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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by esotericdev

esotericdev — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:30:09 +0000

I have no intention of deleting this, no.

But you also have to consider this: the world clearly told me that it is not interested in whatever stories I could give it.

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 23:13:03 +0000

You will probably delete this comment, if you even read it, but I feel like I owe you at least a few words. I picked up your game 5 years ago and only just now I’ve checked it again and found… this. I’ll tell you this, you’re a good writer with a touch that is rare. Maybe faced with the time running out, it’s better to rein in your ambition; maybe you can’t achieve perfect mechanics (especially magic I guess is a problem, I’ve been working on such systems for 25+ years and still the results are way unsatisfactory), but you still have the time to give the world a good story. And it’s worth it, I think.
– Dioxine

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by esotericdev

esotericdev — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:24:40 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

My Discord is dead and I’ve long since left any other Discord server I might have joined along the way. I’ve had no luck with indie game communities, because as an adult creator I wasn’t welcome there. I had no luck with adult communities, because of… more complex reasons, but I was not welcome there either, in any case.

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 10:18:28 +0000

I hope you see this! Remember this blog started for more your own benefit than anyone elses: I am sorry no one, myself included, reads much of it. In my case, I am not a fan of wordpress blog layouts, a little too old fashioned and obtuse. As for feedback, and fellow musing pals to muse with: discord? It doesn’t even have to be your own dedicated one to staff with janitors and upkeep and etcetc: plenty of decent communities of varying sizes for game/indie games specific and general- or perhaps better yet mature communities of artists and writers and all manner of creatives.

This blog was not, and is not, a waste: you saw the benefits of a potential echo-chamber-journal from the outset, the rest is just gravy and there are way better places for that.

much love and all the best

-me

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by esotericdev

esotericdev — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:39:38 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

D&D 5e and multiple different iterations of the Storyteller System (this is stuff like World of Darkness), as they are games that are easy to play and easy to get people for. I’m also rather fond of Genesys but have never played it due to its generally low popularity.

On the crunchier side of things, I also rather like and have played things like Eclipse Phase, Lesser Shades of Evil, CthulhuTech, and Mutants and Masterminds 2e. But for what it’s worth, they are still not that heavy as far as systems go.

But I’m guessing you’re asking more for the indie/unusual stuff. So that would be things like Paladin, Don’t Rest Your Head, My Life with Master. And a fav of mine that I’ve never managed to really play or run would be Noumenon.

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:39:41 +0000

In reply to esotericdev.

Which RPGs do you find fun and/or interesting? I don’t actually play RPGs (since one actually needs friends for that or at the very least, one has to enjoy the company of others), but I’ve been watching some videos about Heart: The City Beneath, and it seems pretty intriguing.

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by esotericdev

esotericdev — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 13:53:06 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

I actually prefer light ttRPGs.

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 05:40:11 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

I just realized that that may have come off as insensitive. I meant that last comment to be in a teasing, humorous way about how your proclivities toward deeply complex mechanics often exceed my ability to understand.

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 04:53:09 +0000

No, a PnP version of the setting will certainly be too much. My differential topology and algebraic number theory certainly aren’t at levels where I could possibly play an EsoDev PnP game. I can’t even imagine where I would find the quantum dice needed to roll for character creation. I want to stay grounded in 3 dimensions, thank you very much.

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Comment on A Goodbye, Of Sorts by esotericdev

esotericdev — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:28:15 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

A DM’s guide kind of format might make sense, yeah. Even a bestiary to some degree. I have to mention that I have considered coming out with a purely PnP version of the setting, with some light mechanics for a while now… However I just might not have the time or energy right now.

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