I need to gush about my upcoming game
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Chefs de Partie is a co-op minigame for your ongoing RPG campaign that runs on Iron Core. Gather your party and cook a meal together, narrating your successes and failures with either heavenly or disastrous results.
This one page game includes the core rules (written by me) and six recipes that demonstrate how the game interacts with four different systems: D&D 5e, Blades in the Daek, Fate Core, snd Lasers & Feelings. The recipes are written by some of TTRPGs rising stars (literally my dream team!!!):
Austin Taylor, of Secret Mysteries of Nerd Histories fame whose game design you'll have seen in Deimos Academy and Til the Last Gasp
Basil Wright, a Storytelling Collective 2023 Creative Laurette and game designer of Pelegos
Danny Quach, author of Digital THICCNESS, AP superstar, and Roll20 angel
DT 'Honey' Saint, whose food based TTRPG contributions I've admired since she DMed Spice of Life at Roll20 Con three years ago, and whose charity work "Honeybunches of Hope" is incredible
Erin Roberts, a game design role model of mine whose name you may know from Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Poorna M, one have of Weave Games, who recently made one of my all time favourite games, a Christmas rom com duet called Love is on the Cards with her design partner Armaan Babu
As if that wasn't enough, we've got the one and only Nala J Wu on graphic design (they have perfectly brought to life my vision of a restaurant menu for the layout) and Marielle Ko from Tales of Sina Una as our editor!
Biggest one page RPG? Maybe (it's A2 dimensions)
Most designers on a one page RPG? Possibly
But cooking is best done with friends and I've implemented that philosophy throughout the creation process. I'm so freaking hyped to bring the world this game (the recipes range from brioche cinnamon rolls to podi masala dosa) because the dish descriptions are something incredible!
My hope is that we reach 51 sales* in the first month. With royalty split and $3.95 per sale, my writers should make $0.10 a word if we reach our target goal. I've priced this so everyone gets paid fairly.
*at full price. There will be options in the game description to buy the game for 50% or 100% off because games shouldn't be gatekept by disposable income.
This game is a little silly downtime activity and I love every contribution with my whole heart. I'm so excited for it to release next month and I hope you consider buying it if you can!
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Guys I need help. Does anyone remember an old 90-2000s cooking game?
I remember playing it on my parents pc growing up. The most memorable thing being it had stunning art, and an Egyptian pyramid level.
It was some kind of ingredient grabbing game where the separate ingredients went flying by on certain paths and maybe had hidden object levels?
I think it took you around the world to like Paris, Italy, Egypt, ect.
If you have any ideas lemme know!
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How many people does it take to make a one-page RPG?
Well, if I have anything to say about it, at least 8 people other than myself!
With two games coming out, it's important to acknowledge all of the people that make them possible. The best games are made with friends! I'm very thankful for those who have worked with me this past month on these games!
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Venba launches July 31
Gematsu Source
Narrative cooking game Venba will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on July 31 for $14.99, developer Visai Games announced. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass.
Here is an overview of the game, via Visai Games:
About
Venba is a narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.
Cook Mouth Watering Dishes – Venba‘s recipe book gets damaged when she moves to Canada. Restore the lost recipes to cook delicious mouth watering dishes that serve as a connection to the home left behind.
Explore, Converse, Experience – Get to know the family well, hold branching conversations, explore as you face the challenges that arise from day to day life.
Key Features
Cook authentic and delicious recipes handpicked from regional southern Indian cuisine.
Hold branching conversations and explore different narrative beats.
Beautiful visuals and animations.
Unique soundtrack inspired by Indian musicals.
Watch a new trailer below.
Release Date Trailer
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HETEROSEXUAL CIS-PEOPLE LOOK HERE
Snaps my fingers at you as you scroll past this post
Look at me. Listen.
I'm not the best at serious posts, but that article up there reminded me of how important it is that people like you stand up for us. So hold on while I try to get this out of my mushy end-of-work-day brain.
We could fight this fight ourselves for decades trying to reach the equal laws, gender affirming trans healthcare that doesn't have a 2-5+ soul-eating years of waiting time, medical care with equal knowledge of lgbtqia+ bodies, and, what is often forgotten, inclusion in the little everyday areas of life like our way of speaking or things being set up or designed with the existence of queer people in mind.
But you joining in could get us there so much faster.
The power you have as a hetero cis person is that you set the standard for what is seen as the average way of treating us among other hetero cis people. You have been given the power of deciding what's "normal" and I'm begging you to use it.
Richard Green is a great example of to what extent your actions can help our situation, and smaller ways of support still add up to a great impact on society, and could make the days of the queer people you interact with.
Educate yourself before you speak up, but don't be silent.
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