may farm this out to a friend (and then blame them when it's late, natch).
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Antivehicular posted:In light of people continuing to work, and the fact that I would rather judge as many games as possible, I'll bend the rules again and say that anyone who can post a playable draft by the Week 3 deadline is still in/will still be judged.
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I don't want to be That Guy, but is De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da available for this challenge? I see FutureVillainBand hasn't posted since declaring entry.
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Sep 20, 2016 01:25
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Rather Watch Them posted:I don't want to be That Guy, but is De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da available for this challenge? I see FutureVillainBand hasn't posted since declaring entry. Given that FVB has never posted, I'm okay with you snagging it.
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Antivehicular posted:In light of people continuing to work, and the fact that I would rather judge as many games as possible, I'll bend the rules again and say that anyone who can post a playable draft by the Week 3 deadline is still in/will still be judged. In light of this I'm gonna hold onto what I have for a little longer as I can't help but think its terrible in the state its in.
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Hey, I just discovered that the most convenient time for me to playtest will be next week on the evening of Monday the 26th. I'd like to claim a playtest as soon as I can, if possible. I'll be running for 4-5 hours and will have 2-3 players excluding myself. If anyone can have their playtest draft all set by the evening of the 25th, that would be great.
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DalaranJ posted:Hey, I just discovered that the most convenient time for me to playtest will be next week on the evening of Monday the 26th. I'd like to claim a playtest as soon as I can, if possible. I'll be running for 4-5 hours and will have 2-3 players excluding myself. If anyone can have their playtest draft all set by the evening of the 25th, that would be great. I'll commit to that. I'm on British Summer Time, but I'll have you a playable (but possibly bad) game by the time I go to bed on the 25th.
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Will have my first playtest this thursday. Hopefully, IŽll have something to test with the players by then. Will let you know how devastatingly theyŽll critique the current design stage. Bwahaha.....ha....haaa.....haaaa.....hmpf.potatocubed posted:I'll commit to that. I'm on British Summer Time, but I'll have you a playable (but possibly bad) game by the time I go to bed on the 25th. Bad but playable describes 90% of modern tabletop rpgs  So at least we are in good company. Edit 2: I present the Playable Beta for Truth Hits Everybody. And of course, my own playtesting fell through tonight. drat. Mr.Misfit fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Sep 22, 2016 |
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Sep 20, 2016 13:43
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And hot on Mr Misfit's heels, here is the playable draft of Can't Stand Losing You You'll also need the sheet of citizens; it's about 14 short of a full deck but there are enough people there to play with. E: A maybe-easier-to-read pdf version. potatocubed fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Sep 22, 2016 |
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Sep 22, 2016 14:37
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And here we go! I have a design of No Thyme This Time up for review and possible play testing. I have a play testing date set up for October 1st; I'll see if I can delay in choosing a game to playtest as a result, see if I can accommodate some late-comer.
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Sep 22, 2016 23:11
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Oh, right, the deadline is tonight not Sunday. Well, I can handle that.
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Sep 22, 2016 23:21
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Oh gently caress.  I'll be a couple of days late.
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Antivehicular posted:Deadline is Sunday night, the 25th.  I only have one and a half chapters left to write. I might have it up tonight so I can have it out there fornat-be-damned.
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Sep 23, 2016 01:23
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Oh, well, now I have some RL people to apologize to.
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Managed to make some progress, but a bunch of life issues have killed my free time. Coupled with some mechanics issues, I'm going to claim that shifting over to Flexible Funding on Indiegogo will help provide a high-quality product that totally isn't a complete scam designed to part people from their money. I'll have to post it up in the design threads, as it's good to have constraints to guide things and I know I'm a slow writer.
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Holy hell, I got this done. This is a link to the Too Much Information playtest packet. It contains: -The Too Much Information Playtest: 79 pages long (  ). The Google Docs outline will serve as the table of contents. Hopefully I can add an table of contents and an index in the future. I'll separate it all by chapter in the folder if the playtester requests it. -The Too Much Information Character Sheet -The Too Much Information Library Creation Worksheet Please enjoy this mild parody of Monte Cook games and 90s gaming that got more elaborate than I ever thought possible. Now, without further ado, it's time for Bonus Challenge 3 because boy do I love writing words! I am pleased to announce my first supplement for Too Much Information: Secret Journey, a collection of alternate worlds and settings for Too Much Information: Secret Journey Opening Fiction: "Y2K Compliant" Chapter 1: Other Views Snowman: If you had access to all the human knowledge in the world, what would you do with it? If you answered anything other than "strip mine it and sell off the parts," you're not going to hack it here. You are an agent of Snowman, and you know the greatest secret: there are no nations or ideologies. The world is a business, and you will rule it. Icebox: The bear is running ragged. Nations are leaving the Soviet Union and the center cannot hold. The Americans are tearing things apart on a cosmic level, and you and your comrades can only bandage the wounds. No more. With leaked access to Furnace's technology and techniques, you'll bring the fight to them. Exiles: The border between the planes is thinning. The people that live on the physical plane, they think that nothing in The Library can cross over to them. As an Intruder, a Tulpa, or a Homo gestalt that has crossed over to the physical plane, you're about to prove them wrong. But be careful: living on their turf means playing by their rules. Chapter 2: Other Times 1901: The Golden Age of Magic is coming to a close. Once revered and beloved bringers of truth, magical orders have become petty disgraces, wrapped up in the drama of society pages and the minutae of physical things. It's going to take one hell of a magical ritual to turn the tide. Luckily, you have just the thing to do it. You're going to enter a place no one has dared step into before: The Akashic Record. You are a member of the Order of the Argent Moon, and you are about to make the biggest mistake of your life. 1999: The veil has fallen, in more ways than one. Furnace's crimes have come to light, and The Library and its astral plane have crashed into our physical plane, flooding the earth with infinite amounts of possibility and memory. You are a Furnace escapee, or a Burner who has awakened from what has become known as The Crash. You must band together with you fellow outcasts to split the two realms once more, all while avoiding the detection of a Furnace with nothing to lose. Chapter 3: Other Worlds Home by the Sea: It was supposed to be an easy job. Break into some nobody's home, steal their stuff, then turn a profit and live like kings. There's just one problem: the house is full of angry ghosts and bad memories. Hold on to who you are if you want to make it out of this heist alive: once they've taken away everything, you'll be floating with the rest of them. Storming the Wizard's Tower: Huzzah! The Foul Wizard has died, and his treasures are for the taking! As golden knights of good, you will do what is right and take his ill gotten gains for queen and country. Now if you can only avoid the Foul Wizard's monsters and traps, and the terrible curse in the walls that threatens to make you into the Foul Wizard reborn...
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Sorry to say, but I'm dropping out. This contest forced me to come up with some fun ideas, but I was unable to put them together into a cohesive game in time considering other commitments. Best of luck to everyone!
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Alright, Here's the playtest version of When The World Is Running Down You Make The Best Of What's Still Around Sorry about the appearance of some of the tables, but I don't have the willpower left to fight against whatever monster thought it was a good idea to default to a non-monospaced font on google docs.
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Sep 25, 2016 21:11
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I have made something, and if I don't submit it now, it won't get done. You could say ambition was my downfall. Hungry For You, with main book and character sheet. I can... only hope this conveys everything as intended.
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So, I have a playable draft up already, but at this point I must withdraw from the contest. My health is now at a point where I can't reasonably playtest a game. I wish you all the best of luck.
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Black Wombat posted:So, I have a playable draft up already, but at this point I must withdraw from the contest. I'm really sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself, okay?
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I've downloaded all the games available thus far, and am looking them over. Given the limited amount of time I have remaining for prep (basically the next 3 hours), I believe I should, with no irony, choose No Thyme This Time! My apologies to potatocubed, but I'm not certain my host would be okay with the potentially adult content of Can't Stand Losing You as his children tend to invade our play space fairly regularly. In any case, I can already tell that I have lost. Many of you have done a fantastic job with this.
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Oh, wait, drat. Black Wombat had to withdraw from the contest. Should I still playtest their game?
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Sep 26, 2016 02:56
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DalaranJ posted:Oh, wait, drat. Black Wombat had to withdraw from the contest. Should I still playtest their game? I would prefer you playtest an active contestant's game, but I will certainly allow No Thyme This Time playtests.
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Then I will claim Hungry For You
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