Comments on: Open game design project, Part 1

By: gameplaywright.net // story, games, together

gameplaywright.net // story, games, together — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:49:23 +0000

[...] feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet Box WordPress PluginGame designer Matt Snyder recently launched an open game design project with the goal of creating a modular tabletop RPG game system that individual game-makers can use as [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:37:20 +0000

I had not seen those Plugins before. Very interesting. That’s the kind of thing I’d love to see, yes. Thanks for posting the link.

By: jenskot

jenskot — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:00:11 +0000

Check out the Plugins at Amagi Games:
http://www.amagi-games.org/

By: gravity

gravity — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:38:42 +0000

Great idea. I just recently opened my eyes to the indie scene, but I’m a convert who now finds it hard to look back. Anyway, if you need “playtesting, community support, and ultimately creator-owned publishing”, consider me an Apostle for the cause.

By: Open game design project, Part 2 | Stories You Play

Open game design project, Part 2 | Stories You Play — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:47:39 +0000

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By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:12:31 +0000

I’m late to the party on Apocalypse World. I haven’t had a chance to see anything about it yet. But, I am very eager to get my hands on it. I would not rule out using an existing game as the kernel of this framework. That said, obviously it’s up to Vincent in that case.

And, yes, I’m aware of the Fudge background.

As for the reputation of the designers for whatever this becomes, I largely agree with you. I don’t think that people who are unknown will get sufficient traction. I certainly hope to enlist folks with established design credibility, if not Vincent and Luke. Fortunately, my contacts in that area are good.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:08:03 +0000

Ah! Yes, Mike, we’re on the same wavelength then. That’s the kind of thing I had in mind, yes.

By: nemomeme

nemomeme — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:05:00 +0000

I feel like Vincent Baker has just created this game. Apocalypse World looks traditional and potentially has huge cross-appeal there. But it’s a story machine for fast, furious drama. Maybe he’s willing to open it up; it’s super adaptable if he and others with him are willing to do the work. It already has the attention and enthusiasm of several designers.

Recall that Fate itself had the platform of the FUDGE army. I myself am a proud member of both of those armies.

But it’s been a ten year campaign.

I suspect that absent that kind of platform, what you propose needs a designer of the reputation/exposure of someone like Vincent or Luke and a skeleton like AW or Mouse Guard to see much traction in the next few years.

By: misuba

misuba — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:37:06 +0000

…I admit that thinking of a name is the first thing I did. I’m always doing that. It’s embarrassing.

You know how Dresden Files messes with stress tracks and Fate-point refresh to obtain a massively different feel from SotC? I’m thinking like that. The “core” of Fate is still there, but none of the core is inviolable. (Maybe it’s just a matter of slicing the modules finely enough that things like reward systems are understood as being swappable and hackable… or maybe it’s got to be a core tenet of this thing that modules are never as cleanly separated and snap-together as they might say they are.)

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:41:14 +0000

Wow that was a fast reply, Mike!

I THINK it’s what I have in mind, but I’m not sure what you mean by “core.” What I have in mind is that the pieces of the system are very familiar to players, but that various iterations of games would have, say, very different reward systems for different types of play.

And, I totally agree it needs a kick ass name.