For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
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Reflections on the Completion of a Dungeon World Campaign
My online role-playing group and I recently wrapped up a dozen or so session campaign of Dungeon World. Dungeon World is considered a “Powered By The Apocalypse” RPG, which has been a popular style of game over the last decade. This post is an attempt to summarize my thoughts on the system, comparing it and […]
GameMaker Snakes and Ladders Tutorial
The following is a tutorial to help game developers learn how to make a simple game using GameMaker. This is an (almost) utter beginner tutorial. I’m quite new to Gamemaker and this was the second project I worked on after making my own Asteroids game (occasionally referring to the excellent “Space Rock” tutorials). I’ve been […]
Professional Dungeon Masters
There’s been a new trend in role-playing games (RPG): professional dungeon masters, who are people that run role-playing games for money. With RPGs, the dungeon master (DM) does quite a bit more work than the other players. They need to understand the system better than anyone else playing, design the adventure, keep track of the […]
Wacky Story Idea #7: Family With An Aging Dragon
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
Wacky Story Idea #6: Game of Thrones What If…?
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
Wacky Writing Idea #5: An Anti-Romance Novel
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
Wacky Writing Idea #4: Birthright meets A Song of Fire and Ice
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]
Machine Learning Is The New MBA
Years ago businesses noticed that graduates from Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs had a toolset that was unusual and useful. These graduate programs were producing people distinct from general undergraduate business programs, in that they had a good understanding of general business principles applicable throughout an organization, combined with analytical techniques that could be […]
Wacky Writing Idea #3: Orkonomics Meets Pete Holmes’ Crashing
For this, and any other Wacky Writing Ideas, I happily release them into the wild for anyone to use. If you like the idea and want to write it up, do so with my blessing! If you want to change it or use it for something else, have at it! If you really want to do […]