Greetings & salutations!
1. I'm Professor Gonzo, the magnificently evil bastard alter-ego of some hack writer.
2. This is my first time existing, it's quite... Nice.
3. My inspirations all stem from the brain of some nitwit who pulls my strings.
4. The aforementioned hack (whom, I do not associate with, by the way) isn't very good at releasing things. So this has been a challenge for him, a breeze for me ofcourse, everything is easy when you've been alive for as long as I have; seen the things I've seen.
Let's go!
Hi Everyone!
1. I'm Mike, aka Laughing Penguin
2. Yes, first time! The last Jam is what inspired me to finally get this project finished and polished up enough to show!
3. My submission was inspired by some random musings on a Reddit topic that I decided to work through into a playable game. I've been playing around with a lot of mechanical ideas recently, but this is the first I'm throwing out into the world.
4. I mostly want to get the game in front of people willing to provide feedback to make it better, or even if they think its a neat idea as-is.
Although we're from the Session Zero Heroes Podcast, I'll introduce myself specifically.
Hi!
1. I'm Wahl or MartianSmith.
2. First time!
3. Games that encourage one to do something IRL are very interesting to me.
4. Life is exhausting and hectic right now, so I hope to simply finish a few things, and I'd like those things to make players feel better and maybe players can use them for other games, too.
Hi everyone,
I'm Erin. I'm a new designer from Australia who has been trying to make a tri-fold game every month this year, while I'm helping my friend Michael with his own design work. This is my second design jam, the first time in the One Page RPG Jam. Still trying to get my feeling with designing stuff. I'm inspired by all sorts of stuff, I figure the more inspirations and the more input the better. My whole aim here is just to refine my craft and get it noticed by a few other people.
Thanks for reading.
Hello All! My name is Judith! This is my first time competing in the Jam, and I just love the concept! I am a HUGE fan of fairytales turned on their head and turned into something different, don't know if I am going to us that for this, but I'm still noodling. I have had a crazy and stressful summer so far, and I need something to take my mind off the chaos of my work life, and something fun to stretch me creatively! I think this challenge would be great for that!
Hello there, everyone!
1. My name is João (but you can call me John!)
2. This is my first Jam ever!
3. I'm interested in narratives, and with that, I think about telling (or would like to tell) things that I like!
4. To improve my design skills in various areas, both in games and in plays. I'm very excited!
1. Howdy, y'all! I'm FlacoTaco (Flaco for short).
2. This is my first time competing in a Jam of any kind.
3.Right now I'm inspired by the Star Wars universe and the Sci-Fi/Fantasy flavor it offers.
4. I hope to create a game that I can play with any member of my family, young or old, and include with it at least one original idea.
I'm so looking forward to growing from this!
Participating in writer's workshops are a helpful way out of the writer's rut. Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk got me out of a major TTRPG writer's paralysis. Resources meant for short story and novel writers, but I have found ways to incorporate tools into TTRPG story telling. Writers workshop is probably the best thing I have done to improve my TTRPG game design skills. Keep trying out workshops until you find one that is a good fit!
Big fan of his work! Been reading his stuff since high school. I think I own just about all his books. Have a few hard covers I lost due to moving I need to replace though. Lullaby is still an all time favorite!
Glad I could help! I have read a handful of books on writing. Most were the kind of books you read before bed to go to sleep and I didn't feel like I learned much. Chuck's book is fun to read and packed full of writing gems. Hope it helps you too!
I started with Lullaby about eight years ago. I got a signed copy from a local secondhand store. I have twelve of his books, with one of them being “Consider This,” which I will start today per your recommendation. Three of his books in my collection are signed—Lullaby, Diary, and The Invention of Sound.
Glad to meet a fellow fan of his work!
Hi everyone!
1- Im Noomue
2- this is my second year participating but last year couldn’t finish mu submission. This one I had success!
3- for me is a bit of a mashup. The Hydra scene in Hercules, the Mean Girls movie, the movie Split, and a bit of anime violence but not to make it gory. Managed to add the theme Growth with the head growth/sprout/pop? And I think the trope can be the “everyone wants to be prom queen” at hischool
4- firt to finish a game during the jam, and have a finished product by the end that looks nicey. Also to have fun and make something that can be played in a quick opportunity like while you wait for your pizza at a friends house in order to watch a movie.
Hello!
| Q | Basil | Dunkwad |
| 2 | First time entering the One-Page RPG Jam, definitely | Yes (i think) |
| 3 | Creature-raising ala Monster Rancher and Digimon, Monster Rancher in particular is a type of creature raising sim that I haven't seen emulated how I would like so far (if you've got recommendations, I'm all ears!) | i've got shop management sims on the mind, especially potion craft as fantasy's just a comfort genre for me. |
| 4 | I wanted to make something fun, with a clear end state, and with decent replayability. An enjoyable system you can pull out every once in a while and go through the entire gameplay loop in one session | i want to make something interesting and fun; something bite-sized that people can throw in their trpg campaigns or play every now and then for fun. |
Hi everyone and thanks for this fantastic game jam! I am really enjoying myself - and getting ahead of myself.
Your Name: RPG Elise (@rpgelise.bsky.social)
Is this your first time competing in the Jam? First time for this jam. This is my 6th TTRPG Jam on Itch.
What genre or tropes are currently inspiring you? For Dungeon Blast, I wrote for my GM style which is players going off the rails and having a laughing good time. Magic wands back-firing in Wizard Newbs has been a hit when GMing this at convention tables, so I brought this back with the magic bombs goblins toss for Dungeon Blast. Its a bit of a sequel from Wizard Newbs I have been wanting to create for sometime. If the table is laughing and having fun I have done my job as a GM.
For other jams this month, I have really been into Lovecraft style horror and finding tie ins with the current social and political climate and using mechanics that don't use mental health as a mechanic and instead use other spooky concepts. I recently submitted The Abandoned Abbey for the Appx N Jam, and created a mechanic called The Clock, the number of days you have to live in the post-apocalyptic world.
What do you hope to accomplish or how to you hope to challenge yourself during the jam? One of my big goals in game design is fitting an interesting story and replayability in a small space of a game. In TTRPGs, you get about an 8,000 word count, you are further challenged in one page TTRPGs. I think my biggest challenge so far has been the 36 word TTRPG, Endurance. One way I tell stories in a small space of a TTRPG is through the art. Art can give you a vibe for the places or in encounters you might run into. I also try to pick out relatable scenarios players can quickly get oriented to. In Wizard Newbs its a TP heist because the TP ran out. In Dungeon Blast it is "acquiring" new furniture for the goblin lair because adventurers recently came in and smashed the place. These are all situations we can relate to and don't require a whole lot of back story. This saves space on the page. For replay value, I use roll tables. Roll tables can effect the setting you play in or what hazards you face. Wizard Newbs and Dungeon Blast and a variety of magic items you can use and dice rolls impact what affect they have or if they back fire. Players get replay value by trying different magic items each time they play and GMs selecting new locations for each game, for example. Contributing to TTRPG jams with highly limited design space really helps challenge me as a creator to tell effective story in small space. It has been something I have been studying for years. I attend writer's workshops and study game design and other skills. I am always trying to find new ways to apply the tools I learn in other spaces to TTRPG game design.
1. Marco "Maremma che Giochi"
2.Yes, it is my first time and my first jam at all in english
3. My game has a genre generator, so I could say it is one of the twist here. Variety is my remedy against boredom!
4. I wanted to try to write a little game in english, and to meet other authors too. And also growth is a good theme
Good day, Everyone!
Hi all! Just yesterday submitted my first released game [HERBICIDE] to the jam! Hope you've all had fun this month, and achieved what you were hoping to!
I've already had a few downloads and one payment, so expectations already exceeded haha. It's a surprisingly nice feeling =]
