Vivid Devlog - itch.io

October development summary

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 16:39:18 GMT

I'm pretty excited with how action scenes work! They've been pretty awesome for about two years of development, but now they're finally starting to feel... finished. Here it is, copied from the draft:...

Many small improvements, bundled up

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:12:15 GMT

Had a few months off due to Son of Oak stuff, but now I'm re-equipping Vivid (it goes in the helm slot) and I have some thoughts. A vague idea for fun crafting You draw three cards, and choose each to...

September playtest summary

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:35:32 GMT

Two brave groups of adventurers are exploring the area around Maisie’s Fall , a small village under threat from a brigand king, strange turtle-people, a haunted castle, and a 5-stories tall stone sc...

Three and a half humans, goblinorcs and wyrms

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:23:23 GMT

There are three core species in (the current world being developed for) Vivid, with humans being the most common - and ethnicities are a big thing. Cambri are the most plentiful human ethnicity in the...

Signature and motivation to focus your character

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 07:44:24 GMT

This weekend I ran the first character creation session, and I've got thoughts. The main issue to tackle is "where to begin visualising". In D&D and Pathfinder you usually start imagine your character...

Magic items turn to dust, and that's a good thing

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:35:49 GMT

There's an expectation behind the words "magic items" that has been ingrained into us by years of D&D and Pathfinder , that gear = permanent increase in power. The problem is that this is how video ga...

June playtest summary

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:29:44 GMT

A good month for Vivid , with two big steps forward. 1. At the start of the month I ran several playtests in UKGE using my small, go-to dungeon adventure, One Last Tribute ( available here as a one-pa...

Emulating the fight of Balin's Tomb

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 09:46:17 GMT

What is the experience I am aiming for? It's a wide question, but to narrow it down - to have the players and GM make choices that would make them enact dramatic and dynamic scenes such as the fight a...

Colour-coded challenge ranks

Mon, 22 May 2023 10:28:19 GMT

Here's a brilliant idea: Let's segment "getting better" into several clear ranks. Your skills start at "Green", the simplest level, and have a +1 against other Green challenges. When you get better at...

Come dream with me tonight

Mon, 15 May 2023 09:40:14 GMT

Last time we talked about how Vivid should feel - "being skilled is about not wasting effort" - and it's main design goal, to be an ultimate gateway game. But I wanted a lot more, actually. First, I w...

A skill for every weapon and spell

Tue, 09 May 2023 07:02:19 GMT

In 2014 someone posted somewhere "I want a game about skill , about being skillful , like, maybe there's a different skill for each weapon and spell". That sounds like Rolemaster or something, I thoug...