Comments on The Free RPG Blog: Live Blog - 24 Hour RPG - Finished!

it was a great night!

2010-10-07T03:33:15.611+01:00

it was a great night!

i just love it!! it was my first time at being gm,...

2010-10-07T03:31:51.342+01:00

i just love it!! it was my first time at being gm, and it was a succes, every one enjoyed it.

JB, please don't feel that way! One page games...

2009-09-14T21:33:40.466+01:00

JB, please don't feel that way! One page games have their own utility and beauty. I'd argue that CS is obese, bloated and over the top compared to your lean one page games!

If you do have a got at a 24 hour RPG, please do come over to 1km1kt and tell us how it goes.

I should really have a go at a one pager. :)

Damn...you put my little one-page micro-games to s...

2009-09-10T07:58:59.507+01:00

Damn...you put my little one-page micro-games to shame. 'Course, they took me a lot less than 24 hours to write.

Mmmm...I really need to get around to doing the 24 hour RPG thing one o these days.

O...and by the way? Atlantis & Cloudships? Two great tastes that go great together!
; )

@chgowiz I'd be keen to read about your Scribu...

2009-06-30T15:46:32.791+01:00

@chgowiz I'd be keen to read about your Scribus experience when you're done. I would love to be able to point readers at a good free DTP package - I get asked a lot.

I will probably give Scribus a go for that other lite VER SECRET RPG about mutant monsters.

For doing this in 15 hours (counting a 9 hour slee...

2009-06-30T15:40:09.371+01:00

For doing this in 15 hours (counting a 9 hour sleep) - I'm amazed. I work at the speed of slow and doubt I would be able to draw anything well, much less write all this, in that period of time. I'm really impressed that there are so few mistakes.

I'm going to test Scribus to layout my Quickstart, I'm hoping it goes well. I have no clue as to what I'm doing though, so it should be... interesting.

Ah, the mighty chgowiz. You're a hard task mas...

2009-06-29T17:29:16.757+01:00

Ah, the mighty chgowiz. You're a hard task master. I only had 24 hours, you know and I haven't actually read it all the way through yet. ;-)

I used a super old InDesign (pre-CS) to set the page. The next game I do will be using Scribus too as it's not restricted in the same way as the madness-inducing Open Office. Everything else about Open Office was slick except the manner in which background images were handled. :)

I don't think anything I did with InDesign would have been any more difficult in Scribus.

What did you use for layout? I'm considering u...

2009-06-29T17:12:31.454+01:00

What did you use for layout? I'm considering using Scribus as it's free as in beer. :)

A few mispellings and some content, but fascinating setting! I see your RPG more as a structured setting game than an open RPG. I'm enjoying it so far!

@Barking Alien. Blogging was the easy bit. Rather ...

2009-06-29T10:13:53.698+01:00

@Barking Alien. Blogging was the easy bit. Rather than prattle on at my poor wife, I used it as an outlet. Especially when Open Office couldn't go the backgrounds I wanted. I went ballistic.

@Jon. Please do give it a go. The deadline for the competition is nearly up but there are always people on 1km1kt to discuss your 24 hour RPG. It's an enlightening experience.

@Norman Many thanks and at the same time, I'm sad to hear you won't give this a try. I think the 24 hour rpgs that get played the most are those with the most original idea. You have to be original to stand out. Ah go on, the compo's nearly over but there is time enough in the world to put aside 24 hours to write a game :)

Congratulations on finishing. The awesomeness of ...

2009-06-29T05:52:40.349+01:00

Congratulations on finishing.

The awesomeness of your creation, esp art, design and layout which I can't do, has convinced me to never give this a go. Which is ok, cause I hate deadlines :)

Rob - superb stuff. I might give it a stab myself!...

2009-06-28T22:36:49.196+01:00

Rob - superb stuff. I might give it a stab myself!

Oddly, I think I could do this fairly easily with ...

2009-06-28T05:36:53.928+01:00

Oddly, I think I could do this fairly easily with two conditions -

1) It didn't need to be particularly original. That is the subject and system could be allowed to feature something familiar with a twist.

2) I didn't have to blog it. Honestly, you get my utmost kudos for blogging your progress. I can sort of hyperfocus on this kind of project but if I stopped to blog I would loose momentum and they would be all she wrote.

I may have to give this a try sometime.

I used Inkscape for the drawings and InDesign for ...

2009-06-28T00:03:11.651+01:00

I used Inkscape for the drawings and InDesign for the layout. Thanks for the tip on Scribus. I'll check it for the next quick game I write - which might be the chgowiz RPG.

For layout, next time ;), check scribus (writer an...

2009-06-28T00:01:39.242+01:00

For layout, next time ;), check scribus (writer and word aren't sane choice for layout, BTW, what did you use? inkscape?).

Thanks Jenny! One of the cool tips I got from peop...

2009-06-27T23:48:42.062+01:00

Thanks Jenny! One of the cool tips I got from people who had tried it before was to set time limits on such things so that the game can get into a playable state and then and only then return to back fill. Fortunately, I was restricted to those fonts that would allow themselves to be embedded into the PDF - which is a remarkably small selection!

Cool game! I'd be about done with deciding the...

2009-06-27T23:39:03.819+01:00

Cool game! I'd be about done with deciding the fonts after 24 hrs.

:))

Still going. I paused to set up the front cover. :...

2009-06-27T16:58:03.603+01:00

Still going. I paused to set up the front cover. :)

Hey ... how is it going ? you stopped updating her...

2009-06-27T16:51:21.685+01:00

Hey ... how is it going ? you stopped updating here and twitter

@Jon, thank you - I think. I'm just sorting ou...

2009-06-26T19:23:58.609+01:00

@Jon, thank you - I think. I'm just sorting out dinner, so I might start while munching. I just hope I get something finished. :-) I will be getting some sleep as I think I work better that way.

@Norman I haven't picked my topic yet. I am going to wait for zero hour (20:00 GMT+1) before I pick. I'm going in cold. I think it's probably more fun that way.

What's your topic? is it space monkeys? I bet...

2009-06-26T19:19:05.917+01:00

What's your topic? is it space monkeys? I bet everyone picks space monkeys, cause they are the coolest.

Good luck, Rob - looking forward to seeing what co...

2009-06-26T17:14:21.533+01:00

Good luck, Rob - looking forward to seeing what comes out of this! A work of genius or a crazy trip into a sleep-starved mind? Either way it's fun on toast.

Thanks Richard! In all honesty, I have no idea. Th...

2009-06-26T16:58:27.072+01:00

Thanks Richard! In all honesty, I have no idea. The only RPG I've ever written is Icar, so this will very much be a new experience for me.

I cannot wait to see what you come up with.

2009-06-26T16:53:39.518+01:00

I cannot wait to see what you come up with.