09.04.07
He Got Game
So, yeah. Not much to say; I haven’t played any games since last night (due to the whole ‘work’ thing) but for right now, I’m still trying to pick out what I want to do next on my backlog list. Everything’s pointing to either Radiata Stories or Kingdom Hearts II… more leaning to RS. I’m probably going to keep working on SRT on the side, but right now the last thing I want to do is stare at a portable system for hours on end at home.
I’ve also started a new project (yes, after all that talk about clearing up old projects, starting a new one is sort of contradictory– this one is supposed to be a long, large-periods-of-non-productivity haul), a role-playing game. I’d had some ideas about a tabletop game back at the end of high school, but those got scrapped as I realized my system was overcomplicated and my attempts at worldbuilding sort of fell flat. I’ve drawn up the basics of a relatively simple system (hybridizing d20 and White Wolf, to a certain extent) and am fleshing out some of the content and skills available. I’m also working on a very cohesive theme for the game (human evolution, done in a more feasible style than Marvel’s mutants), and looking at it as part-game, part-thought-experiment. If I feel brave enough once I get a draft written, I might start playtesting it at GASP. But that’s a couple of months off; right now it’s in an extremely embryonic form. More as it develops.
Though I can say this now: I have a lot more respect for indie game designers now.