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Hi. The node maps in the zine are just an example. The expectation is that you would make your own and then identify the features I talk about: Entrances, Clusters, Critical Paths and Outliers.

As for HOW you would generate them, there's a few ways.  You could do so abstractly or randomly.  Just draw a bunch of circles and wire them together in what ever way seems interesting to you. Then you can draw your dungeon map based on your abstraction.

Or you could work backwards from your dungeon map.  Just go ahead and draw the dungeon map the way you normally would but then make the node abstraction from it.  The circles are room and the lines are the doors and passages that connect them.

The point is to able to look at your dungeon layout a bit more abstractly and using the features of that abstraction to help focus the content you put in the dungeon when you move to the more concrete aspects of it.

Does that help?

I understand.  As an infrequent crowdfunder I just didn't have it in me to research and learn the ins-and-outs of another platform at this time. Hopefully, by the time (~if~) I need to do this again the dust will have settled a bit one way or another and I can make a clearer decision. 

As of right now, no.  I don't do game jams very often.  This one was sparked by a conversation I had earlier in the year.  But I don't have any future plans regarding this one or any other jams.

Hey!  If you really want to submit a computer game to this, that's actually okay with me.  I actually thought about being more inclusive of computer games, especially interactive fiction stuff like TWINE and Visual Novels but I just don't have a lot of reach into those communities so I figured I'd stay "in my lane."

But seriously, if you're inspired by this to submit a computer game, go ahead!

Can't take too much credit for the cover. It's literally a modified free stock art image I found by typing "castle" into Affinity Photos integrated Stock tool.

https://unsplash.com/photos/Ipv_MNTzcQI

Photo Credit: Josipa Juras

Hi.  I bought this game not that long ago.  I went to download your new pdf but it looks like something may be wrong.  The only file I am now able to download is the "Worldscapes" .pdf.  The main game is gone and the new pdf isn't there to replace it.

Hey,

I'm trying to fulfil part of my Kickstarter.  I created a bunch of group Keys from KS data and at first I couldn't figure out how send them.  So, I wrote an email to support.  But then I discovered that a mass email requires admin approval.  So I amended my original support request, asking for email approval.

I was unaware that this approval was going to be required. I had hopped to deliver this reward before the Holidays and would have started the process sooner if I realized I could not just hit "send".

For future reference what is the expected turn around time on a mass mail approval request for KS fulfillment, so that I can plan better?

Thanks.