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Everything I do before dying

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:43:50 GMT

I would like to work on a game inspired by the book The Path to the Nest of Spiders and the collection of short stories The Crow Comes Last.

The game is about children and teenagers who, for one reason or another, have joined the Italian partisans. The mechanics will mainly focus on the inability of the protagonists to “make war” with the spirit of the adults. Yet they will participate, often even at the cost of their own lives.

I haven’t decided anything yet about the narrative authorities (so I don’t know whether to use the GM figure or create a game without a game master), but I have in mind a division of the game in scenes with the protagonists interspersed with scenes that shed light on the adult world (the characters’ relationships).

Also, I know for sure that I want a prohibition (“don’t shoot”) whose violation leads to other paths, certainly more adult and mature than before.

Download keys for Inscrutable Cities

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 04:48:11 GMT

Hi fellow Calvino jammers,

My game, Inscrutable Cities, is behind a paywall, but I'd like anyone in this jam to be able to check it out for free if they like. I generated two dozen download keys that must be claimed to be used, and I don't really mind if you share any spares with friends if you find them:

Hopefully this is not too spammy, I just wan't sure of a more straightforward way to share them here.

Happy Autumn!

-Julian

Story with elves

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:44:37 GMT

The elves are typically depicted as tiny men and are my favourite fairy creature type for their nonsense but usually kind behaviour.

My game will feature a click mechanic to let the player go to the next page in the story. The main feature is subtitles, for the story text to be delivered in tandem with narration for audio users. The camera will be slightly rotatable to give the player an unprecented ability to look at what they want in the scene.

I wanted to have more "gameplay" elements but decided to keep it like reading a book with minor enhancements.