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A jam submission

The Planet Is DyingView project page

A one-page sci-fi storytelling game for 3-5 players.
Submitted by Always Checkers Publishing (@alwayscheckers) — 33 days, 11 hours before the deadline
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Submitted(+1)

Hell yeah, what a cool hack. I think you did really well with the constraints that a single page put on the Fall of Magic system, and the parts you left behind were really smart ones.

Favourite details: There's some fantastic worldbuilding going on in the character creation and locations. I love the leading prompts and the glitzy, grungy, cyberpunky roles. I also love how the Chosen provides a focal point that really concentrates player energies in the one page format, maybe even in a more tangible way than The Magus did.

Maybe next time: The vaporwave cityscape looks gorgeous on the cover, but it's a little busy on the play sheet -- I can read everything, but it's harder on the eyes than I want it to be for such dense text.

But yeah, the writing is great and you should be proud of this piece.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Awesome, thanks so much for taking the time to check it out and leave a review!

It sounds like you really get what I wanted to do with this theme, which is rad. It’s a bit of an experiment as I feel one-page FoM hacks have a lot of potential! Changing around the Magus and how you interact & move with them is a fun thing to play around with.

I totally agree about the layout. It’s not my strong point and it’s a bit tough to read. I kinda liked the dark, retro aesthetic the background gives 

Something to work on if I come back to this game :)

I’ll check out Faewater very soon!