My co-conspirator Max Johnson and I put together a little solo/coop RPG as part of a game jam! If you like slasher flicks, check out *And Their Bodies were Found the Next Morning* https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/404718/And-the-Bodies-were-Found-the-Next-Morning
Phew—Cyberpunk GMA deck almost ready to launch!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larcenous-designs/the-gamemasters-apprentice-cyberpunk-deck
My school year is wrapping up, and I’m planning ahead for next year while the students finish their last assignments in the next two weeks or so.
My big sticking point is how to begin the RPG unit. I think I want to start with having them make characters, but is that too much? Should I do pregens for the very first days and then have them make their own? I could TPK the pregens to give them something to avenge 😂
A student of mine has their second game up on Itch.io! Check out Shipping Day, a sliding tile puzzle: https://jeremykdev.itch.io/shipping-day
One thing about #teaching at the end of the year: the last six weeks of school are absolutely destroyed by testing. AP, state assessments, and various proficiency exams (including ones with no passing score, just requirement to take) absorb about three weeks, then it’s the last week for seniors, and then it’s the last two weeks of the year, where everyone is just done.
Gotta stop the testing if you actually want to improve what would be tested.
Why is Star Citizen never going to be finished?
“We knew early on that, to hit the fidelity we expect for Sq42, we would need to do some R&D on bedsheet deformation. This work is currently underway and, if successful, will allow the AI to deform their sheets when entering, exiting, or sleeping inside them. This is a challenging assignment and expands the complexity of the feature. For example, what happens to the sheets if the AI needs to exit the bed in an emergency?”
Hashtagging with #politics to let people filter—just to be clear, while I mostly post gaming and teaching content, I am not OK with the status quo or the fascist agenda. Taking away a person’s right to choose whether or not to bear children is about controlling that person, not protecting children, babies, or even fetuses. It’s about keeping the poor poor and ensuring an impoverished class exists to exploit. It’s despicable and harmful in many ways, and doesn’t prevent abortions from happening.
As part of my nerdery while teaching (English and Game Dev both), I use video and audio clips as signals. This is how I indicate someone is in trouble. https://youtu.be/mwRXE3o9kMI
#coffee count for the day: 24 oz coffee, 2 cans coke, 1 cup tea. Not bad! I don’t have a headache, but I also feel like I’ll be able to sleep sometime tonight.
Game designer, teacher, owner of Larcenous Designs, LLC.