Update - 15/11/2021
Hello guys, how's everyone doing? Hope you all had a nice weekend! I had some family stuff to attend to, so overall it was pretty boring. I did manage to work nicely on Sunday though, so the gear section of Across a Thousand Dead Worlds is almost complete! Phlvx managed to add the planetside exploration rules to the playtest document, as well as a lot of small fixes and additions, so you guys have more stuff to play around with if you're interested! I have already started thinking about the game's future, and I think I'm going to do something different: an evolving story. With each major content release, I want the game's story and setting to evolve and move forward. I already have sketched out what will be chapters 1 and 2, and if I can make it work, it's going to get wild! But for that we must first have a successful KS campaign, so let's make that happen!
I've also worked on a few little details for my next fantasy game, Empire Undying, and it's slowly becoming a very unique setting. I'm excited to work on it full time ASAP! I was talking with Phlvx the other day about Under Ashen Skies though, and I really must finish that game as well... considering I spent a lot of time on it and that it's about 60% finished, it's a pity I don't complete it. I even paid for some art and hired Vi (from Collabs Without Permission) to write some stuff for it, so I have money invested in it and it would be stupid to not finish the project. It's a super cool setting, very dark and gloomy, and the mechanics are fun and fast to use. Now the question is... should I finish UAS first, after I'm done with ATDW, or go ahead and work on EU? What do you guys think?
I was expecting to have the Through Sunken Lands copies last Friday, but with transport being a mess, they didn't come. I'm 99% sure they'll be here this week though, so keep an eye out for tracking numbers, if you pre-ordered a copy!
So that's it for now, this week I'll most likely be very busy making packages, but I'll finish the gear section and then hop to the GM section. Hope everyone has a great week!
Comments (6)
Don’t all great game designers have half finished projects on the back burner? Which one are you more excited about? That’s the one I’d work on. It’s difficult getting motivated about a project if your heart is on another one. Empire Undying sounds great and you seem to have a lot of ideas for it so I’d work on that!
Yeah I must admit I'm more heated up about Empire Undying, but talking to Phil the other day I realized that I had some pretty cool ideas for Under Ashen Skies, and it's a pity I don't finish it when it's so close to being done, haha. But yeah, for now it looks like the next project will be Empire Undying. Thanks for the advice!
I like the idea of moving story line for ATDW. Especially getting in early so I can actually know what the hell is going on! Cool update Alex! Oh you'll probably need to get some fiction writing going too, just saying!
It would be super cool to have someone write some short stories, definitely... If I ever get time I could do it myself, of course. We'll see!
Empire Undying!!!!!
I'm surprised you'd prefer the fantasy one over the modern-day one, haha. Thanks for the vote!