Hi. I'm Dan Maruschak. I live in Eugene, Oregon, USA. I've designed several RPGs as part of design contests over the years, but I haven't commercially published any yet.
The idea I'm working on for #RPGenesis is inspired by the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the story Dr. Jekyll hints that his ideas about human nature containing both good and evil elements are just the beginning. He suspects that further study by others will reveal that humans are a bundle of disparate natures. My game (I'm still trying to think of a good title) will be about the colleagues and contemporaries of Jekyll who are studying this new and disreputable science, conducting their studies and experiments in pursuit of their own goals. Since the science involves manipulating the essences and nature of people there will likely be dramatic or horrifying results from some experiments, as Jekyll himself discovered. This is an idea I've toyed with before but never made progress on because the mechanics I was trying to use were too complex and cumbersome. I'm hoping that working on this as part of RPGenesis will help me take a fresh look at the idea and hopefully come up with a mechanical design that works.