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TTRPG Tuesday: Rider Sprint!

Bonjour, and welcome back to TTRPG Tuesday.  I’m running out of time to get a design in for the ButtonShy contest, and I don’t know if this last week of the month will have enough free time for me to finish it.  So just as an exercise, let’s lay out a plan for what it would take to finish this Riders design to the point where I could get a submission in by the 30th.

  • Get the rules down.  I’ve got a limit of 3 pages, so just getting the bones down is a good start.  A lot of it is already in my general notes, and my notes on the setup.  The usual format: Title copy, Components, Synopsis, Setup, Gameplay, End of Game
  • Finalize and either Wordify or just scan the character sheet
  • Do a spreadsheet of cards.  Start with doing one side, worry about making cards double-sided only after hitting the first goal
  • Instead of the usual card template, make a blown up single card template, and build the cards in that
  • If I can plotz out Rules + MVP components, I’m set, that’s enough for submitting
  • Lol no way will I get that other possible submission together.  Let’s focus on getting this design together in time, then a fleshed our pitch for Envy of Ajax, alongside submitting Cicadasong for Blue Ink.  I’m productive! I make stuff! I earn my place on this Earth!
  • Too far bro

Alright, well - that’s a nicely segmented plan of attack.  We’ll see next week if I got it done in time.  Til then!

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