Inscrutable Cities

Devlog

• Inscrutable Cities is out now!
  September 24, 2020 by Julian K. Jarboe#update, #release, #0.9, #playtesting

  Happy Fall! Get all your fabulist journaling lyric RPG & "mentally I'm here" needs met with Inscrutable Cities ! Version 0.9 (see attached) is an illustrated & interactive PDF ready to play. Version... Continue reading

  
• Seeking Playtesters for Development Draft!
  August 02, 2020 by Julian K. Jarboe#playtesting, #playtesters

  Inscrutable Cities is in a state that it could be played! What will eventually make the cut for revision to the released version in September 2020 now largely depends on outside feedback within the mo... Continue reading
• Some approaches to making the pleasure of words into a game mechanic
  July 12, 2020 by Julian K. Jarboe

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  #game design, #research, #narrative, #world building, #archetypes, #tropes

  When I first started sketching out the basic idea for Inscrutable Cities , I knew that it would (1.) have to have a loop that echoed the miniature chapters/vignettes) of Calvino's Invisible Cities i... Continue reading