Hypercast RPG

Devlog

• Hypercast is complete
  December 31, 2021 by Emmett#finished

  I'm really happy with how this design came together. In just three months this went from a vague concept to a playable game. So many designers say "This will just be a quick little project" and are st... Continue reading
• A slight direction change
  December 26, 2021 by Emmett

  As I've thought about what a Hypercast campaign would look like I realized that the direction I had set the the advancement up for it was wrong. My instinct is to make things difficult so that there i... Continue reading
• Printable Rules Referance
  December 18, 2021 by Emmett

  I kludged together a printable rules reference for Hypercast. I'll work on refining it during playtests. All I did was cut out anything that wasn't a rule or stat. It includes a one page character she... Continue reading
• Playtest Complete
  December 14, 2021 by Emmett#playtest

  I've run a playtest and wrote it all down as I went. It turned out very well! I'm happy with it. There's still a million things to test. I may have just stumbled on a sequence that happened to work. I... Continue reading
• Time for a playtest
  December 12, 2021 by Emmett

  I think the game is ready for a playtest. One of the things I want to test is the ability to play the game solo. I think I'll start out with that and see how it goes. I've put the book through Affinit... Continue reading
• Starting to feel like a complete game
  November 29, 2021 by Emmett

  Lots happened with this last upload. Big blocks of questions are getting answers and that feels really good. First of all, there are 22 creatures now. I want 50 in the end but 22 is feeling functional... Continue reading
• Joined a developer jam and made progress
  November 28, 2021 by Emmett#Game Jam, #Jam

  I dropped Hypercast into a game development jam. It seemed appropriate to join the Finish Your Damn RPG (Jam) so I'd have some motivation to get this done. I'm enjoying the project. Each time I feel l... Continue reading

  
• Pictures by an AI
  November 27, 2021 by Emmett#AI, #Pictures

  I've been watching AI image generation tech and one app floated my way that had some interesting output. The nature of Hypercast seems well suited for the dream/nightmare fueled world of AI image gene... Continue reading

  
• Character Sheets and more
  November 20, 2021 by Emmett

  Alright, we have character sheets and a ship tracking sheet! Various other updates and improvements including some new creatures. My big project for this is now the terrain of play. At the moment it's... Continue reading
• Membranes start to make sense
  November 14, 2021 by Emmett

  Took a break for a little bit. IRL demands came up. I've cleared up a few ideas and explained what the membranes do for a character. For some reason they new heal corruption but very slowly. Why? I ha... Continue reading
• Several concept changes
  October 30, 2021 by Emmett

  There have been a few updates to the file. One important one is going to a roll what you want system. I didn't like how I was defining how each task was to be rolled. I wanted the characters to be abl... Continue reading
• Maybe barely functional?
  October 23, 2021 by Emmett

  I think the game could be run at this point. Membranes are still broken though. I have some advancement mechanics as notes. They're simple enough that it should be easy to implement. I really want the... Continue reading
• Where is this going?
  October 19, 2021 by Emmett#development, #Emotion, #play phase

  I think Hypercast is nearly to a point where it can be playtested. The basic structure is there, even if the mechanics are all over the place. What I think is missing from it so far is that it doesn't... Continue reading