I have no idea how my first page attempt ended up like this lol its kinda weird, also i write super tiny so um… thats why this ended up looking more like a book than a page idk, maybe this was cheating? Also Arthur ended up being a school bully in this because my pen doodle of the apparition ended up looking really stupid.
Btw what would everyone else here have done if they had to make a doomed typewriter sounding character? Cause i had no idea lmao i kinda just messed up the face and threw in whatever afterwards and took any chance I could get to redraw him a little later.
Weird is GOOD for this kind of game. It totally fits the horror vibe and I LIKE your apparition because it feels like something hurtful and uncanny at the same time. Like it fits that you’re dealing with a missing young person dealing with bullying and that’s a part of the game - connecting pieces.
And, in solo games, there’s no cheating when you embrace the experience and you certainly did!
If I were to do a doomed typewriter sounding apparition I’d probably be tempted to draw someone with a broken typewriter for a head or someone with typewriter keys in their abdomen. Thinking about it more, I may consider having them draw typewriters behind them like Jacob Marley or replace the bottom of their head with streaming paper that shows typed lettering. As if they can’t speak and their words come out on that paper instead.
But thank you SO MUCH for sharing your playthrough. I love seeing these.
14 days ago(+1)
Ok thats a huge relief lol! I was feeling self conscious about it because everyone else's attempts look super cool and i have no idea how they made it into a full illustration like that.
I tried to give him typewriter keys for teeth at first with Mandela catalogue-ish eyes but then later i looked up an actual typewriter and tried to make this his face when i got the photo event
13 days ago(+1)
I can tell you, some have told me individually - make your original playthrough and then redesign it as a graphic design piece for some of them. Others, choose a horror film or book as a starting aesthetic and keep it in that vein.
I can see the face from typewriter for sure!
12 days ago(+1)
it depends on the person and their vision. It’s less about putting it all on a canvas and more about putting the important bits together cohesively. Think of it also like putting together a vision board or scrapbook page and look to those for inspiration. But, as you can see, I’ve never done it myself. I enjoy the look of the scrambled message from a horror game. Scraps of information that tell a story.
OMG! Yeah! When I was looking at your playsheet I was very taken by the Owl thread that ran throughout. Kind of talismanic but also not a foolproof one.
How did you land on that? That was actually very cool and VERY thriller/horror film.
I think you’d get such a kick out of Sinister Semester if you played. With your leaning toward writing you’d have a grand time if you haven’t done so.
12 days ago(+1)
Oh yeah i came across sinister semester yesterday i plan on trying it sometime i just want to play one page haven again first because the other endings you made look really cool.
Also the owl thing is funny, it started at the badge event and i just added that because i was trying to figure out what a cool unusual boy scout name would be because normally it would be something like “cub scouts” and owls just happen to by my favorite cute/creepy animal to draw, they are so fluffy looking but will also stare right through you lol
12 days ago(+1)
That’s the perfect one to do it! I think it’s one of the hidden skills M. Kirin’s system requires, and many “lyric” solo rpgs do this too, but the willingness to pull from what we like and don’t like.