The Truth Podcast: Dark End of the Mall

I have been a fan of this podcast ( The Truth) for a while now, and the other day I listened to an episode that was surprisingly post-apocalyptic.

The twenty two minutes or so it takes to listen to it are well spent!

Listen to it here

Interactive Solo Adventure (Part One) Is Up!

As work on my current projects enters the final stages, I have released Part One of "True Tales of a Snail-Town Slave", and interactive online adventure set in the ruined world of "The Wasted Hack".

The game tracks armor points and hit points behind the scenes, Damage for successful attacks was pre-generated and incorporated into the story.

Using inklewriter, I was able to incorporate tags to track consequences, items acquired, and even previous actions and choices.

Click to start your adventure!

WarHawk

I am wrapping up an inklewriter "interactive story" using the "Wasted Hack" rules and Inklewriter.

 The format allows for adding tags, tracking values, and placing conditions on available options. This allows for simulating combat in the story by tracking hit points, and giving attack options that approximate the percentage chance of rolling under an ability score.

A Dexterity of 16 would grant a 75% chance of success to attacks with a ranged weapon or to dodge a ranged attack, so three out of four "which-way" choices will result in success, with the ability to use a luck point until it is spent. I was even able to track armor points.

I will be updating this post with images that are being used in the story, as they cannot be directly embedded and need a spot to link to.

The above image is a WarHawk.  WarHawks are considered Marvelous Items, and fall under the category of "Lost Wonders". Lost wonders represent the pinnacle of innovation before the world fell into ruin during the End Time Wars.

WarHawks are muscle cars that bend the rules for vehicle construction and upgrading. They are better than they should be, all things being equal when compared to other cars (faster and able to hold more armor), but they are gas guzzlers and really only good for short range excursions.

I have finally had a chance to put together a simple website for use with "The Wasted Hack", and all the other products/ projects I have completed or am currently working on. The website will not replace this blog, or host an "on site blog" or anything of the sort, but will act as a hub for all past, present and future projects. www.shatteredpike.com.

This Blog will have a persistent link to the website over there on the right ( the shield and banner logo) and the webiste also links back to this blog.