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Hello! This is a PipJam Crew Magnificent Check-In Hotline! Feel free to check-in with your concerns and questions! It may take time to respond, but we will try to do it as fast as we can!

We are excited to announce that Pip the Mimic’s Magnificent Module Jam has officially started!! Our team is more than thrilled to see what amazing ideas and breathtaking stories participants will come up with!

And now, the moment you have been waiting for…

This year’s Pip the Mimic’s Magnificent Module Jam prompt is:

“The World of Heroes”

Feel free to interpret, modify, and play with topic!

Ready, set, jam!

This is an official teammate searching thread! 

Feel free to team up and introduce yourself in here!

Template for potential teammate matching:

1. Name and pronouns

2. Module idea?

3. How can I contribute?

4. What teammates am I searching for?

5. How to reach me?

6. Extras: time zones, availability, hopes, dreams, and wishes

Hello hello! 

To prepare you best for the jam, we are starting a series of warm-up exercises based on Three Pillars of role playing games: Exploration, Combat and Social Interaction.

Why are these pillars so important?

They are like flavors, enriching the game for various types of players and characters. While combat is thrilling, a good puzzle or a heartwarming NPC can also become a memorable part of the campaign. One character may excel at disarming traps, while another might be a skilled negotiator. Placing these characters in different situations showcases their strengths and weaknesses, ensuring all players feel engaged in the story. Today, we will be talking about Exploration. Exploring the new area can become a great way to convey the narrative, or to prepare characters for further encounters. For example, there are “environmental storytelling skeletons”. Placing a dead body in some area can imply the potential danger of the space. The items around the body can convey the story: the locket with a photo of loved one, or a faction insignia that tells a little about the affiliation of the ones who came there before heroes. In addition to this, exploration parts of adventure can become a great way to test the characters- or the players. The slippery path can require a dexterity check- or right spell- or a way around. The door can be locked, but also it can be trapped, or may require solving a riddle to be opened. But why was it locked or trapped in the very first place?

One of the great ways to brainstorm the encounter ideas is using powers of randomness as a base idea. For example, the story cubes are often used by storytellers to come up with a plot base. This method works great with encounter design as well, as it often provides some unusual combinations resulting in interesting story premises. The method is often provided in 1-page RPG systems to aid DMs in on-the-spot adventure-building. As an exercise for today, let’s try the “Roll for Encounter” game. For this game, you will need 1D6 and 1D10.

First of all, let’s choose the type of environment!

1. Castle/House
2. Dungeon/Cave
3. The vehicle of some sort
4. The Settlement

5. The Mountain

6. The Tavern or The Shop

Then, we add some magic (optional) (1D10)

1. Alteration
2. Conjuration
3. Divination
4. Enchantment
5. Illusion
6. Invocation
7. Necromancy
8. Abjuration
9. Wild Magic
10. No Magic?

Add flavour-up!


1. It’s a trap!

2. There’s an obstacle!

3. There is a puzzle!

4. There is a mystery?

5. Someone lives there!

6. Someone used to live there!


Add a treasure (2D6)


1. The Curse OR the Cure
2. Hoards of gold
3. An ancient artefact
4. The Secret Knowledge
5. Bizarre Potion
6. The New Friendship

Now, think of the encounter based on rolling results. Write out some aspects of it, like the backstory, or the visual description. You can interpret each result the way you want to add personal flavour to the idea. Feel free to share final result in the thread!

I love the style and mechanics! Lots of fun

THe design is absolutely beautiful!

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Beautiful work!!

Yes, but I assumed first it is intended.

Hi! I love the animations and the concept! It feels very fun! The only issue is it is hard to find your location and where you haven't been. Something like map or narration may help the design!

Hi! I found a glitch where sometimes treasures would not load! Aside from this, the mechanics are super fun!

Fun and simple gameplay, super hilarious concept

I enjoy the character design and humor of the game. The only advise I may have is to not stretch the monster parts or add thighs/shoulders so that body parts can remain identifiable in gameplay. Aside from this, it's super fun!

the visuals are very cute!

Slava Ukraini!! <3

I loved the idea of the game as well as the visuals!!

hilarious and involving game, I really love color change option

Super cute strategy game!! THough, I'm still confused how to use any buildings aside of walls and barracs

The game is amazing! Though, I would balance it slightly better. Slava Ukraini!!

There is a regulated number of fortunes, and a code randomly picks one from list.

I got the message "Zip contains the file that is too large". The file size is 250 MB. File size maximum allowance is 1Gb. Moderators don't respond to the email. What shall I do?

Thanks!!

Love all those different possible interactions between different tiles and uncertainty on which tile set you get next. If only the map was a little bigger...

Very interesting exploration platformer that forces on-the-spot thinking. Didn't get what the gremlin does, but it (probably) didn't impact my play experience.

A cute game that enforces strategic thinking. Played it instead of studying, but the game is worth every failed class.
Couldn't manage to get further level with two hammer beetles and  shield one, will try again a bit later.

Played this game since 13, an amazing project to have fun and explore biology and AI. It would be cool to add some kind of dimensionality, but all-in-all the game is super fun.

Funny and amazing brings those positive vibes. Want to make contest with my friends on this game!!

Hilarious project and cute art style! Are there any recommendations on lvl 3?

Amazing project with amazing art. Page swiping adds book this sense of preciousness, and the pumpkin search idea gives the game this exploration momentum. Amazing collaboration!

It's so hilarious! Concept is very interesting, and the style is super cute. Though, it's a bit tough to play this game alone :^