So this week, I've been tinkering with the different categories of weapons that players can utilize. I wasn't happy with the original setup, so I'm completely redesigning... all of them, lol. And honestly, they feel better, at least conceptually. Nothing I have here is particularly revolutionary, but I feel like they now each have defined playstyles.

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Melee

High damage, but typically can only hit enemies adjacent to your miniature. Since you will often spend a turn closing the distance to your...

We've been making some progress this week! So far...

• Finished the Trinket system for player character creation
• Finished the Quirk system for player character creation
• Implemented better balance between Stress, Void, and Corruption meters
• Updated the digital character sheet to incorporate everything above
• 37 (total) pages written for the playtest document
• First draft of the book cover received (maybe you saw it in my earlier post :) )

Also, here is the link to...

It's been a slow week with little progress made. Worked on a lot of various things, but nothing actually finished...

• 3 artists hired. Finished artworks coming soon.
• Worked on Trinkets & Quirks for character creation. Almost done.
• Played around with some boss designs, just nothing of interest to show off.

TViT Dev Update 03

Making steady progress!

• 3 of 6 player classes refined and ready for public playtesting.
• Built the 1st draft of a website for The Veil is Torn! HTML is cool, but also I hate it at the same time (because I'm not good at it).
• Made some revisions to the web-based character sheet, and set it up within that website.
• 2 artists hired and in talks with a 3rd. First art piece is almost done!
• 33 (total) pages written for the playtest document.

One of the artists I'm working with sent me her initial drafts and dayumn. I'm excited for the final versions.

TViT Dev Update 02

Busy, busy, busy week over here, both at my day job as well as my game development projects. So what's changed this week?

• Tweaked some larger game system rules to make things easier for players to interact with. I'll have to go back and tweak some class-specific rules as a result, but oh well.
• Built the 1st draft of a digital character sheet that can run on your web browser! Will be a nice option for folks who don't want to manage a paper character sheet / weapons / items /...

There's a new stray cat living in my neighborhood- I've already encountered him several times while out for a walk or taking out the trash.

He's a friendly little guy who likes head scratches, and I'd love to take him, but I can already tell by his demeanor that he's likely happier living outdoors than he would be living inside. So I'll just settle for giving him scratches whenever I see him.

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Aging is the realization that Bionicles will simply never be as cool as they were in your child mind.

You only get to ride that high once.

TViT Dev Update 01

Okay, so the whole point of me blogging here is to track the progress I've made on my TTRPG... so how far have I gotten?

• 2/6 playable classes refined for playtesting purposes
• 41/150 weapons & items created
• 1 artist hired and in talks with a 2nd one
• 15 pages written for the playtest document

Perhaps I'm simply not the most creative person, but I've never been good at creating new characters from scratch. I've always been better using a writing prompt style - taking 2 or 3 character traits and mashing them together to see what kind of person that would be.

And that is exactly how character creation works in my upcoming TTRPG, The Veil is Torn. At the start of any new campaign, each player will get the chance to create a new Survivor (the term I use to refer to player characters). First,...

Why is it that (for me, at least) creative inspiration always seems to strike late at night?

I get home from work, decompress, and you would think that would be the perfect time. Nope. 11pm rolls around? I am now possessed with that creative spark and I've got 3 new ideas to implement into my game, working on it until 1am... and then I have to go back to my day job in the morning. Time for more caffeine.

Anyone else? Just me?

Reminder to my fellow creatives: perfect is the enemy of good.

You can always make improvements later.

In its current (draft) state, The Veil is Torn supports 3-7 players.

One player takes the role of the GM (Game Master). The remaining players take the role of Survivors.

The GM guides those Survivors through a scripted or freeform campaign, acting as a narrator and playing as The Other, the campaign's primary antagonist.

The Survivors each build their own character based upon a random Quirk and a random Trinket, then picking out a Class and selecting their starting equipment.

During...

Greetings everyone,

I'm Tom, the head of Root And Bone Gaming, a 1-man-and-2-cats indie game studio.

I'm currently working on publishing my first full game, a post-apocalyptic TTRPG titled The Veil is Torn. I'll be posting development updates and any random ramblings about game mechanics that need to escape my brain.

This place seems cool. \(ᵔᵕᵔ)/