Greetings! :D

I want to share with the community my second itch.io prototype: RINGER.

Last year I tried the Inktober Challenge as a game designer. I wrote 20 games — then I got sick. This year I wanted to celebrate the Challenge in a simple, more direct way — so, I choose a word from the 31 of the Inktober and I design a single prototype around it.

This is how RINGER came to life. I wrote it in about 12 days. It's a story game, masterfull and with six-sided dice (but you don't roll them!). There's no handbook, but a deck of 62 square cards. Revealing cards from the top of the deck, you play the story and learn the game.

Here's the pitch:

You live in a society shaped by the RING (uppercase), something that changed your life. It could be a technological marvelous, a secret organization, a NASA prototype, a isolated community, or a widespreaded cult. You will decide it during the game.

In this society, some people have access to particular things — such as power, techs, or abilities — called rings (lowercase). This makes you a Ringer. Each of you have a Purpose and a Hope or a Fear that will guide your step into the future.

A future that is threaten by a mysterious shadow. It could be something that will change the RING's society forever — or will lead it to a renewal. 

Will you be strong enough to face the shadow?  Or the shadow will crush you and the RING? 

Like any prototype, the first trials were... kind of interesting! :D I smoothed some rules and makes some changes. We are currently at the 4th Version of the game — that will also be translated into Italian, my first language.

I hope RINGER could rise interest in the community since I am in search of feedbacks and critics. ^_^

Here's the link: RINGER