Alight Writing & Design Progress


Despite me setting the recommended price to $0, some kind folks among you decided to give me money anyway for my unfinished game. Thank you! And just in case anybody out there is wondering whether this will ever be more than a text file, I thought I would share some preview images and a little progress update. Some points of interest:

  • Currently formatted as a full-color, 6"x9" book illustrated with 10–13 stock illustrations.
  • Attached rules summary condenses all the player-facing rules into a single, two-page spread.
  • Variant rules spread for people like me who fuss over armor and/or go "this would be better if it worked more like Into the Odd."
  • Rules for long-term consequences ("threat paths" and "endeavor paths") inspired by Blades in the Dark clocks, with guidance for advancing based on player choices and the passage of in-game time.
  • Still working on d100 single-use relics (like potions/scrolls), d20 artifacts (magic items), and d20 powers (spells), likely released in abbreviated form for first round playtesting.
  • No idea how long this will end up being, but shooting for under 100 pages with eventual print-on-demand option.

And for those following along with my other game in progress, Agents of the O.D.D., I haven't forgotten about that one—I'm just taking my time more with it since it's already in a usable state, and I need to run some playtests on it soon before I release any rules adjustments. 

Thanks again to everybody who's been following along on these projects. I really appreciate your feedback and support.

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