VISCERAL has been overhauled!
Hey y'all!
I was blown away with all the support I got after posting my first couple projects. I wanted to be able to give back to all the people who got a copy of the game, and even left incredibly generous tips, sooo I've injected a lot more love into the layout and presentation of this ruleset.
I've completely overhauled the format of the game. Previously I had kept things simple: letter size double pager with three columns of text... far from inspired, but I chose it because it was good for home printing. Now we've upgraded to the handy trifold brochure format! Love this format so much because it's still so low effort for home printing/print shops, while also feeling like a polished product without much additional effort on the user's part. I might take the pamphlet approach for Prey No More as well... More on that in later devlogs.
With change of format I was forced to take a hard look at the writing and make some changes, including Killing My Darling: I cut the over half a page example of play about occult clowns resurrecting their killer clown leader into the body of a gorilla they stole from the local zoo. Lots of other bits were trimmed down as well. I'm curious still if I may have introduced uncertainties in the rules by cutting a bit tooo heavily but time and your playtesting will help with that; this project will continue to be improved on. Think I have a pretty lean and mean game here as it stands tho.
Editing and layout added a ton of value to this project so I raised the price from 1 to 2 dollars. I will be adding more community copies pretty casually here and there, whenever I notice them starting to dry up. This update to the game has cut down on word count significantly; I removed the massive play example from the first draft, and added a character sheet that appears on the back of the brochure. There's also a separate printable that has 3 character sheets on it for easy game prep.
Oh and shout out to Max at Oddity Press https://itch.io/profile/odditypress, and to the other discord folks who gave design advice
Thanks for your support!
-Simon
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Ultralite & Ultraviolent
Status | Prototype |
Category | Physical game |
Author | Van Ghoul Games |
Genre | Action, Role Playing |
Tags | Cyberpunk, Dark Fantasy, fkr, freeform, Horror, rules-lite, Tabletop role-playing game, Violent |
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