Mad Max Inspired Mayhem
I saw Mad Max: Fury Road a when it came out a couple of months ago and got all inspired for some...
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Tag: game
Assimilate!
I am a big geek and am well on my way to converting my children to Nerd-dom, too. My 8 year-old...
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May The Fu Be With You
I asked my 5 year old daughter this morning if she would like to watch a movie. Her reply? “Yes please. Star Wars!” To make her even more awesome, she wanted Episode 4! It seems only appropriate then that I post a little something-something for you all. I present, for your gaming pleasure, my take
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NaGa DeMon
I am christening this month National Game Design Month (NaGa DeMon). When I proposed this idea I thought of it as an alternative to NaNoWriMo, something for non-noveling game fans to do during November. BUT WAIT! It turns out, you don’t have to write a novel to participate in NaNoWriMo.
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Idea #19: Upstairs / Downstairs
Write a story, scenario or game about a secret war waged between and by the household staff of wealthy families in Regency, Victorian or Edwardian England. In this setting the prosperity of the Lords and Ladies who rule over their estates is entirely i…
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Idea #16: Sci-Fi High
Write a story, scenario or game about high school students attending an intergalactic high school in the far-flung future. Of course the students would have to deal with all the usual things you expect to see in a high school drama – peer pressure, dat…
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Idea #15: War is Hell
Write a story, scenario or game about soldiers that must literally fight in Hell. Were the characters alive and tricked into an eternal war, or did they find themselves in the service of Lucifer, Mephistopholies or some other entity after dying in batt…
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Idea #14: Sound Game Idea
Create a game that uses the “Randomize” option on your preferred music device. Make the use of the sounds / music integral to the play of the game – don’t just use it for atmosphere, but instead for action resolution, scene framing or something e…
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I Am A Spotlight Hog!
Rob Donoghue had an interesting post on his blog recently, talking about the use of...
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Idea #3: NaGa DeMon
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and I strongly recommend you all give it a try, at least once. For those of you more interested in games than novels, though, why not use November as your very own National Game Design Month (NaGa De…
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Idea #1: The Normals
Create a game or write a story about the only people in the world that DON’T have superpowers. Do they have to keep secret identities so nobody finds out they are unpowered? Perhaps they have secret hideouts – but to what end? Are they relegated to s…
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What the hell is an indie game?
A funny thing happened to me this week. I decided to make an order to Indie Press Revolution (Fiasco has just been released and I had been meaning to pick up a few other things) and asked a few friends if they wanted to piggy-back on my order. Marty took me up on the offer but
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