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Do you want to play a roleplaying game with a story that isn't centered around violence? Do you want to play in a large group, or without putting the burden of running the game on a single person? Do you want a game designed to encourage healthy, consensual social interaction? ...
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We're very excited to be able to tell you that Rosette Diceless will be available July 25th, 2018.
Rosette Diceless is a lightweight tabletop or live-action roleplaying game focused on consensus-based, story-focused, improvisational roleplaying. There's no single game master running things, you don't need any dice or other randomness, and ...
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We're quickly approaching completion on our GM-less roleplaying system Rosette Diceless. We're so close, in fact, that we'd like to show off an excerpt from the book! While the contents still might change, this sample should be very close to the design and contents of the final book.
Below, you ...
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Often, the most effective ways to communicate a work's tone are also the most subtle adjustments. In digital games, creators too often put off or overlook background sounds, even though they immediately set a mood.
Our roleplaying game sourcebook Rosette Diceless doesn't come with a soundtrack, but books have a ...
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At the end of February we released "(I Fell in Love With) The Majesty of Colors" Remastered. Now that the furor and stress of the release week is behind us, we can look back at how it went.
We've been generally very pleased with the critical and fan response ...
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The other week we gave a talk at James Madison University as part of their CS Speaker Series at the invitation of our friend Prof. Michael Stewart.
We presented on "Ethical Intention in Development," and we now have a video that combines our slides with recorded audio from the ...
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We're super excited to announce that "The Majesty of Colors Remastered" is complete and will be released February 28, 2018. In preparation for the release, we've put together a FAQ with info that should satisfy any burning curiosity you may have!
But first, here is our (pre)launch trailer! ...
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I've been a judge for the Independent Games Festival for at least six years. It's been an amazing time to have free access to the best works in independent gaming. The IGF has evolved a bit during that time; the grand prize winner in 2011 was Minecraft. The 2016 winner was Quadrilateral Cowboy. The vast majority of my time as an IGF judge has been in a post-Minecraft world, where developers knew that there was the potential for their tiny one-person indie game to be bought by Microsoft.
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Due to unconfirmed reports of unpurchased IndieGameStand keys showing up on key reselling sites, we've revoked Steam keys which have not yet been redeemed from IndieGameStand and Desura, both sites that disappeared or changed hands without paying us money they owed.
Most people who bought the game should be totally ...
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When Gregory released "(I Fell in Love With) The Majesty of Colors" in 2008, the video game world was rather different. Flash games were big. No smartphones supported Flash, but that was fine; the iPhone App Store only had 10,000 apps, with the best-selling being a peaceful thing called ...
