It’s so far past my bedtime it’s not even funny but while I struggle with my sleep rhythm and lay here hopefully soon to fall asleep I couldn’t stop thinking about the recent resurfacing of the ancient and yet evergreen issue of how to price indie games- PDFs especially. And as with many things lately, my instinct was to design about it. After the fugue state was over I found I still had some thoughts, so here we are. Have you ever scrolled on itch and found a game you wanted to get and thought… “How much should I pay for this PDF?” - Step One: Keep this handy chart and a d6 ready on the side Step Two: Pick a game off your wishlist on itch.io or from one of the many games on the browse pages Step Three: Go to buy the game and before confirming the price, roll 1d6 and follow the instructions on the IVA-Chart I Value Art Chart (IVA Chart) 1. The suggested price on the Pay What You Can Suggestion + a $15 tip 2. $50, if the game is over $50 roll again 3. Whatever th...
At the End of last month (January 2025) I released Seven Kisses , a card based RPG/card game with Role Playing elements depending on how you'd like to play it, for the 1929 Jam. I had a blast making it, and it really pushed me in the process. Lately I've been kind of blessed to work on several games that have pushed me as a designer past my previous skills and it's been a very rewarding process to feel that joy after crunching through another game design knot. And there were...plenty of knots in the process of designing Seven Kisses . Devlog "The Kiss" (1929), "Madame X (1929) "Seven Footprints to Satan" 1929 "Spite Marriage" inspo for a character Elements: drama, altered timelines, court drama, love angles, murder, adultery, jealousy, money Format: accepting TTRPGs, larps and board games and card games I’m feeling card game bc also I could design a custom deck When drawing cards what’s the longest streak you can connect via number O...