I'm so glad to hear the deluxe version is in the works! I am definitely looking forward to it!
And thank you so much for the kind words! This was also my first game jam and my first successfully finished project – getting this kind of feedback has really inspired me to keep trying to write adventures!
I haven't thought about publishing too much, but I do have a few ideas for other adventures in the same setting (psychedelic Renaissance Venice in Florida is just too much fun to play around with!) If I get a few of them written, maybe I'll put all of them together into a collection and try publishing it!
I would absolutely be open to collaborating on something in the future! I don't know too much about Itch either (this is the first time I've done anything on it), but I'd absolutely love to keep in touch and work on something together! Have you joined the Discord that one of the jammers set up?
I just wanted to say that, out of all the adventures that I read for this jam, this is one of the ones that my mind keeps coming back to.
There's just something about it that really grabs my imagination – the open-ended encounters, the weird and original monsters, the high walls with no roof that leave you vulnerable to the crystal bird. It has a truly incredible sense of place.
I don't know if there's a name for this kind of fantasy, but this adventure really tapped into the childhood blend of Munchkin cards/Lord of the Rings action figures/Lego castles/Fate CRPG/modeling clay monsters/Discworld/Majesty: Heroes of Ardania that my brothers and I lived in when we were tiny and would sword fight in the basement – crazy, homegrown fantasy from that Wild West time before Fifth Edition and Warcraft III decided the look of everything.
Not many things kick off my imagination and nostalgia all at once like that. I read through this adventure and immediately wanted to start doodling pictures of these monsters and environments.
I would absolutely, absolutely love to see a deluxe version of this.
So much flavor in such a small package! Bugmen! Truly awesome! Also, "Like sewers overflowing with soured milk" is my favorite piece of description that I have seen so far. I would absolutely love a deluxe version of this with a numbered map.
Thanks so much! I've actually started writing little sword and sorcery adventure stories as presents for friends and relatives, ha ha. (My ninja-obsessed nieces get assassin stories for their birthdays.)
Great to see elves being weird otherworldly creatures instead of just people with pointy ears! I love the little ritual details, like the Path of Darkness - a temple that actually feels like it was used for some kind of worship! (Weird, otherworldly elfin worship!)
This might be the best use of public domain art that I've seen! Incredibly stylish, dripping with atmosphere. The Phasing City of Dueling and Livestock is just begging for a full setting guide!
