In my last opinion piece, I provoked a certain subsection of the world of RPG enthusiasts by slaughtering a particularly sacred cow: the D&D-style combat system. A surprising number of people wrote in agreeing with me. Predictably, however, others responded in one of two ways: (1) “So you think a…
Read More »Dungeons and Dragons, son of Chainmail, is the great granddaddy of the modern role-playing game. Its importance cannot be overstated: not only was it revolutionary for its time, it has also directly inspired many of the early computer RPGs on which the genre is now based. Because of D&D’s power…
Read More »Sometimes, in order to save something, you have to shatter it. Making Telepath RPG: Servants of God has taught me some hard lessons about the importance of modularity in designing a larger game. I’ve finally reached a point where, in order to finish creating the game, I must break it…
Read More »A recent Gamasutra interview with Matt Findley has caused a firestorm of debate to erupt across the internet concerning the continued vitality of turn-based RPGs. Findley is an alum of the now-defunct development studio Black Isle, which produced legitimately brilliant turn-based RPGs like Fallout. So you can understand why an…
Read More »The final boss music for Telepath RPG: Servants of God has been…uh…finalized. I’ve made the track available on Youtube for those of you curious to hear it and unafraid of having portions of the game spoiled for you. Speaking of which: SPOILERS AHEAD.
Read More »I’m pleased to announce a brand-new character for Telepath RPG: Servants of God. Due to popular demand, I’ve decided to include a new Easter Egg character (and I do mean egg): Buh’Baque the Ravinale Chicken. Buh’Baque is a psychic rooster with a mysterious past. Where do his powers come from?…
Read More »The human brain is a categorization machine. Cognition as we know it is made possible only because of this fact. By putting things into categories, we understand that those things share certain exclusive qualities. This is as true with games as it is with anything else. Game genres are categories…
Read More »As we usher in the new year, we traditionally look forward and decide how to be better people. As a game designer, I want us all to make better games. Accordingly, I want to address an unfortunate intellectual current I have seen coursing through the indie community as of late.…
Read More »This is what you get when you pre-order Telepath RPG: Servants of God: unrestricted access to the full game as development proceeds. Want to explore Somnus, delve into the deeper crypts, or find out what happens after the execution? You’ll be able to do all that and more! a 20%…
Read More »Telepath RPG: Servants of God will be available for pre-order within the next week. Ready your credit card! (Or, if you don’t have one, get started nagging your parents. That works too.) Actually, you have more options at your disposal than just credit cards and parental nagging. I have learned…
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