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Oh noes, the Risus RPG has been sold off: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/risus-rpg-seems-to-be-up-for-auction-or-sale.882032/

I resumed work on The Unwanted Hero after a week-long detour, but there's not much to show today, so here's a screenshot from ten days ago:

Hello, everyone! My #GameDev news for 5 June 2021 are here. Inside: a project comes back to life, and we learn much about RPG history. Enjoy! https://notimetoplay.org/blog/gamedev-news-20210605.html

Wait, when did we cross the 400K-game mark on Itch.io?

When Itch.io becomes a trend-setter: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/382715/Steam_now_lets_devs_join_forces_and_create_their_own_bundles.php

Gay culture is telling your straight friend to enter "Gerudo outfit Link" into a search engine and getting a (virtual) blank stare in return.

I took a break today to release the first Ramus update in over a year, featuring a new link type and a keyboard navigation fix: https://notimetoplay.org/engines/ramus/

One thing I like about Twine: I can make fixes, re-export, hit Refresh in the browser, and unless the data structures have changed, resume playing from wherever I was. Few other programming environments have this quality.

45 passages and 5055 words! My WIP game is starting to take shape. I still have a lot of work ahead of me just to get part 1 done.

Hello, everyone! My #GameDev news for 25 May 2021 are here, with word of my work in progress, historic games, business, finances and more: https://notimetoplay.org/blog/gamedev-news-20210525.html

Looks like I'm finally doing it! The Unwanted Hero is a text-based #RPG I've been planning since 2016, but lacked the experience needed to make it happen. Until now.

Turns out Dragon Quest, the seminal #JRPG, will be 35 in less than a week. This came out a week ago: https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2021/05/14/dragon-quest-35-anniversary/

This message brought to you by the utter lack of discussion about rule systems in the CRPG and JRPG scenes. I was pointing it out years ago; it's 2021, and things only got worse in the mean time.

Dear #CRPG developers: are you tired of players complaining about poor combat, advancement and so on in your games? Rule systems aren't an afterthought; they're key to a good game. Ask your colleagues who design for tabletop.

TFW you search for "gamebook rule system" and the first result that comes up in DDG is your own forum thread that you started on Itch.io 18 months ago.