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Shit ass month all around

November ain't a great month for me at the best of times to be honest. I've never been a fan of Thanksgiving. And I don't think I have to explain why this one in particular sucked shit. I had a ha...

The Fixer

The Fixer was a weird playbooks to write all things considered. Every character in Protect The Sacred should, at some level, be a heroic figure. The Fixer is a common fixture in a pulp story. The w...

The Face and The Future

You ever do a thing in a project where you’re juggling three ideas that explore a similar space but are still their own unique and distinct thing, but you need to still define these boundaries? T...

Another playbook for your consideration

We're most likely going to be a playbook hell for a hot minute and that's really okay. I think I've finally accepting y'all, my audience, is okay with that. But I think I've been struggling to be ...

I Lived Dammit...

Sometimes good plans just go to shit for reasons out of your control.

I had full intentions of doing at least 2 playbooks, doing some design work, restarting playtest. And then my roommate br...

How Do You Make Playbooks?

Last month my main goal was to finish the Tag chapter of the final book, fully explaining how exactly that mechanic works in great detail. But with out of the way, I set my eyes on a greater task, ...

Tags

It's weird to finally be at a place where the game is starting to look like a book to me given how long it's been in development. But given that this month alone I've written almost 4000 words on w...

May Update: It's Smooth (Featuring Santana)

I don't think this month's update is likely to be very long. Not because there isn't much to report, far from it, it's probably because there is so very much.

The first of which I want to re...

PLAYTESTING IS HERE

Protect the Sacred's first complete playtest is here!

Protect the Sacred is a anticolonial pulp adventure game that looks to emulate the mood and tone of the pulp movement beyond just as th...

Monthly Update and Reward: Early Playtesting

Most of my month has been preparing a vertical slice of the game for mass consumption. If you aren't familiar with the game design term. It's a polished selection showing the ultimate goal...

I can finally tell you about the Secret Protect

You know that secret project I keep telling you all about? Well the nda is up so I finally get to talk out loud to you about it outside of code names and vague gestures.  I've been working on ...

Some Reveals

Most of my work this month have been focused on two things, the top secret nda work I've been under contract for and the last bits of production pipeline work for Protect the Sacred. Two things you...

New Years Resolution

Another year down and I want to thank you all even more for the support you'd shown me through it.  My work is slow often times and lacks the turnaround speed of other art forms, so the sustai...

REWARD: Short Story "Snaggin' "

I want to thank you for the chance and opportunity to work on stuff that isn't directly tabletop related. It keeps my mind fresh and motivation high to be able to make and complete smaller things. ...

Quick Question

Would y'all be okay if I spent some time writing some short stories (with quicker turnaround)? This is on top of doing pipeline and outlining work I need to do for the first draft of course. I have...

BENCHMARK HIT!

Another big benchmark has been surpassed with your support and help! Protect the sacred is officially out of production. So what does that actually mean? It means that all the mechanics are done, d...

Phases

adventure journals are how we do experience in this game. They're basically a log of cool things you do in a game as nominated by yourself or other players, creating moments. We want to highlight:<...

One Mechanic Left

This month is busted out some of the biggest mechanical monsters in the entire game. I worked out titles and expressions (the basis for the entire magic system), Stress (the health system), Touchst...

Things are really movin'

Once I got through those playbooks, things really picked up in development. Playbooks, while important (it's 112 pages of content in the final book after all) are very time intensive and thoughtful...

IMPORTANT: Reward Related! Jobs and Testing!

I got a lot done this month in a way that felt like a lot of nothing but most certainly was not. For one, got a new job. I can't say too much about the new job, just that it for a big tabletop comp...

Another Giant Milestone Reached!

I worked myself ragged this month but I did it. I finally finished the playbooks. It took me a few months, but I finished the first draft of all 28. These things have been vital because they're vit...

We've Hit A Groove.

This month was my roommate's birthday. We had a cool little daytrip to the Zoo where I took a fuckload of pictures and it was honestly nice!

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Monthly Update: Let The Magic Begin

Last update I told you all that I finally finished the first 14 playbooks that all-together form the Form Lodges. Essentially who is your adventurer as a person? What makes them a good and valuable...

No April Fools Here

We finally did it!

This legitimately is a major landmark in game development. I ap...

Drive: A Mechanical Post mortum (and other updates)

I actually had a pretty good birthday this year (outside of the the toothpain). I got a couple games I love, some kitchen stuff, and a new dresser. As soon as I can eat properly  I'll make fry...

Happy Birthday to Me

Last month was a bit of chaos as I had to deal with some medical emergencies. I once more find myself thankful for the people in my life that can help me make the choices and navigate bureaucracy I...

New Years and New Goals

I've spent the last month juggling a lot of projects between a lot of social or personal obligations (including needing to make time for an emergency root canal). I think it's safe to say I've been...

December and end of year round up

Technically I don't think I've been part of patreon for a year yet, but I this is end of the year enough for me. Having a patreon has definitely helped me work healthier. Having someone to answer t...

THE DRAFT

I cracked open a new notebook and am currently on the fourth and final draft of the  Protect the Sacred mechanics. For me, this is the stage of game development when all the features t...